Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

THE MAGIC SWORD. A CARD BEING DRAWN AND REPLACED, AND THE PACK FLUNG IN THE AIR, TO CATCH THE CHOSEN CARD ON THE POINT OF THE SWORD.--We have already described a trick somewhat similar in effect, in which, the pack being flung in the air, the chosen card is caught in the hand of the performer. The trick in this form makes a very good prelude to the still more surprising one which we are about to describe.