Magic at Home. Translated and edited by Professor Hoffmann. (Cassell
and Co.)—This is a volume of "somewhat free trans- lation " from the French of M. Arthur Good. The speciality of the book is its quasi-scientific character, and, as a rule, the experiments illustrate some natural law. They are accom- panied by pictures. The directions are plain, and the explana- tions of the principle involved clear.—From the same author we get Professor Hoffmann's Card-Tricks (Routledge and Co.), in which, after a general explanation of the principles of sleight-of- hand as applicable to this particular kind of performance, we have the explanation of a great number of tricks, divided into the three customary sections,—" Card-Tricks with Ordinary Cards, and not requiring Sleight-of-Hand," " Tricks involving Sleight-of-Hand or the use of specially prepared Cards," and "Card-Tricks requiring Special Apparatus."
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