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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
106
TO
MAKE
FOUR
CARDS
CHANGE
FROM
EIGHTS
TO
TWOS,
FROM
BLACK
TO
RED,
ETC.--For
this
trick
you
require
three
specially
prepared
cards.
The
backs
should
be
similar
to
those
of
the
pack
which
you
have
in
ordinary
use,
the
faces
being
as
depicted
in
Fig.
36.
They
may
be
purchased
at
any
of
the
conjuring
depôts.
You
place
these
three
cards
privately
at
the
bottom
of
the
pack.
You
begin
by
remarking
that
you
will
show
the
company
a
good
trick
with
the
four
eights
and
the
two
of
diamonds.
(If
you
use
a
piquet
pack,
you
must
provide
yourself
with
a
special
two
of
diamonds,
of
similar
pattern
to
the
rest
of
the
pack.)
You
take
the
pack,
and
picking
out
the
four
genuine
eights,
hand
them
for
examination.
While
they
are
being
inspected,
you
insert
the
little
finger
of
your
left
hand
between
the
three
bottom
cards
(the
prepared
cards)
and
the
rest
of
the
pack.
When
the
eights
are
returned,
you
place
them
with
apparent
carelessness
on
the
top
of
the
pack
(taking
care,
however,
to
have
the
eight
of
clubs
uppermost),
and
hand
the
two
of
diamonds
for
examination.
While
this
card
is
being
examined,
you
make
the
pass
to
bring
the
three
prepared
cards
on
the
top.
The
two
of
diamonds
being
returned,
you
lay
it
on
the
table,
and
taking
off
the
four
top
cards,
which
are
now
the
three
prepared
cards
and
the
eight
of
clubs,
you
spread
them
fanwise,
when
they
will
appear
to
be
the
four
eights,
as
in
Fig.
37.
The
eight
of
clubs
is
alone
completely
visible,
one
half
of
each
of
the
other
cards
being
covered
by
the
card
next
preceding
it.
The
spectators
naturally
take
the
four
cards
to
be
the
four
ordinary
eights
which
they
have
just
examined.
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