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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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You
then
address
your
audience
to
the
following
or
some
similar
effect:--“In
the
old
style
of
conjuring,
I
should
merely
have
picked
out
your
card,
and
handed
it
to
you;
and
there
was
a
time
when
people
would
have
thought
that
a
very
good
trick,
but
nowadays
we
should
regard
that
as
a
very
lame
conclusion.
I
can
assure
you
that
I
have
not
the
smallest
idea
what
your
card
was.
How
do
you
suppose
I
intend
to
find
out?”
Various
guesses
are
hazarded,
but
you
shake
your
head
at
each.
“No,”
you
continue,
“my
process
is
much
simpler
than
any
you
have
suggested.
I
shall
merely
order
the
card
you
chose
to
walk
out
of
the
pack,
and
come
to
me.”
Pronounce
any
magic
formula
you
like,
at
the
same
time
beckoning
to
the
cards,
and
gradually
withdrawing
yourself
away
from
the
table,
when
the
card
must
needs
follow
you.
As
it
reaches
the
edge
of
the
table,
receive
it
in
the
left
hand,
and
then
take
it
in
the
right,
drawing
off
with
the
first
finger
and
thumb
of
the
left
hand
the
wax
at
the
back.
Ask
the
person
who
drew
whether
that
was
his
card,
and
again
hand
the
card
and
the
rest
of
the
pack
for
examination.
This
little
trick,
though
simple,
will
require
a
good
deal
of
practice
to
enable
you
to
perform
it
neatly,
but
the
effect
produced
by
it
will
well
repay
your
trouble.
It
may
be
well
to
mention,
once
for
all,
as
bees’-wax
is
an
article
of
frequent
use
in
magical
operations,
that
if,
as
sometimes
happens,
the
pure
wax
is
found
too
hard,
or
not
sufficiently
adhesive,
the
addition
of
a
small
quantity
(say
an
eighth
part)
of
Venice
turpentine,
mixed
with
it
in
a
melted
condition,
will
make
it
all
that
can
be
desired.
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