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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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CHAPTER
V.
CARD
TRICKS
REQUIRING
SPECIAL
APPARATUS.
We
propose
to
describe
in
this
chapter
such
card
tricks
as
require
the
aid
of
some
mechanical
appliance
or
apparatus,
but
are
still
appropriate
for
a
drawing-room
performance.
There
are
some
few
tricks
performed
with
cards
(such
as
the
Fairy
Star,
the
Demon’s
Head,
and
the
like)
which
necessitate
the
use
of
a
mechanical
table,
or
other
apparatus
of
an
elaborate
and
costly
character.
These
will
not
be
here
noticed,
but
will
be
given,
at
the
close
of
the
work,
in
the
portion
devoted
to
Stage
Tricks.
We
may
here
anticipate
a
not
unlikely
question
on
the
part
of
the
student--viz.,
“How
can
I
best
obtain
the
necessary
apparatus?”
In
some
instances,
an
amateur
with
a
mechanical
turn
may
be
able
to
manufacture
his
appliances
for
himself;
and
where
this
is
the
case,
we
would
by
no
means
discourage
his
doing
so,
as
he
will
thereby
derive
a
double
amusement
from
his
study
of
the
magic
art.
But
where
the
student
has
not
the
ability
or
inclination
to
do
this,
we
should
strongly
advise
him
not
to
attempt
to
have
his
apparatus
made
to
order
by
persons
unaccustomed
to
this
class
of
work,
but
to
go
direct
to
one
or
other
of
the
regular
depôts.
Magical
apparatus
requires
so
much
precision
in
its
details,
and
so
much
attention
to
apparent
trifles,
that
the
first
attempt
of
any
workman,
however
skilful,
is
almost
sure
to
be
a
failure;
and
by
the
time
the
defects
are
rectified,
the
purchaser
will
find
that
he
has
paid
more
for
a
clumsy
makeshift
than
he
would
have
done
for
a
thoroughly
good
article
had
he
gone
to
the
right
quarter.
Experience
will
quickly
prove
that
inferior
apparatus
is
dear
at
any
price.
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