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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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The
trick
we
are
about
to
describe
is
of
the
class
above
alluded
to.
In
the
course
of
one
or
other
of
your
card
tricks,
you
have
or
make
occasion
to
ask
some
person
to
go
and
place
a
given
card
on
the
table,
or
to
examine
a
card
already
placed
there.
He
does
so,
and
is
about
to
return
to
his
place;
but
you
check
him.
“No,
sir,
that
won’t
do.
I
want
everybody
to
see
what
card
it
is.
Will
you
be
good
enough
to
stand
it
up
on
end,
with
its
face
to
the
company,
so
that
everybody
can
see
it.”
He
looks
foolish,
and
finally
says
that
he
can’t
do
it.
“Not
do
it?”
you
reply.
“My
dear
sir,
it’s
the
simplest
thing
in
the
world.
Allow
me!”
and
taking
the
card
from
him,
you
place
it
upright
on
the
table,
and
leave
it
standing
without
any
visible
support.
Taking
it
up
again,
you
hand
it
round,
to
show
that
there
is
no
preparation
about
it,
and
on
receiving
it
back,
again
stand
it
upright,
but
with
the
other
end
upwards;
or,
if
challenged,
allow
the
audience
themselves
to
choose
a
card,
which
you
cause
to
stand
alone
with
equal
facility.
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