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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
26
The
next
appliance
to
which
we
must
draw
the
student’s
attention
is
THE
MAGICIAN’S
TABLE.
There
are
plenty
of
good
minor
tricks
which
may
be
performed
anywhere,
and
with
little
or
no
previous
preparation,
but
as
soon
as
the
student
has
outgrown
these
humbler
feats,
and
aspires
to
amuse
his
friends
or
the
public
with
a
pre-arranged
séance,
his
first
necessity
will
be
a
proper
table.
We
do
not
now
refer
to
the
elaborate
combination
of
traps,
pistons,
etc.,
which
is
used
for
stage
performances.
This
will
be
duly
described
in
its
proper
place.
The
table
necessary
for
an
average
drawing-room
exhibition
differs
from
an
ordinary
table
in
two
points
only--its
height,
which
should
be
six
or
eight
inches
greater
than
that
of
an
ordinary
table--and
the
addition
of
a
hidden
shelf
or
ledge
at
the
back.
Its
form
and
dimensions
are
very
much
a
matter
of
fancy
and
convenience.
For
most
purposes
nothing
is
better
than
a
plain
oblong
deal
table.
It
should
have
turned
legs
of
some
harder
wood,
stained
and
polished,
and
these,
if
it
is
desired
to
make
the
table
portable,
should
be
screwed
into
the
four
corners,
so
as
to
be
readily
taken
off
and
put
on
again
as
may
be
required.
In
length
the
table
may
be
three
to
four
feet,
and
in
breadth
eighteen
inches
to
two
feet.
Three
feet
by
twenty
inches
is
a
very
convenient
size.
At
the
back
should
be
placed,
about
six
inches
below
the
level
of
the
top
of
the
table,
a
projecting
shelf,
six
to
eight
inches
in
width,
and
extending
nearly
from
end
to
end.
This
shelf,
which
is
technically
known
as
the
servante,
should
be
covered
with
thick
woollen
cloth,
in
order
to
deaden
the
sound
of
any
object
falling
on
it.
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