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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
explanation
is
very
simple,
the
trick
being
merely
a
practical
application
of
the
art
of
“palming,”
though
its
effect
depends
on
the
manner
and
address
of
the
operator
even
more
than
on
his
skill
in
sleight-of-hand.
The
performer
provides
himself
beforehand
with
ten
half-crowns.
Of
these
he
palms
two
in
his
right
hand,
and
the
remainder
in
his
left.
When
he
takes
the
hat,
he
holds
it
in
the
left
hand,
with
the
fingers
inside
and
the
thumb
outside,
in
which
position
it
is
comparatively
easy
to
drop
the
coins
one
by
one
from
the
hand
into
the
hat.
When
he
pretends
to
see
the
first
half-crown
floating
in
the
air,
he
lets
one
of
the
coins
in
his
right
hand
drop
to
his
finger-tips,
and,
making
a
clutch
at
the
air,
produces
it
as
if
just
caught.
This
first
coin
he
really
does
drop
into
the
hat,
taking
care
that
all
shall
see
clearly
that
he
does
so.
He
then
goes
through
a
similar
process
with
the
second;
but
when
the
time
comes
to
drop
it
into
the
hat,
he
merely
pretends
to
do
so,
palming
the
coin
quickly
in
the
right
hand,
and
at
the
same
moment
letting
fall
into
the
hat
one
of
the
coins
concealed
in
his
left
hand.
The
audience,
hearing
the
sound,
naturally
believe
it
to
be
occasioned
by
the
fall
of
the
coin
they
have
just
seen.
The
process
is
repeated
until
the
coins
in
the
left
hand
are
exhausted.
Once
more
the
performer
appears
to
clutch
a
coin
from
space,
and
showing
for
the
last
time
that
which
has
all
along
been
in
his
right
hand,
tosses
it
into
the
air,
and
catches
it
visibly
in
the
hat.
Pouring
out
the
coins
on
a
tray,
or
into
the
lap
of
one
of
the
company,
he
requests
that
they
may
be
counted,
when
they
are
found
to
correspond
with
the
number
which
he
has
apparently
collected
from
the
surrounding
atmosphere.
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