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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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In
order
still
further
to
heighten
the
effect
of
the
trick,
the
handkerchief
is
sometimes
caused
to
reappear
in
the
innermost
of
a
nest
of
boxes
which
has
throughout
the
entertainment
been
hung
up
in
full
view
of
the
audience,
and
the
outermost
of
which
is
carefully
corded
and
sealed.
The
performer
in
this
case,
after
firing
at
the
supposed
box
(for
the
audience
are,
of
course,
ignorant
that
there
are
more
than
one),
directs
his
assistant
to
take
it
down
from
its
elevated
position,
and
to
place
it
on
the
table.
Cutting
the
cords,
and
opening
the
box,
he
produces
from
it
another,
corded
like
the
first.
From
this
second
box,
he
produces
another
smaller
box,
of
an
ornamental
character
(the
square
nest
of
boxes
above
mentioned).
This
he
hands
to
the
owner
of
the
handkerchief,
with
a
request
that
she
will
open
it,
and
the
result
is
as
already
described.
The
trick
in
this
form
is
one
of
the
very
best
exhibited
on
the
stage,
and
yet,
as
indeed
are
most
of
the
best
feats,
it
is
performed
by
the
simplest
possible
means.
The
outer
box
is
an
ordinary
deal
box,
bonâ
fide
sealed
and
corded,
but
the
second,
though
equally
genuine
in
appearance,
has
no
bottom,
and
the
cord,
though
apparently
quite
complete,
does
not
cross
beneath
the
box,
which
is,
in
fact,
nothing
more
than
a
wooden
shell,
or
cover,
with
a
lid
to
it.
When
the
performer
takes
out
this
second
box
and
places
it
on
the
table,
he
tilts
it
forward
for
a
moment,
and
in
that
moment
slips
the
nest
of
boxes
(which
is
placed
in
readiness
on
the
servante),
underneath
it,
immediately
afterwards
raising
the
lid,
and
taking
out
the
nest,
as
if
it
had
all
along
been
contained
therein.
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