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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
411
Second
Method.--Taking
the
ball
between
his
open
hands,
the
performer
rolls
it
round
and
round
between
his
palms,
as
though
it
were
a
lump
of
clay
which
he
was
moulding
into
a
spherical
form;
and
in
so
doing
gradually
turns
his
hands
till
the
back
of
his
right
hand
is
undermost,
when,
with
an
inward
movement
of
that
hand
towards
himself,
he
palms
the
ball
therein,
at
the
same
time
closing
and
elevating
the
left
hand,
as
described
for
the
last
method.
TO
VANISH
A
LARGE
BALL
WITH
THE
AID
OF
THE
TABLE.--First
Method.
Standing
behind
his
table,
the
ball
being
some
six
or
eight
inches
from
its
hinder
edge,
the
performer
places
both
hands
round
it,
apparently
picking
it
up
and
bringing
it
forward
between
his
two
hands,
from
which,
however,
the
ball
is,
on
examination,
found
to
have
vanished.
Its
disappearance
is
effected
as
follows:--At
the
moment
when
the
performer
encircles
the
ball
with
his
hands,
he
gives,
with
the
little
finger
of
the
hand
which
is
innermost--and
therefore
unseen
by
the
audience--a
quick
jerk
to
the
ball,
which
is
thereby
made
to
roll
towards
the
hinder
edge
of
the
table,
and
drop
upon
the
servante,
on
which
there
should
be
a
padded
box
or
basket
to
receive
it.
The
action
is
wholly
concealed
from
the
spectators
by
the
hands,
which,
with
the
exception
of
the
finger
which
does
the
work,
should
remain
motionless.
Second
Method.--Standing
behind
his
table,
as
in
the
last
case,
the
performer
tosses
up
the
ball,
and
catches
it
again
three
or
four
times,
keeping
the
hands
low,
so
as
to
be
near
the
edge
of
the
table.
The
hands
naturally
sink
in
the
act
of
catching
the
ball;
and
after
having
caught
it
once
or
twice,
the
performer,
as
he
lowers
them,
drops
it
on
the
servante,
immediately
raising
them
again
with
the
action
of
throwing
up
the
ball,
taking
care
to
follow
it
with
the
eyes
in
its
imaginary
flight.
If
this
is
done
neatly,
the
eyes
of
the
spectators
will
instinctively
travel
in
the
same
direction,
and
the
effect
to
them
will
be
as
if
the
ball
vanished
at
the
highest
point
of
its
upward
flight,
instead
of
disappearing,
as
it
really
does,
at
the
moment
of
reaching
the
hands
in
its
fall.
This
method
may
also
be
employed
for
objects
other
than
of
spherical
shape.
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