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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
412
Third
Method.--The
performer,
standing
behind
his
table
as
before,
and
placing
the
ball
thereon,
covers
it
with
the
right
hand,
and
rolls
it
round
and
round
in
circles,
each
time
bringing
it
nearer
and
nearer
to
the
hinder
edge
of
the
table,
till
it
finally
rolls
over,
and
drops
upon
the
servante.
He
continues
the
motion
of
the
hand
for
two
or
three
turns,
as
though
the
ball
was
still
under
it,
gradually
working
back
towards
the
centre
of
the
table,
the
effect
to
the
spectator
being
as
if
the
ball
melted
away
under
the
operator’s
fingers.
Fourth
Method.--This
is
generally
employed
to
apparently
pass
one
object
into
another--say
a
small
ball
into
a
large
one.
The
performer,
standing
a
little
behind
his
table,
with
his
right
side
slightly
turned
to
the
spectators,
takes
in
his
right
hand
the
small
ball,
and
in
his
left
the
large
one.
The
latter
he
holds
about
shoulder
high,
keeping
his
eyes
fixed
upon
it,
and
remarking,
“I
shall
now
pass
this
small
ball
into
this
large
one,”
he
draws
back
and
lowers
the
right
arm,
as
though
to
give
it
impetus,
as
one
naturally
does
in
the
act
of
throwing.
This
brings
the
right
hand
just
over
the
padded
box
or
basket
on
the
servante,
and
allows
him
to
drop
the
small
ball
therein.
Without
any
pause,
he
brings
the
right
hand
smartly
up
to
the
left,
describing
a
tolerably
wide
arc
in
its
transit,
and
then,
separating
his
hands,
shows
that
the
smaller
ball
has
vanished,
having
apparently
passed
into
the
large
one.
This
sleight
is
not
confined
to
objects
of
spherical
form,
but
may
be
used
with
any
article
of
convenient
size.
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