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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
performer
comes
forward,
having
in
his
hand
the
bag,
in
which
is
beforehand
placed
a
small
egg.
He
turns
the
bag
upside
down
and
inside
out,
thus
proving,
to
all
appearance,
that
it
is
perfectly
empty.
Holding
the
bag
for
a
moment
with
his
teeth,
he
pulls
back
his
coat
cuffs,
to
prove
that
he
has
nothing
concealed
in
that
quarter,
taking
care
as
he
does
so
to
show
clearly
that
his
hands
are
empty.
Taking
the
bag
in
his
left
hand,
and
imitating
(if
he
can)
the
clucking
of
a
hen,
he
dips
his
right
hand
into
it,
and
produces
an
egg
(or
rather
the
egg).
This
he
places
in
his
mouth,
letting
all
see
that
he
does
so,
then
making
a
gesture
of
swallowing,
he
again
dips
his
hand
in
the
bag,
and
produces
a
second
egg,
of
which
he
disposes
in
the
same
way,
repeating
the
operation
until
a
dozen
or
more
have
been
apparently
produced
and
swallowed.
With
the
reader’s
present
knowledge,
it
is
hardly
necessary
to
suggest
to
him
that
the
egg,
though
fairly
placed
in
the
mouth,
is,
under
cover
of
the
hand,
instantly
pushed
out
again
with
the
tongue,
and
palmed,
rendering
it
a
very
simple
matter
to
produce
(apparently)
another
egg
from
the
bag.
Although
so
absurdly
simple,
the
trick
is
effective,
and
if
neatly
performed,
produces
a
complete
illusion.
The
bag
which
is
more
generally
known
as
the
“egg-bag”
is
a
much
larger
affair,
measuring
eighteen
to
twenty
inches
in
width,
by
fourteen
or
fifteen
in
depth.
In
its
most
approved
form,
one
side
of
the
bag
is
made
double,
the
double
side
being
stitched
all
round,
save
for
about
four
inches
at
one
corner
of
the
bottom
of
the
bag.
The
little
opening
thus
left
affords
therefore
the
sole
access
to
the
space
between
the
double
sides.
Between
these
double
sides,
and
immediately
below
their
upper
edge,
is
stitched
a
broad
band,
with
a
row
of
a
dozen
or
more
little
pockets,
each
capable
of
holding
an
egg,
end
upwards.
Each
pocket
covers
about
two-thirds
of
the
egg,
which
is
prevented
from
falling
out
spontaneously
by
a
little
piece
of
elastic
round
the
edge
of
the
pocket,
though
it
will
slip
out
and
fall
into
the
space
between
the
double
sides
on
the
slightest
pressure
being
applied
to
it.
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