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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
drawer-box,
as
above
described,
is
available
to
produce
or
disappear,
but
not
to
change
articles.
With
a
slight
modification,
however,
it
may
be
made
available
for
changing
also.
The
inner
drawer
b
is
in
this
case
made
only
half
the
depth
of
a,
or
even
less;
and
thus,
when
closed,
there
is
left
between
the
bottom
of
b
and
that
of
a
a
considerable
space,
so
that
a
and
b
may
in
this
case
each
be
made
to
hold
a
given
object,
and
an
apparent
transformation
be
effected.
Thus,
for
instance,
b
may
be
filled
with
bran,
and
any
small
article,
such
as
a
borrowed
pocket-handkerchief,
be
placed
in
a.
The
drawer
is
first
pulled
out
with
b,
and
shown
filled
to
the
brim
with
bran;
but
on
being
closed
and
again
opened
(without
b),
the
bran
is
apparently
transformed
into
the
handkerchief.
Another
modification
of
the
drawer-box
is
known
as
THE
DISSECTING
DRAWER-BOX.--This
is,
in
general
appearance,
not
unlike
the
ordinary
drawer-box
already
described,
but
with
this
difference,
that
the
outer
case
has
a
raised
top,
somewhat
of
a
sarcophagus
shape.
(See
Fig.
176).
The
drawer
is
partially
drawn
out
to
show
that
it
is
empty,
is
again
closed,
and
on
being
once
more
drawn
out,
proves
to
be
full
to
the
brim
with
flowers.
These
having
been
distributed,
the
performer,
to
prove
the
perfect
emptiness
of
the
apparatus,
not
only
takes
the
drawer
completely
out,
but
takes
the
outer
case
(which
is
constructed
accordingly,
the
sides,
top,
and
bottom
being
hinged
to
the
back)
apart,
as
shown
in
Fig.
177.
Notwithstanding
this,
upon
again
reconstructing
the
case,
and
replacing
and
reopening
the
drawer,
it
is
once
more
found
filled
with
flowers.
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