Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
750
Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
500
He
hears,
or
pretends
to
hear,
some
one
remark
that
he
took
away
the
orange,
and
answers
accordingly.
“Oh!
you
think
I
took
away
the
orange.
Allow
me
to
assure
you
that
I
did
nothing
of
the
kind.”
(He
lifts
up
the
hat,
and
shows
the
orange
in
its
place.)
“I
will
cover
it
again;
or,
still
better,
to
prove
that
I
do
not
take
it
away,
I
won’t
cover
it
at
all,
but
leave
it
here
in
full
view
on
the
table.”
He
replaces
it
on
the
table,
but
this
time
places
it
on
what
is
called
a
“wrist-trap,”
in
readiness
for
a
subsequent
disappearance.
“Having
taken
the
orange
from
under
the
cover,”
he
continues,
“I
have
now
to
make
the
solid
block
vanish
from
the
drawer,
and
take
its
place;
but
I
shall
do
it
this
time
invisibly.
See,
I
have
only
to
wave
my
wand
from
the
one
to
the
other,
and
the
thing
is
done.
The
drawer
is
empty”
(pulling
out
the
false
drawer
only),
“and
here
is
the
block”
(he
lifts
the
paper
cover,
and
shows
the
hollow
shell).
“Now
I
come
to
the
most
difficult
part
of
the
trick,
which
is
to
bring
both
articles
back
to
their
original
position.
First,
I
will
take
the
block
of
wood.”
He
covers
the
shell
with
the
paper
tube,
and
makes
a
movement
of
his
wand
from
the
cover
to
the
drawer.
“Pass!
Let
us
see
whether
it
has
obeyed.”
He
this
time
pulls
the
drawer
completely
out,
and
lets
the
block
fall
heavily
on
the
stage.
“Now
for
the
orange.”
He
places
both
hands
round
it,
as
if
picking
it
up
between
them,
and
presses
as
he
does
so
the
spring
of
the
trap,
which
opening,
lets
the
orange
fall
through
into
the
table.
Bringing
the
hands,
still
together,
immediately
above
the
paper
cover,
he
rubs
them
together
as
if
compressing
the
orange,
finally
separating
them
and
showing
them
empty,
and
immediately
afterwards
lifting
the
cover
with
the
hollow
shell,
and
showing
the
first
orange
beneath
it.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
