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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
JAPANESE
INEXHAUSTIBLE
BOXES.--This
is
a
form
of
the
same
apparatus,
in
which
an
additional
element
of
mystery
is
produced
by
the
use
of
a
box
within
a
box.
The
inner
box
is
an
ordinary
inexhaustible
box,
as
last
described,
but
made
with
a
flat
wooden
lid,
instead
of
the
hollow
or
“box”
lid
used
in
the
older
form
of
the
trick.
The
outer
box
just
fits
over
the
inner,
and
is,
in
fact,
a
mere
cover
for
it,
being
an
ordinary
wooden
box,
save
that
it
has
no
front.
The
two
are
brought
on
one
within
the
other.
The
performer
begins
by
taking
the
smaller
box
(which
is
ready
filled
with
the
objects
to
be
produced)
completely
out
of
the
larger,
and
shows
that
the
latter
is
absolutely
empty.
He
then
places
the
two
boxes
together,
as
shown
in
Fig.
228,
turning
over
the
smaller
box
to
show
its
interior,
as
already
described.
After
this
has
been
done,
the
smaller
box
is
tilted
back
to
its
normal
position
within
the
larger,
the
lid
of
the
latter
being
slightly
lifted
to
allow
it
to
pass,
and
then
both
lids
being
opened
together,
the
production
of
the
contents
commences.
The
function
of
the
larger
box
is,
in
fact,
merely
to
act
as
a
screen
to
the
hinder
part
of
the
smaller,
when
turned
over
towards
the
audience.
The
only
advantage
of
the
Japanese
over
the
ordinary
box
is
that
it
may
be
worked
on
any
table,
and
with
spectators
on
all
sides,
but
this
advantage
is
counterbalanced
by
the
drawback
that
nothing
can
be
produced
save
what
was
originally
in
the
box,
neither
can
the
smaller
box
be
carried
round,
and
shown
empty.
This,
however,
may
be
met
by
beginning
the
trick
with
the
two
boxes
together,
and
then,
after
having
brought
to
light
the
whole
of
the
original
contents,
offering
(for
the
pretended
purpose
of
heightening
the
effect)
to
continue
the
trick
without
the
aid
of
the
outer
box.
The
inner
box
may
thenceforth
be
replenished
from
behind
in
the
same
way
as
the
ordinary
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