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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Fourth
Method.
(With
one
hand
only.)--Take
the
pack,
face
downwards,
in
the
left
hand,
as
if
about
to
deal.
Place
the
card
to
be
changed
on
the
top,
and
the
card
for
which
it
is
to
be
changed
next
below
it.
With
the
left
thumb
push
forward
the
top
card
to
the
extent
of
half
its
width,
letting
it
rest
on
the
tips
of
the
fingers.
This
will
leave
one-half
of
the
second
card
exposed.
By
a
reverse
movement
of
the
thumb,
draw
back
this
second
card
till
its
outer
edge
is
just
clear
of
the
inner
edge
of
the
top
card.
Now
press
the
second
card
downwards
with
the
thumb
so
as
to
bring
its
opposite
edge
just
above
the
level
of
the
top
card;
then
push
it
back
into
its
place,
but
this
time
above
instead
of
below
the
top
card.
Fifth
Method.
(To
change
a
given
card
without
the
aid
of
the
pack.)--A
card
having
been
chosen
and
returned
to
the
pack,
make
the
pass
to
bring
it
to
the
top,
and
palm
it.
Give
the
pack
to
be
shuffled,
and
when
it
is
returned
pick
out
hap-hazard
any
card
you
please,
and
holding
it
up
between
the
first
finger
and
thumb
of
the
right
hand
(in
which
is
the
palmed
card),
announce
boldly
that
that
was
the
card
chosen.
You
will,
of
course,
be
contradicted,
whereupon
you
pretend
to
be
disconcerted,
and
ask
if
the
person
is
quite
certain
that
that
is
not
the
card
he
drew,
and
so
on.
Meanwhile,
you
take
the
card,
face
downwards,
between
the
first
finger
and
thumb
of
the
left
hand,
whence
you
immediately
take
it
again
in
the
right
hand
(see
Fig.
19),
taking
it
so
as
to
bring
the
palmed
card
immediately
over
it,
when
the
two
will
at
a
little
distance
appear
to
be
only
one
card.
You
then
say,
“Well,
if
you
seriously
assure
me
that
it
is
not
the
right
card,
I
must
endeavour
to
change
it
to
the
right
one.
May
I
ask
what
your
card
was?”
When
you
are
told,
you
continue,
“It
is
a
very
simple
process.
I
have
merely
to
lay
the
card
upon
my
hand,
so,
or
if
you
prefer
it,
I
will
change
it
in
your
own
hands.
Oblige
me
by
holding
the
card
face
downwards.
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