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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
cabinet
may
be
used
in
various
ways.
One
of
the
most
striking
is
as
follows:--The
folding
doors
are
opened,
disclosing
the
interior
perfectly
empty.
(See
Fig.
299.)
The
exhibitor
directs
his
assistant
to
walk
into
the
cabinet.
He
does
so,
and
the
doors
are
closed.
Meanwhile,
a
couple
of
gentlemen,
selected
by
the
audience,
are
invited
to
stand
behind
or
beside
the
cabinet,
and
see
that
no
one
obtains
ingress
or
egress
by
any
secret
opening.
Notwithstanding
these
precautions,
when
the
doors
are
again
opened,
the
assistant
is
found
to
have
vanished,
and
another
person,
different
in
dress,
in
stature,
and
in
complexion,
is
found
in
his
place.
This
person
steps
forth,
makes
his
bow,
and
retires.
Again
the
cabinet,
now
empty,
is
closed,
and
after
an
interval
of
a
few
moments,
again
opened.
This
time
a
human
skeleton
is
found
to
occupy
the
vacant
space.
This
ghastly
object
having
been
removed,
and
the
door
having
been
once
more
closed
and
opened,
another
person,
say
a
lady,
appears.
This
person
having
retired,
the
doors
are
again
closed;
and
when
they
are
again
opened,
the
person
who
first
entered
is
once
more
found
within.
A
committee
from
the
audience
are
now
invited
to
examine
the
cabinet
within
and
without,
out
all
their
scrutiny
cannot
detect
any
hidden
space,
even
sufficient
to
conceal
a
mouse.
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