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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
above
may
be
employed
as
a
means
of
“forcing,”
where
it
is
essential
to
force
a
given
card,
and
you
are
not
sufficiently
proficient
to
feel
certain
of
effecting
that
object
by
the
regular
method.
Thus,
suppose
that
the
card
which
you
desire
to
force
is
the
seven
of
diamonds,
you
place
that
card
at
the
bottom
of
the
pack,
and
proceed
as
above
directed.
When
the
audience
desire
you
to
stop,
you
draw
off
the
upper
packet,
and
with
it
the
seven
of
diamonds,
which
will
thereby
become
the
bottom
card
of
that
packet.
You
request
them
to
note
the
card,
and
at
once
hand
the
pack
to
be
shuffled.
This
is
a
very
simple
and
easy
mode
of
forcing,
but
it
is
very
generally
known,
and
it
would
not,
therefore,
be
safe
to
use
it
before
a
large
or
very
acute
audience.
Second
Method.--Deal
the
cards
into
three
packs,
face
upwards,
and
request
a
spectator
to
note
a
card,
and
remember
in
which
heap
it
is.
When
you
have
dealt
twenty-one
cards,
throw
the
rest
aside,
these
not
being
employed
in
the
trick.
Ask
in
which
heap
the
chosen
card
is,
and
place
that
heap
between
the
other
two,
and
deal
again
as
before.
Again
ask
the
question,
place
the
heap
indicated
in
the
middle,
and
deal
again
a
third
time.
Note
particularly
the
fourth
or
middle
card
of
each
heap,
as
one
or
other
of
those
three
cards
will
be
the
card
thought
of.
Ask,
for
the
last
time,
in
which
heap
the
chosen
card
now
is,
when
you
may
be
certain
that
it
was
the
card
which
you
noted
as
being
the
middle
card
of
that
heap.
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