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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
663
After
the
retirement
of
Robert-Houdin
from
the
stage,
the
trick
fell
comparatively
out
of
notice,
till
it
was
revived
in
a
new
form
by
the
Fakir
of
Oolu
(Professor
Sylvester)
in
England,
and
contemporaneously
by
De
Vere
on
the
Continent.
A
full-grown
young
lady
was
in
this
case
the
subject
of
the
illusion,
and
was
made,
while
still
suspended
in
air,
to
assume
various
costumes
and
characters.
The
illusion,
in
this
new
form,
took
the
fancy
of
the
public,
and
brought
forth
a
host
of
imitators;
but
few
have
presented
it
with
the
same
completeness
as
the
two
performers
named.
For
a
time
it
produced
quite
a
marked
sensation,
equal
crowds
thronging
to
see
Sylvester
in
London,
and
De
Vere
in
Paris,
St.
Petersburg,
Brussels,
Pesth,
Dresden,
Strasburg,
and
other
continental
cities.
Recent
mechanical
improvements,
to
which
the
last-named
Professor
has
materially
contributed,
have
greatly
heightened
the
effect
of
the
trick--the
lady
being
made
to
rise
spontaneously
from
the
perpendicular
to
the
horizontal
position,
and
to
continue
to
float
in
the
air
after
her
last
ostensible
support
has
been
removed.
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