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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
664
Apart
from
these
special
mysteries,
which
we
are
not
at
liberty
to
reveal,
the
trick
is
as
follows:--The
performer
brings
forward
the
girl
or
boy
who
is
to
be
the
subject
of
the
illusion,
and
who
is
dressed
in
some
fancy
costume.
A
low
bench
or
table,
say
five
feet
in
length
by
two
in
width,
and
on
legs
about
six
inches
in
height,
is
brought
forward,
and
shown
to
be
wholly
disconnected
from
the
floor
or
stage.
On
this
is
placed
a
small
stool,
on
which
the
subject
of
the
experiment
(whom,
in
the
present
instance,
we
will
suppose
to
be
a
young
lady)
mounts.
She
extends
her
arms,
and
under
each
is
placed
a
stout
rod
or
pole
of
appropriate
length.
(See
Fig.
312.)
The
performer
makes
pretended
mesmeric
passes
over
her,
and
in
a
minute
or
two
her
head
is
seen
to
droop,
and
after
a
few
more
passes
her
eyes
close,
and
she
is,
to
all
external
appearance,
in
a
mesmeric
sleep.
The
operator
now
takes
the
stool
from
under
her
feet,
when
she
hangs
suspended
between
the
two
rods.
Again
a
few
more
passes,
and
the
operator
removes
the
rod
that
supports
the
left
arm,
and
gently
mesmerises
the
arm
down
to
the
side.
Still
the
girl
hangs
motionless,
with
no
other
support
than
the
single
upright
rod
on
which
her
right
arm
rests.
(See
Fig.
313.)
The
operator
now
drapes
her
in
various
costumes,
still
keeping
up
from
time
to
time
the
supposed
mesmeric
passes.
Bending
her
right
arm
so
as
to
support
her
head,
he
next
lifts
her
gently
to
an
angle
of
45°
to
the
upright
rod
(as
shown
by
the
dotted
line
in
Fig.
313),
and
finally
raises
her
to
a
horizontal
position,
as
in
Fig.
314.
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