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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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In
like
manner,
the
trick
of
the
“Flying
Money”
(see
page
172)
forms
an
apt
preparation
for
the
introduction
of
the
“Crystal
Cash-box”
(page
487).
The
series
of
tricks
described
under
the
title
of
the
“Birth
of
Flowers”
(page
411),
affords
another
instance
of
the
artistic
combination
of
two
or
three
different
tricks
in
such
manner
as
to
enhance
the
effect
of
the
whole;
but,
in
truth,
examples
might
be
multiplied
ad
infinitum.
In
arranging
an
entertainment,
the
performer
should
continually
bear
this
principle
in
mind.
The
programme
should
consist
not
of
a
number
of
absolutely
unconnected
tricks,
but
of
a
series
of
ten
or
a
dozen
groups
of
tricks.
As
compared
with
each
other,
the
groups
should
have
as
much
diversity
as
possible;
but,
individually,
each
should
consist
of
the
same
or
a
similar
effect
repeated
in
a
more
and
more
striking
form
(though
produced
by
different
means),
or
else
of
a
string
of
tricks
united
by
some
natural
sequence,
as
in
the
case
of
the
production
of
the
two
rabbits
from
the
hat,
followed
by
the
rolling
of
the
one
into
the
other,
and
terminating
with
the
reproduction
of
the
vanished
animal
in
another
quarter.
In
order
to
make
our
meaning
clearer,
we
subjoin
a
specimen
working
programme,
arranged
on
the
principles
we
have
stated.
PROGRAMME
(for
performer’s
own
use).
1.
Vanishing
gloves
(page
325).
Transformed
handkerchief
(page
246).
Handkerchief
ultimately
found
in
candle
(page
249).
2.
Borrowed
half-crown,
changed
to
penny,
and
back
again
(page
161);
made
to
pass
into
centre
of
two
oranges
in
succession
(page
170).
Three
more
half-crowns
borrowed,
and
all
four
made
to
pass
invisibly
from
performer’s
hand
to
goblet
at
a
distance
(page
200),
and
finally
into
crystal
cash-box
(page
487).
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