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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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We
will
suppose,
for
instance,
that
he
is
called
upon
to
give
a
magical
séance
in
a
private
drawing-room.
The
first
point
is
to
decide
which
part
of
the
room
is
to
form
the
“stage.”
Having
settled
this,
the
seats
for
the
spectators
should
be
arranged
at
the
opposite
end
of
the
room,
leaving
as
wide
a
space
between
as
can
well
be
obtained,
as
many
“changes,”
etc.,
are
effected
during
the
journey
from
the
audience
to
the
table,
and
the
longer
this
journey
is,
the
more
time
is
available
for
the
necessary
manipulations.
At
the
stage
end,
the
“table”
will
be
the
principal
feature,
and
either
behind
or
beside
this,
should
be
placed
a
screen
of
not
less
than
six
feet
in
height,
and
four
or
five
wide,
to
serve
as
“behind
the
scenes,”
and
to
afford
the
cover
necessary
for
the
various
preparations.
Supposing
a
regular
screen
is
not
available,
one
must
be
extemporized.
A
large
clothes-horse,
with
a
curtain
thrown
over
it,
will
answer
the
purpose
very
well.
If,
however,
the
drawing-room
be
of
the
regular
London
fashion,
i.e.,
consisting
of
a
large
front
and
a
small
back
room,
connected
by
folding
doors,
the
screen
may
be
dispensed
with,
and
the
rooms
arranged
as
in
Fig.
317,
which
represents
a
ground
plan
of
two
such
rooms,
with
the
adjoining
staircase
and
landing.
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