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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Third
Method.--Get
the
chosen
card
to
the
top,
and
hold
the
pack
in
the
right
hand,
lengthways
and
face
downwards,
about
two
feet
above
the
floor
or
table.
Push
the
top
card
a
little
off
the
pack
sideways,
so
as
to
make
it
project
throughout
its
whole
length
about
an
inch
beyond
the
rest
of
the
cards.
Now
let
fall
the
pack,
when
the
resistance
of
the
air
will
cause
the
top
card
to
turn
over
in
its
fall,
and
to
appear
face
upwards,
all
the
other
cards
remaining
face
downwards.
Fourth
Method.--Place
the
card
in
question
and
seven
other
indifferent
cards
in
two
rows,
face
downwards,
on
the
table.
Keep
in
your
own
mind
which
is
the
chosen
card,
but
do
not
let
the
audience
see
the
face
of
either
of
the
cards.
Ask
the
drawer
if
he
is
sure
that
he
will
know
his
card
again.
He
will,
of
course,
answer
“yes.”
Now
ask
either
the
same
or
another
person
to
touch
four
of
the
eight
cards
upon
the
table.
Necessarily,
the
four
which
he
touches
will
either
include
or
not
include
the
chosen
card.
In
either
case
you
take
up
(whether
he
touches
them
or
not)
the
four
which
do
not
include
the
chosen
card,
remarking,
“I
will
return
these
to
the
pack.”
Invite
the
same
person
to
touch
two
out
of
the
four
which
remain.
Again
take
up
the
two
(whether
touched
or
not
touched)
which
do
not
include
the
chosen
card,
saying,
“I
return
these
also
to
the
pack.”
You
have
now
only
two
cards
left
on
the
table,
one
of
which
is
the
chosen
card.
Invite
one
of
the
spectators
to
touch
one
of
these
cards.
As
before,
whichever
he
touches,
you
pick
up
and
return
to
the
pack
the
non-chosen
card,
remarking,
“We
have
now
only
one
card
left.
You
have
all
seen
that
I
dealt
out
eight
cards
on
the
table,
and
that
I
have
withdrawn
seven,
you
yourselves
choosing
which
I
should
withdraw.
Now,
sir,
be
kind
enough
to
name
the
card
you
drew.”
The
card
having
been
named,
you
turn
over
the
card
left
on
the
table,
and
show
that
it
is
the
right
one.
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