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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
76
These
words
suggest,
as
you
will
readily
see,
eight,
king,
three,
ten,
two,
seven,
nine,
five,
queen,
four,
ace,
six,
knave.
You
must
also
have
a
determinate
order
for
the
suits,
which
should
be
red
and
black
alternately,
say,
diamonds,
clubs,
hearts,
spades.
Sort
the
pack
for
convenience
into
the
four
suits,
and
then
arrange
the
cards
as
follows:
Take
in
your
left
hand,
face
upwards,
the
eight
of
diamonds,
on
this
place
the
king
of
clubs,
on
this
the
three
of
hearts,
then
the
ten
of
spades,
then
the
two
of
diamonds,
and
so
on,
till
the
whole
of
the
cards
are
exhausted.
This
arrangement
must
be
made
privately
beforehand,
and
you
must
either
make
this
the
first
of
your
series
of
tricks,
or
(which
is
better,
as
it
negatives
the
idea
of
arrangement)
have
two
packs
of
the
same
pattern,
and
secretly
exchange
the
prepared
pack,
at
a
suitable
opportunity,
for
that
with
which
you
have
already
been
performing.
Spread
the
cards
(which
may
previously
be
cut
any
number
of
times),
and
offer
them
to
a
person
to
draw
one.
While
he
is
looking
at
the
card,
glance
quickly
at
the
card
next
above
that
which
he
has
drawn,
which
we
will
suppose
is
the
five
of
diamonds.
You
will
remember
that
in
your
memoria
technica
“five”
is
followed
by
“ladies”
(queen).
You
know
then
that
the
next
card,
the
one
drawn,
was
a
queen.
You
know
also
that
clubs
follow
diamonds:
ergo,
the
card
drawn
is
the
queen
of
clubs.
Name
it,
and
request
the
drawer
to
replace
it.
Ask
some
one
again
to
cut
the
cards,
and
repeat
the
trick
in
the
same
form
with
another
person,
but
this
time
pass
all
the
cards
which
were
above
the
card
drawn,
below
the
remainder
of
the
pack.
This
is
equivalent
to
cutting
the
pack
at
that
particular
card.
After
naming
the
card
drawn,
ask
if
the
company
would
like
to
know
any
more.
Name
the
cards
next
following
the
card
already
drawn,
taking
them
one
by
one
from
the
pack
and
laying
them
face
upwards
on
the
table,
to
show
that
you
have
named
them
correctly.
After
a
little
practice,
it
will
cost
you
but
a
very
slight
effort
of
memory
to
name
in
succession
all
the
cards
in
the
pack.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
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