Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

The Shower of Aces 97 Several Persons having each drawn Two Cards, which have been Returned and Shuffled, to make each Couple appear in Succession, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the Pack 99 To make Two Cards, each firmly held by a different Person, change places 101 To change Four Cards, drawn haphazard, and placed on the Table, into Cards of the same Value as a Single Card subsequently chosen by one of the Spectators 102 Two Heaps of Cards, unequal in Number, being placed upon the Table, to predict beforehand which of the two the Company will choose 103 A Row of Cards being placed Face Downwards on the Table, to indicate, by turning up one of them, how many of such Cards have during your absence been transferred from one end of the Row to the other 104 Several Cards having been freely chosen by the Company, Returned and Shuffled, and the Pack placed in a Person’s Pocket, to make such Person draw out one by one the chosen Cards 106 The Cards having been freely Shuffled, and cut into three or four Heaps, to name the top Card of each Heap 108 To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and, dividing the Pack into three Heaps, to cause the Card thought of to appear in whichever Heap the Company may choose 108 To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and, even before such Card is named, to select it from the Pack, and place it singly upon the Table 110