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Title: Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring.
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 Hawkins, Arthur, ca. 1940
Subjects: Magic tricks
Publisher: London New York : G. Routledge and Sons
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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Fig. 312 Apnrt from these special mysteries, which we are not at liberty toreveal, the trick is as follows :—The performer brings forward thegirl or boy wno is to be the subject of the illusion, and who is dressed 497 in some fancy costume. A low b:mch or table, say five feet in lengthby two in width, and on legs about six inches in height, is broughtforward, and shown to be wholly disconnected from the floor or stage.
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Fig. 315. On this is placed a small stool, on which the subject of the experi-ment (whom, in the present instance, we will suppose to bj; a younglady) mounts. She extends her arms, and under each is placed astout rod or pole of appropriate length. (See Fig. 312.) The per- 32 493 MODERN MAGIC. former makes pretended mesmeric passes over her. and in a minute ortwo her head is seen to droop, and after a few more passes her eyesclose, and she is., to all external appearance, in a mesmeric sleep. The

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