Image from page 300 of "Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring." (1885)
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Title: Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring.
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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n the left hand, 3s before, and the ballbetween the thumb and second joint of the forefinger of the oppo-site hand, the performer lays the end of the wand across the tips ofthe fingers, and draws the hand gently downwards along it, at thesame time palming the ball by the first method. To Pass one Cup through another.—This is an effectivesleight, and by no means difficult of acquirement. Taking one of thecups, mouth upwards, in the left hand, and holding another in asimilar position in the right hand, about a foot above it, the performerdrops the right hand cup smartly into that in the left hand (whichlatter should be held very lightly). If this is neatly done, the lowercup will be knocked out of the hand by the concussion, while theupper one will be caught and held in its place; the effect to the eyeof the spectator being as if the upper cup had passed through theother. The lower cup may either be allowed to fall on the ground ortable, or may be caught by the right hand in its fall.
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278 MODERN MAGIC. The successive appearances and disappearances of the balls under-neath the cups are known by the name of Passes j the particularcombination of such passes being governed by the taste and inventionof the performer. The series most generally in use is derived from awork dating from the last century, the Recreations Mathematiques elPhysiques of Guyot; and Guyot, we believe, borrowed it from aGerman source. The series given below, which will be found veryeffective, is derived mainly from that of Guyot, as improved byPonsin, a later and very ingenious writer on the art of presti-digitation. The cups and balls require, even more than conjuring generally,a running accompaniment of talk. Each Pass should have its own boniment or patter, carefully prepared and frequently rehearsed.It would be impossible to give, within any reasonable limits, appro-priate patter for each of the Passes. This each performer mustarrange for himself, so as to suit the style and character in which
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Image from page 300 of "Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring." (1885)
Identifier: modernmagicpract00hoff_0
Title: Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring.
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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n the left hand, 3s before, and the ballbetween the thumb and second joint of the forefinger of the oppo-site hand, the performer lays the end of the wand across the tips ofthe fingers, and draws the hand gently downwards along it, at thesame time palming the ball by the first method. To Pass one Cup through another.—This is an effectivesleight, and by no means difficult of acquirement. Taking one of thecups, mouth upwards, in the left hand, and holding another in asimilar position in the right hand, about a foot above it, the performerdrops the right hand cup smartly into that in the left hand (whichlatter should be held very lightly). If this is neatly done, the lowercup will be knocked out of the hand by the concussion, while theupper one will be caught and held in its place; the effect to the eyeof the spectator being as if the upper cup had passed through theother. The lower cup may either be allowed to fall on the ground ortable, or may be caught by the right hand in its fall.
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278 MODERN MAGIC. The successive appearances and disappearances of the balls under-neath the cups are known by the name of Passes j the particularcombination of such passes being governed by the taste and inventionof the performer. The series most generally in use is derived from awork dating from the last century, the Recreations Mathematiques elPhysiques of Guyot; and Guyot, we believe, borrowed it from aGerman source. The series given below, which will be found veryeffective, is derived mainly from that of Guyot, as improved byPonsin, a later and very ingenious writer on the art of presti-digitation. The cups and balls require, even more than conjuring generally,a running accompaniment of talk. Each Pass should have its own boniment or patter, carefully prepared and frequently rehearsed.It would be impossible to give, within any reasonable limits, appro-priate patter for each of the Passes. This each performer mustarrange for himself, so as to suit the style and character in which
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