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practicalmagicia00harr.pdf | 59 | THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. 49 - - CHAPTER VI. ON THE CONTINUITY OF TRICKS. IT may be useful now to invite attention to the theory of pre serving a continuity in the development of tricks, where circumstances admit of this being done. Sundry displays of legerdemain admit of being adroitly linked together; and I shall endeavor to explain why such an harmonious continuity is pref- crable to an unconnected series of isolated tricks ; for when once a novico gets a clear perception of this principle, he will be able, according to his own special taste, to produce a pleasing varicty of combinations in his experiments. He will thus rise above being a mero copyist of the methods used by others, and so will give a zest and frcshness to his performances. Now, thero aro many short and secondary dashes of legerde- main, which a spirited performer will be able to introduce in ad- dition to the tricks which he is exhibiting. There are also sev- eral ornamental or fanciful little tricks which would not rivet the attention of an audienco if exhibited by themselves. These, though unqualified to shino as the main object of observation, may nevertheless be worked into the evening's entertainment as amusing by-play, and may thus prevent the interest of the spec- tators from flagging. They may come in as accessories-as stimulating side-dishes-causing the entertainment to bear a continuous character, instead cf merely consisting of sundry isolated experiments. Let me be allowed to substantiate what I have advanced by referenco to somo of the tricks which I have already described. |