My books are written from the standpoint of a practical performer and have in view the conditions required for public presentation on the concert platform. The average magical book seems to predominate in card tricks, small mental effects, or subtle whimsies suitable only for intimate work. Such effects are rare in my own writings, and subtlety and superfine cleverness are overlooked for directness of working and clarity of effect, always having in mind that it is the lay audience that we are to entertain.
So this book will, I feel, appeal again to the man who cannot do much with his hands regarding sleights and manipulations. It will appeal to those who can use their hands, but in the placing together of wood, cardboard, glue and other commodities in presentable magical apparatus. And once again it will appeal to the large number who like to entertain an audience.
