This is David Devant's autobiography. On top of his personal recollections he included three chapters on how to perform magic, and six chapters on the history of magic.
- Publisher's Note
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Pictures Of My Early Life
- CHAPTER I. My Introduction To Magic
- CHAPTER II The Hot Pudding And The Vanishing Lady
- CHAPTER III Mixing Magic With Midgets
- CHAPTER IV My Attack On London
- CHAPTER V I Appear With Maskelyne
- CHAPTER VI The First Animated Pictures
- CHAPTER VII Magical Sketches
- CHAPTER VIII A Feast Of Magic
- CHAPTER IX Magic And The Public
- CHAPTER X Secrets Of Magic
- CHAPTER XI More Secrets Revealed
- CHAPTER XII The Indian Rope Trick
- CHAPTER XIII "The Man Who Makes Money"
- CHAPTER XIV "Magic And Spiritualism"
- CHAPTER XV Magic In The Past
- CHAPTER XVI Conjuring On The Continent
- CHAPTER XVII Past Masters Of Their Craft
- CHAPTER XVIII Magic In The Nineteenth Century
- CHAPTER XIX Magicians Abroad
- CHAPTER XX The Magic Of The East
- CHAPTER XXI Magic To-Day And To-Morrow
- CHAPTER XXII A Magician's Curtain
- APPENDIX I
- Programmes at the Egyptian Hall and on Tour from 1886 to 1904
- Synopsis of Programmes, etc., Arranged and Presented at St. George's Hall since January 1905
- Maskelyne & Cooke Programmes
- Sketches Produced at the Egyptian Hall During A Period Of 32 Years
- Sketches produced at St. George's Hall From January 1905 To 1915
- Illusions and Effects Produced at the Egyptian Hall During A Period Of 32 Years
- Illusions and Effects Produced at St. George's Hall From January 1905 To 1915
- APPENDIX II The Artist's Dream
- APPENDIX III St. Valentine's Eve
- APPENDIX IV The Enchanted Hive
- APPENDIX V The Pillar Of Brass
- APPENDIX VI The Mascot Moth
1st edition 1931, reprinted 1978, 287 pages; PDF 232 pages.
word count: 89220 which is equivalent to 356 standard pages of text