My Magic Life

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