Excerpt from the introduction:
In writing this present book, I have had three aims in view; to present a series of practical routines ranging from sleight-of-hand to the mechanical; to describe various gadgets and hints and tips in the construction of magical apparatus; and finally, to make the book entertaining to read by incorporating views and discussions which, though probably controversial in parts, will amuse as well as stimulate constructive thought.
Table of Contents
- Exordium
- Chapter One: Magical Mixture
- THE ERIC LEWIS PAPER AND HAT ROUTINE
- A VANISH
- SEBASTIAN
- A PRODUCTION
- A CIGARETTE CONCATENATION
- FOR ADULTS ONLY
- HAVE A GO!
- Chapter Two: Cartomancy
- "HARBINESQUE"
- A CARD FAN-GLE
- THE "MIRACLE" PASSING CARDS
- Chapter Three: Gadgets
- GADGET NO. 1 A PROMPTER
- GADGET NO. 2 A COLOUR-FORCE BAT
- GADGET NO. 3 REPEAT COIN TRAYS
- GADGET NO. 4 COLOUR-CHANGING TABLES
- GADGET NO. 5 COW GUM
- GADGET NO. 6 A SILENT THIMBLE HOLDER
- Chapter Four: Magic Macabre
- ESSAY ON HEAVY MAGIC
- AFTER ALAN
- "THE THING"
- Chapter Five: "LAUGH, CHILDREN, LAUGH!"
- HINDU SWEETS
- THE GREAT JAM TART FALLACY
- DESTINATION MOON
- VALEDICTION
1st edition 1951, 110 pages; PDF 91 pages.
word count: 39843 which is equivalent to 159 standard pages of text
