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.
- 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
