Secrets of My Magic
by David Devant

From the foreword by Jeffery Atkins:

• Publisher's Note
• Foreword
• INTRODUCTION THE ETHICS OF EXPOSURE
• CHAPTER I CARD MAGIC
• CHAPTER II CARD MAGIC (continued)
• CHAPTER III BILLIARD BALL MAGIC
• CHAPTER IV BILLIARD BALL MAGIC (continued)
• CHAPTER V FLOWER MAGIC
• CHAPTER VI OPENING ILLUSIONS
• CHAPTER VII MECHANICAL MAGIC
• CHAPTER VIII FAMOUS ILLUSIONS REVEALED
• CHAPTER IX MORE FAMOUS ILLUSIONS
• CHAPTER X EGG MAGIC
• CHAPTER XI THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK
• CHAPTER XII MAGICAL MYSTERIES
• CHAPTER XIII MORE MAGICAL MYSTERIES
• CHAPTER XIV MAGICAL SKETCHES
• CHAPTER XV MASTERPIECES OF MAGIC
• CHAPTER XVI MENTAL MAGIC
• CHAPTER XVII THREE UNPRODUCED ILLUSIONS
• CHAPTER XVIII CREATING AN ILLUSION
• CHAPTER XIX SOME AWKWARD MOMENTS
• CHAPTER XX MAGIC OF MY CONTEMPORARIES
  • A New Method for the Spirit Slates By Oswald Williams
  • How I Became a Conjurer By Oswald Williams
  • The Card and Tack Trick By Horace Goldin
  • Some Magical Reminiscences By Horace Goldin, the Royal Illusionist
  • Invisible Dye By Douglas Dexter
  • A New "Thought-wave" Experiment By H. Park Shackleton, O.B.E. (Mil.), M.B., Ch.B., M.I.M.C., etc.
  • A Surprising Finish to a Cigarette Production Act By Len Burnell, L.M.S.
  • The Spirit Message By G. W. Eade
  • £1000 Challenge Effect By Fred Hocking, M.I.M.C.
  • A "Tee Bee" Effect (Raffles) By Tom Burnett, L.M.S.
  • Misdirection By Arthur Sherwood, M.I.M.C.
• CHAPTER XXI MAGIC OF MY CONTEMPORARIES (continued)
  • A. B. C. Time-table Watch and Card Trick By Herbert J. Collings
  • A. B. C. Time-table Watch and Card Trick (Suitable for Dinner or Private Parties.)
  • A Pack of Cards Arranged by Graham Adams
  • The Caledonian Mystery By W. Donald Forsyth
  • The Diminishing Card Trick By Edward Victor
  • The Indestructible Handkerchief By Allen Benbow
  • Torn Strip of Paper By Ralph Delvin
  • The "Miracle" Torn and Restored Paper An original version by Ellis Stanyon
  • Handkerchief, Tumbler and Flowers By Will Blyth, M.I.M.C.
  • "The Allotment" By Vincent Dalban
  • Shopping by Wireless By Ralph Chart (Raoul)
  • Blindfold Card Reading By George Johnson
  • The Vanity Bag Illusion By Cecil Lyle
  • The Great Presto Painting Mystery By Wm. G. Stickland
  • The Optical Pass By Chris Van Bern, M.I.M.C.
  • A New Spirit Message Effect By Oswald Rae
  • A Coin and Card Divination By Edward Bagshaw
  • The Multiple Laundry Mystery By Kershaw Thomas
  • The Tests of the Court Magician
  • The Sunshade Trick By L. Davenport
  • Early Days of Magic By the late Charles Moritt
  • The Mystery of Asrah By Servais Le Roy
• APPENDIX I Notes re Construction of Conservatory, "Peter Pan"

1st edition 1936, 288 pages; reprinted 1969; PDF 184 pages.
word count: 79162 which is equivalent to 316 standard pages of text