The Master Book of Magic
by J. C. Cannell

This book reveals some large-scale illusions and then teaches a range of easy tricks for the beginner.

• Introduction
• Secrets Of A Famous Magician Revealed
  • Buried Alive
  • Escape From A Milk-Can
  • The Vanishing Elephant
  • The Disappearing Horseman
  • "Needles And Thread"
  • Through A Brick Wall
• Magic Tricks Which Can Be Performed In The Home
  • The Handkerchief Trick
  • The Cord And The Handkerchief
  • The Vanishing Sixpence
  • A Bangle Trick
  • Try These Two Match Tricks
  • The Broken Match
  • The Coin Mystery
  • The Telegraphic Coin
  • A Blowing Feat
  • Lighting A Lump Of Sugar
  • The Three Boxes
  • The Tablecloth
  • The Two Pennies
  • The Puzzling Postcards
  • The Umbrella Trick
  • A Handkerchief And A Wand
  • A Mysterious Banana
  • Knots That Untie Themselves
  • The Handkerchief And Candle
  • The Magician's Secret Code
  • The Mysterious Shilling
  • The Domino Trick
• Mysterious Thought-Reading Tricks
  • A Book Mystery
  • The Newspaper Trick
  • Reading Hidden Writing In A Sealed Envelope
  • A Friendly Pack Of Cards
  • The Tell-Tale Touch
  • Mass Thinking
  • The Watch Mystery
  • Telling The Card
  • An Easy But Baffling Slate Trick
• Card Tricks
  • A Signalling Mystery
  • Memorising The Pack
  • The Boomerang
  • Black And Red
  • The Magnetic Cards
  • A Good Prophet
  • Lost Or Found
  • Pick And Choose
  • Take A Count
  • Stop

1st edition 1935, 64 pages; PDF 50 pages.
word count: 14242 which is equivalent to 56 standard pages of text