Excerpt from the introduction:
My books are written from the standpoint of a practical performer and have in view the conditions required for public presentation on the concert platform. The average magical book seems to predominate in card tricks, small mental effects, or subtle whimsies suitable only for intimate work. Such effects are rare in my own writings, and subtlety and superfine cleverness are overlooked for directness of working and clarity of effect, always having in mind that it is the lay audience that we are to entertain.
So this book will, I feel, appeal again to the man who cannot do much with his hands regarding sleights and manipulations. It will appeal to those who can use their hands, but in the placing together of wood, cardboard, glue and other commodities in presentable magical apparatus. And once again it will appeal to the large number who like to entertain an audience.
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE The Magician's Coat Of Arms
Patter And Presentation In Rhyme
The Scroll
Presentation
CHAPTER TWO The Fig Leaf Chest
CHAPTER THREE The Spectator Knows
CHAPTER FOUR The "Visible" Ribbon Restoration
CHAPTER FIVE The Wool An' Screen
CHAPTER SIX More Wizardry With Wool
CHAPTER SEVEN Message From Confucius
CHAPTER EIGHT Pages From My Notebook
A Thimble Production Stand
Thimble Vanishing Stand
Pen-Clip Card Change
A Pen-Clip Impromptu
Want A Production Box?
Spinning Discs
A Comedy Idea
CHAPTER NINE The Passing Of Time
CHAPTER TEN Hats For The Kiddies
CHAPTER ELEVEN Wheat Flakes
CHAPTER TWELVE The "Gradual" Card Frame
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Have You A Ring Pull?
The Diminishing Handkerchief
Climbing And Vanishing Knot In Silk
Visible 20th Century
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Dart-Board Mysteries
Effect One
Effect Two
Effect Three
Au Revoir!
