This is a thoughtful introduction to magic with everything you need to get started with this great hobby or even profession if you want to take it that far.

• Introduction
• Overture And Beginners, Please!
• Chapter One: And It Wasn’t Up His Sleeve At All!
• Chapter Two: This Is An Amateur’s World!
• Chapter Three: So You Want To Be A Magician?
• Chapter Four: A Mindreader, Eh?
• Chapter Five: A Full Hand Of Clubs
• Chapter Six: Meet The Magic Circle
• Chapter Seven: The International Brotherhood Of Magicians
• Chapter Eight: These Are Names To Conjure With
• Chapter Nine: Top Of The Bill
• Chapter Ten: They Make The Magic
• Chapter Eleven: The Books Of Magic
• Chapter Twelve: The Ephemera Of Mystery
• Appendix I: Glossary Of Conjuring Terms
• Appendix II: Classified List Of Magical Societies
• Appendix III: Manufacturers And Suppliers Of Magical Apparatus
• Appendix IV: List Of Magical Periodicals