This is David Devant's autobiography. On top of his personal recollections he included three chapters on how to perform magic, and six chapters on the history of magic.

Publisher's Note
Foreword
Introduction
Pictures Of My Early Life
CHAPTER I. My Introduction To Magic
CHAPTER II The Hot Pudding And The Vanishing Lady
CHAPTER III Mixing Magic With Midgets
CHAPTER IV My Attack On London
CHAPTER V I Appear With Maskelyne
CHAPTER VI The First Animated Pictures
CHAPTER VII Magical Sketches
CHAPTER VIII A Feast Of Magic
CHAPTER IX Magic And The Public
CHAPTER X Secrets Of Magic
CHAPTER XI More Secrets Revealed
CHAPTER XII The Indian Rope Trick
CHAPTER XIII "The Man Who Makes Money"
CHAPTER XIV "Magic And Spiritualism"
CHAPTER XV Magic In The Past
CHAPTER XVI Conjuring On The Continent
CHAPTER XVII Past Masters Of Their Craft
CHAPTER XVIII Magic In The Nineteenth Century
CHAPTER XIX Magicians Abroad
CHAPTER XX The Magic Of The East
CHAPTER XXI Magic To-Day And To-Morrow
CHAPTER XXII A Magician's Curtain
APPENDIX I
- Programmes at the Egyptian Hall and on Tour from 1886 to 1904
- Synopsis of Programmes, etc., Arranged and Presented at St. George's Hall since January 1905
- Maskelyne & Cooke Programmes
- Sketches Produced at the Egyptian Hall During A Period Of 32 Years
- Sketches produced at St. George's Hall From January 1905 To 1915
- Illusions and Effects Produced at the Egyptian Hall During A Period Of 32 Years
- Illusions and Effects Produced at St. George's Hall From January 1905 To 1915
APPENDIX II The Artist's Dream
APPENDIX III St. Valentine's Eve
APPENDIX IV The Enchanted Hive
APPENDIX V The Pillar Of Brass
APPENDIX VI The Mascot Moth

1st edition 1931, reprinted 1978, 287 pages; PDF 232 pages.
word count: 89220 which is equivalent to 356 standard pages of text

My Magic Life by David Devant

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