This is the book you should start with if you are determined to enjoy the fun and learn the skills of card magic. A wonderful book for the beginner, an excellent reference book for any magical library. It describes the sleights, moves and routines you must understand for getting into effective card magic. Learn how to do shuffles, flourishes, glide, key card use, glimpse, palm, back slip, lifts, passes, reverses, forces, and top and bottom changes. Then move on to routines and platform tricks. Your reward will be the capability of performing a hilarious “Conus Four Ace Routine,” a delightful “Ladies Looking Glass,” showing the rapid appearance of pairs at the top and bottom of the deck, an amazing transformation of one card to another in “Everywhere and Nowhere,” a polished Herrmann’s “Egyptian Pocket,” four card rediscovery, the great feat of “Cards to the Pocket,” and finally David Devant’s favorite “Three Cards Across.” Yes, you can learn to do them all, and well.