When first published, this wasthe encyclopedia of cups and balls magicthe book where you found everything on the subject. The book begins with the simple sleights and moves, and takes you in easy stagesthought the whole calendar of sleights and subtletiesevery art and artifice, old and new, all the mystery and entertainment of this famous trick. Here you find the palming, passes, steals, switches, moves, routines, novelty effects, production of baby chicks, original ideas, how to select the cups, and more! Here is also all the detail, with lots of sketches to teach you how to make the balls magically fly from cup to cup, multiply, vanish, reappear, transform into other objects, etc. A comprehensive work on the subject. Special articles included by John Mulholland and Henry Ridgely Evans. 60 pages, 63 illustrations