While all the routines are superb, we especially like the "Astrological Forecast" card routine, and the "Novelty Corn Cob Pipe Routine". Both of these acts rely on regular, off-the-shelf items and the gimmics can be made up by even the most inexpert home craftsman. (We'll go so far as to say, if you can't understand how to bend a pipe cleaner or open and close a safety pin, then you have no business being in the magic profession.)

Here's what a noted magic expert has to say about the book:

"Berland has written eight very detailed and understandable routines which are all good. Each is of a different type and one or more will fit in any magician's program. There are effects with a corn cob pipe, paper money, golf balls, silks, etc. Because of the completeness of detail given with each routine, this book is of exceptional value. " (--John Mulholland, SPHINX magazine)

PDF format. 54 pages + supplement. Revised and updated reprint of the 1950 Berland Magic Creations edition. Includes important edits, clarifications and updates. ($4 US)