A 1922 handbook of conjuring in which water does the work. Ainslie starts with small parlour tricks needing only three tumblers, a jug and a sheet of stiff paper, then moves on to stage pieces such as the hydrostatic tube, the passe-passe trick, the rice bowls and the Indian sands, explaining the preparation, the patter and the misdirection for each.
A practical delight for amateur conjurers and for anyone curious how the old drawing-room illusions were done. Download the free EPUB.