Even today, years after they first began, people still love to watch magicians perform classic magic tricks. Readers of this volume learn about some of the oldest and most well-known magic tricks still being performed today. They investigate the magicians who perform these tricks, past and present, and even find out some of the secrets to how these illusions are done.

Includes index.

Can you keep a secret? -- Magic lesson: Patter -- The sawing a person in half trick -- Magic lesson: Props -- Magic hat trick -- Magic lesson: Sleight of hand and misdirection -- The levitating pen -- The three cup trick -- Spoon bending.