TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction xi
Stewart James: An Appreciation xiii
Jamesosophy, Indeed xvi

The Boy's World 1

The Knot of Enchantment 3
A Match for Gravity 5
Murder by Suggestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Spell of Mystery 11
Ball down 13 .
Freedom of the Seize 16
Simplicity Four-Ace Trick 19
Miraskill 22
Face-Up Prediction 24
The Book of the Dead 28
Sefalaljia 31
Sefalaljia Jr 36
The Man in Aberystwyth 38
The Love-Sick Tennis Ball 40
Remembering the Future 43
Further Than That 47
Half and Half 50
The Robot Deck 53
Silkscreen 59
Vocalculate 62
The Prophet's Choice ..................................................•. 64
Go Go Vanisher 67
The Clincher , 71
The Other Place 74
First Class Passage 78
Jamesway Poker Deal 81
Ten Nights in a Cardroom 84
Pokericulum 93
So-Fair Poker Deal 96
The Gobak Card Mystery 98
The Purloined Letters 102
Pocket of Persistence 105
Essay by SJ 108
Ring Leader 111
Falling Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Micawber 116
Baker's Dozen System 119

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The Doozer 121
Matchimera 125
Lejun 127
The Gofar Ball 131
The Tenth Variation 134
My Father's House' 137
Card V 139
The AAG Principle 142
Split Second 144
Stranger from Two Worlds : 147
Double Boomerang 150
Incantations 153
Oraclew 156
Dollars and (6th) Sense 159
Parent-Thesis 162
The Secret Partner 167
TRY aNother FIELD 171
Ontene Prediction 175
The Dream Goes On 180
A Class by Itself 184
Anger with a "D" 186
Package Deal 189
While at the Talking Table : 192

Acknowledgements 199

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