Part Two (of four volumes) - a comprehensive history of magic in New Zealand from the founding of the country, covering the years 1910 - 1919.
"Weaving the story of a young nation throughout the narrative, Reid has given us insight into the challenges of mounting an illusion show in a country with slowly developing transportation and infrastructure ... The experts quoted on the back of the book have already taken all the good adjectives; meticulous, exhaustive, invaluable, comprehensive, fascinating, authoritative, and monumental. All are completely true." - MAGIC - Independent Magazine for Magicians