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•  The Hamish Hamilton Book of Magicians • interior artwork by Victor Ambrus
• vii • Introduction (The Hamish Hamilton Book of Magicians) • essay by Roger Lancelyn Green
• xi • Invitation: "The Sorcererer's Song" (excerpt from 'The Sorcerer') • poem by W. S. Gilbert
• 3 • Teta the Magician • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 10 • 'A Hittite Charm against a Wizard's Spell' • poem by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 11 • A Magician from Corinth • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 19 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 25 • Virgilius the Sorcerer • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 39 • Aladdin and the African Magician • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 64 • Merlin, the Wizard of Britain • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 84 • Bradamante and the Wizard • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 95 • The Franklin's Tale • (1930) • short story by Eleanor Farjeon
• 109 • The Magician's Horse • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 122 • The Gifts of the Magician • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 131 • The Magician's Pupil • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 136 • The Magician Who Had No Hart • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 145 • The Wizard King • short story by Roger Lancelyn Green
• 155 • "Chinook and Chinok" • (1888) • poem by Andrew Lang
• 161 • The Castle of Kerglas • (1910) • short story by Émile Souvestre (trans. of Peronnik l'idiot 1844)
• 179 • The Magician and His Pupil • short story by A. J. Glinski (trans. of O czarowniku i jego uczniu 1853) [as by Amelia Godin (in error)]
• 190 • The Magicians' Gifts • juvenile • (1872) • short story by Juliana Horatia Ewing
• 200 • The Magician Turned Mischief-Maker • juvenile • (1876) • short story by Juliana Horatia Ewing
• 206 • The Princess and the Cat • juvenile • (1905) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 225 • The Magician Who Wanted More • (1906) • short story by Andrew Lang
• 242 • The Crab That Played with the Sea • juvenile • [Just So Stories] • (1902) • short story by Rudyard Kipling
• 254 • Prince Rabbit • (1923) • short story by A. A. Milne
• 270 • Epilogue: The Magician Prospero Bids Farewell to His Magic Arts (excerpt from 'The Tempest') • poem by William Shakespeare
• 271 • Notes on Sources (The Hamish Hamilton Book of Magicians) • essay by Roger Lancelyn Green