Contains directions and staging instructions for magic shows; records of performances by prominent magicians (Leon Herrmann, Herbert Albini, and Horace Marshall (Marshall the Mystic); a ms. book (apparently unpublished) "The art of magic" (45 p.); List of tricks, apparatus, secrets, and books on magic in his collection; the tricks themselves, giving staging instructions and explaining the secret of each trick; codes, both written and for confederates; lyrics and poems, written by Goodwin; and Plays, both printed and ms.