The Golden Asse Understanding of all the material

Understanding of all the material calls for some mathematical maturity on the part of the reader

this guide is designed for illusionists performing in small venues — bars

the Yü Shu Ching or Classic of the Pivot of jade

Royal Stewart pattern

and catalogs of the 1920s and 30s

The Golden Asse Understanding of all the materialWritten in the second century A. D., this picaresque classic is the ancient world's only surviving complete novel. Concerning an inquisitive young man transformed into an ass by a magic potion, the narrative digresses into other tales of love, intrigue, and witchcraft a story within a story technique that inspired many later authors, including Boccaccio, Cervantes, and Rabelais. This lavish hardcover edition reproduces the John Lane Bodley Head