Page for page the Wilson Course is more palatable and current. One of my magic friends commented that the Mark Wilson Course was in some ways better even than the Tarbell Course since it was more "up-to-date" as far as performance styles, routines and patter are concerned. Since I don't have The Mark Wilson Course handy to check, can you comment on the sections in the Wilson course that deal with showmanship and theory and how it compares with the same topics in the Hay book, or are those topics embedded in the descriptions of individual routines? It's hard for me to assess whether the Mark Wilson course would be "a better 'entry level' volume for beginning magicians" than _The Amateur Magician's Handbook" or a more recent book like Patrick Page's _Big Book of Magic_. But I loved the way the illustrations were laid out perfectly side-by-side with the text, and for today's visually-oriented readers, that may indeed be an advantage. Of course I was already a fairly adept part-time pro when it was published. It's been a while since I've looked at my _Mark Wilson Course in Magic_.
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