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The Magic Wand Volume 1 (Sep 1910 - Aug 1911)
by George Mackenzie Munro

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The Magic Wand Volume 1 (Sep 1910 - Aug 1911) by George Mackenzie Munro
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Numbers 1-12

196 pages

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1910 [16 pages]
  2. A representative group of weilders [sic] of the "Magic Wand" - photo
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Maskelyne and Devant's Mysteries - show review
  5. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  6. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by Charles F. Waite
  7. A Skeleton Canopy Illusion - Carl Leonard
  8. Letterbox
  9. Editorial - Salutatory
  10. Wand-erings - proverbs
  11. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow
  12. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  13. Book Notes - reviews
    • Entertaining by Magic - Hermann Pallme
    • The "Witmark" Incidental Music - Al Henderson
    • The Young Conjuror - Will Goldston
    • The Strand Magazine, August 1910 (including Perplexities)
  14. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
  15. The Order of the Magi - club news
  16. British Magical Society - club news

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 2, October, 1910 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. Percy Naldrett - profile
  3. Editorial
  4. Spirit Pictures - article
  5. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  6. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
  7. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  8. Are Doves Unlucky? - humorous anecdote
  9. The Magic Circle - club news
    • Opening Social Gathering
  10. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Magical World - Max Sterling, editor - magazine preview
    • The Book of Magic - J. N. Maskelyne and David Devant
  11. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  12. A Good Card Trick - Leslie Clair - effect
  13. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - announcement & rules
  14. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 3, November, 1910 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. Græme Atholl - profile
  3. Editorial
  4. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  5. Correspondence
  6. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
  7. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  8. The Magic Circle - club news
  9. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  10. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 1 thru 3
    • 1. A Drawing-Room Illusion
    • 2. A Novel Torn Card Trick, (Improvement)
    • 3. Original Combination of Egg Bag Trick
  11. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  12. British Magical Society - club news
  13. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Magical World, No. 1 - Max Sterling, editor - magazine
    • Conjurer's Tales - George Johnson
  14. Obituary - Mme. Rosalie Herrmann
  15. A "Spirit" Picture - cartoon

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 4, December, 1910 [16 pages]
  2. Albert Morrow - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow
  5. Cruel! - Carl Hertz and a heckler
  6. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
  7. Owen Clark's latest Novelties at St. George's Hall - show review
  8. Book Notes - reviews
    • Magical Tit-Bits - Professor Hoffmann
    • Magician's Tricks: How They Are Done - Henry Hatton & Adrian Plate
    • A Half Hour of Magic - Sicnarf
    • Encyclopædia of Fun - Harold Foster
    • Foster's Fun Folio - [Harold Foster]
    • Humorous Monologues and Patter Sketches - H. E. Foster & Co.
    • Tit-Bits - 29 October 1910 - magazine
  9. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  10. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  11. The Magic Circle - club news
    • Annual Festival Dinner
    • "Magic Circle" Social
  12. British Magical Society - club news
  13. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  14. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 4 thru 6
    • 4. The "Joker" Card Trick
    • 5. Something New in the Handkerchief Line
    • 6. Original Billiard Ball Combination
  15. Correspondence
  16. "Music" from the "Drum" that Can't be Beaten - illusion idea

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 5, January, 1911 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. Tom Edwards - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. An Excellent Card Trick - effect by Percy Naldrett
  5. The "Whirling" and hypnotic Wand - effect
  6. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  7. The Magic Wand - poem by Hugh Brennan
  8. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
  9. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  10. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Woman at Home - December magazine - has a column "Conjuring for Ladies"
    • The Captain - December magazine - "Christmas Magic for Boys"
    • Tit-Bits - Christmas Number magazine
    • The Strand - December magazine
    • Weymouth Telegram - December magazine
    • Tit-Bits - 17th December - "Tricks for the Evening Party"
    • The Sphinx - December magazine
    • Magic (American) - December magazine
  11. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  12. The Holborn Empire - article by Houdini
  13. Correspondence
  14. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
  15. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 7 thru 9
    • 7. A New Production Cylinder
    • 8. New Method of working Egg-bag Trick
    • 9. Packing Case Escape

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 6, February, 1911 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. H. Courtney-Page - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 10 thru 12
    • 10. An Improved Flower Production
    • 10a. An Original Changing Card Effect
    • 11. Ne Plus Ultra Card Trick (improved method)
    • 12. The Magnetic Plate
  5. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
  6. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  7. Albert Morrow & Walton Brozen Explain Some New Magic - column
    • His Majesty
    • An "Egg"s-traodinary Explanation
  8. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  9. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  10. A Chat with the Amateurs - translated from the French of Monsieur De Boynest
  11. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx - January 1911 magazine
    • Magic (American) - January 1911 magazine
    • The Thalia Diary and Directory of Concert parties and Entertainers
    • Juggling with Pennies - Wellesley Pain
    • Cagliostro - W. R. H. Trowbridge
  12. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
  13. Petherton's Phoenix - article by George Johnson

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 7, March, 1911 [16 pages]
  2. Houdini Defies Death - A Challenge from the Naval Barracks
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 13 thru 14
    • 13. An Original Improvement of the 20th Century Handkerchief Trick
    • 14. Magic Flight of an Object
  5. Circle of Mahatma (Bolton) - club news
  6. The Aeroplane Wand - effect by H. E. Nayler
  7. British Magical Society - club news
  8. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  9. Albert Morrow & Walton Brozen Explain Some New Magic - column
    • A New Spirit Wand
    • The Patriotic Confetti Trick
  10. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
  11. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  12. The Magical Pond - George R. Seems So - farcical playlet
  13. Mr. Walter Brozen, Illusionist - show review
  14. The Magic Circle - club news
  15. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx - February 1911 magazine
    • Tricks that Anyone can do - Morley Adams
  16. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
  17. The Northern Magical Society - club news

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 8, April, 1911 [18 pages]
  2. Maurice F. Raymond - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 1 winners
  5. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
  6. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
    • 1. The Giant's Silken Thread
    • 1a. Improvement on "Burt paper, silk ribbons and flag" trick
    • 2. A new Billiard Ball Ladder
    • 2a. A New Method of Working the "Mosher Ball Illusion"
    • 3. Precipitation of Cards
  7. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow
    • A Combination Shadow Fake - E. Victor
  8. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
  9. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  10. The Magic Circle - club news
  11. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  12. The Order of the Magi - club news
  13. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  14. Obituary - Mrs. Jennie Wetton
  15. Society of Magicians (Dundee Branch) - club news
  16. Book Notes - reviews
    • New Card Tricks (fourth series) - Professor Ellis Stanyon
    • The Sphinx - March 1911 magazine
    • Magic (American) - February 1911 magazine
  17. The Baby - A Pantomime
  18. Petherton's Phoenix - article by George Johnson cont'd from page 93

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 9, May, 1911 [18 pages]
  2. Mr. Chas. Urban - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 1 winners of prizes
  5. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
    • 4. A New Trick Wand
    • 5. "The Coronation Banner Mystery"
    • 6. Ring, Cone and Confetti Trick
  6. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
  7. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  8. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  9. British Magical Society - club news
  10. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
  11. The Magic Circle - club news
  12. Shirt-Cuff Jottings at the "Magic Circle" Sixth Grand Séance - cartoon
  13. Sixth Grand Séance of The Magic Circle - event review
  14. Still Smiling - cartoon
  15. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  16. Society of Magicians (Dundee Branch) - club news
  17. Petherton's Phoenix - article by George Johnson cont'd from page 128
  18. Book Notes - reviews
    • Magic (London) - April 1911 magazine
    • The Sphinx - April 1911 magazine

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 10, June, 1911 [16 pages]
  2. Representative Group, Society of Magicians, Dundee, 1911 - photo
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. The Excello Glass Trick - effect by Herbert E. Naylor
  5. "Magic Circle" Social - event review
  6. "The Magical Jig-Saw" or "The Man in the Moon" - effect by Walter Brozen
  7. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
  8. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  9. Recollections of Hartz
  10. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
    • 7. The Patriotic Glasses of Water
    • 8. The Invisible Man - black art illusion
  11. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  12. Dundee Society of Magicians - club news
  13. A Card and Egg Effect - Percy Smith
  14. Book Notes - reviews
    • Laughing Gas - Harold Foster
    • The Sphinx - May 1911 magazine
    • Magic (American) - April 1911 magazine
    • The Daily Mirror, 29 April 1911 - photographs from Magic Circle Socials
    • Magic (American) - March 1911 magazine
  15. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 11, July, 1911 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. Walton Brozen - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Brozen's Flower Production Extraordinary - effect by Walton Brozen
  5. "Tales of Hoffmann" - re-told by George Johnson
  6. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  7. Scissors & Paste - miscellaneous
  8. Messrs. Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries - show review
  9. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
    • 9. The Indian Mail Bag Mystery
    • 9a. An Addition to the Rice Bowls
    • 10. An ORIGIONAL and easily constructed Coin Stand
  10. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  11. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx - June 1911 magazine
    • The Art of Juggling - Wm. Deleslie
  12. The Flag and King Trick - effect
  13. Disrobroyism - cartoon
  14. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  15. A Great Illusionist's Conjuring Comedy - Mr. Horace Goldin's New Role - review

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 12, August, 1911 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. Nathan Dean - profile
  3. Editorial
  4. Obituary - Mrs. John Nevil Maskelyne
  5. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  6. For Lightning Cartoonists
  7. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
    • 11. An Original Flower Production Trick
    • 12. A Memory Feat
    • 13. A Subtle Vanish for a Cannon Ball
    • 13a. A Startling Effect with a Billiard Ball
    • 14. Dyeing Extraordinary
  8. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx - July 1911 magazine
    • The Magi - August 1911 newsletter
  9. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  10. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
  11. A Card Interlude - effect by C. F. Waite
  12. Brozen's Spirit Hand Illusion - effect by Walton Brozen
  13. An Advertising Hint for the Hot Weather
  14. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  15. The Magic Circle - club news

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