The Magic Wand Volume 28

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246 pages

1. Vol. 28, Number 181 March-May, 1939 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Worth While Magic
   • Hotel Show
   • The Passing of Anderton's [former home of the Magic Circle]
   • Miry Magic
   • More Ingenuity
5. Uniting the Nations - H. W. Brehaut
6. The Magic Bran Tub - J. F. Orrin
11. A Production Box - John Robinson
12. On Being Funny - article by H. A. M. Bone
14. The Twentieth Century (Red, White and) Blues - Harold H. Saunders
16. The Rise of Genius - S. H. Sharpe
16. Lemon and Sausage - Wilfrid Jonson
17. Card and Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Just Glimpse a Card
    • Torn and Restored Paper
    • New Card Production
    • Find the Picture
    • A New Location
21. The Severed Strip - Joseph Fitzpatrick
22. Tea Shop Magic
23. Conjurer's Tales - article by Li-Chung-Soo
25. Ball Dropper and Vanisher - Prof. Edgar
26. The Tasting Trick
27. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • Cocktails
    • New Cards Up the Sleeve
32. Coloured Rice and Water
33. A Lighted Cigarette Acquitment - E. Brian MacCarthy
34. New Tunes on an Old Fiddle - C. Dudley Whitnall
38. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
41. A Borrowed Coin - H. W. Brehaut
42. More Ideas - Leonard Ashton
    • The Electric Circuit
    • The Card and Target
    • Do As I Do
    • With Rug Wool
44. Liquid Thro' Liquid - Len. J. Sewell
46. A Chinese Change-Over - W.A. Gripper
47. Caricatures - idea by Joseph Fitzpatrick
48. Book Notes
    • Greater Magic - J. Northern Hilliard
    • Proudlock's Egg-Bag and Four Ace Presentations - Edward Bagshawe
    • Cheerful Conjuring - Dan Bellman
    • Are You Seeing Things? - Ross A. Burley
51. Amid the Magazines
    • The Magician
    • The Magic Circular
    • The Sphinx
    • The Tops
    • The Magi
    • Literary Selections
    • The Linking Ring
    • The Conjurers Chronicle
    • Genii
    • Magicraft Review
    • The Magic Fan
    • Le Journel
    • Le Magicien
51. Correspondence
52. A New Magical Club
52. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

53. Vol. 28, Number 182 June-September, 1939 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
53. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Linking Rings
    • Too Ingenious
    • Magical Invention
    • Thank You!
    • Reminiscences
    • Finlico's Bowels
    • Our New Publications
58. Card Table Magic - Leonard Ashton
    • a 48 card effect similar to the 21 card trick
    • An experiment with Eighteen Cards
61. Just for Fun - Rupert H. Slater
    • Ale or Water
    • The Last But Two
    • A Card Rises!
64. Just Another Card Trick - Prof. Day
65. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
67. A Topical Suggestion - J. F. Orrin
69. An Elevat-ed Mystery - C. W. Collier
71. The Magician - poem by T.W.B.
72. Skip Jack - Rupert H. Slater
73. Handkerchief from a Board - H. W. Brehaut
75. The Slippery Soap - Len. J. Sewell
76. For the Pocket - Stanley Thomas
77. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • The Spirits Arrive
    • Watch, Glass and Handkerchief
85. Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Die Hat and Orange
    • A Card Idea
    • Magic Welding
    • Up and Down
87. The Midland Bank Magical Society - club show report
89. More Practical Magic - Allan Peterson
    • A Deceptive Cut Rope Effect
    • The Penetrating Ball
90. The Grand Séance - Magic Circle show report
92. A New Attachment - Joseph Fitzpatrick
92. The Mirror Jar - Harry Latour
93. Tips for the Thumb Tip - Silvanus
95. Programmes
    • Jasper Maskelyne at the Coliseum
    • Chung Ling Sen at the Alhambra, Devonport
    • Will Russel, The Comedy Conjurer, at the Metropolitan
    • Silvanus at the Orpheum, Golders Green
    • Murray, the Australian Escapologist, at the Metropolitan
    • George MacDonald (Touring with Casey's Court Revue)
98. Book Notes
    • Collected Magic For You - D. E. Engle, editor - Leeds Magical Society
    • Conventional Conjuring - De Vega
    • How to Routine Magic - H. Rex Hauptmann
    • Decoupures Magiques du Papier - Monarque
    • Forging Ahead in Magic - John Booth
100. Summer Ramble - from Davenport and Co. (The Demon Club)
101. Correspondence
     • An Illusionary Invention
     • Uniting the Nations
     • Manipulative Magic
103. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

105. Vol. 28, Number 183 October-November, 1939 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
105. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Varying Views
     • Curious Items
     • The Guard Book
     • Secrets of the Street Conjurer
108. Transformation of Ale - Rupert H. Slater
109. Les Etoiles Mysterieuses (Up-to-Date) - Len J. Sewell
110. The Passing of Horace Goldin
111. The Kick Colour Change - Leonard Ashton
112. House - A New Spelling Bee - Victor Farelli
114. A Card Clip - Prof. Edgar
115. A Cigarette Ladder - Prof. Edgar
116. The Improved Glide - Dr. L. Rothbart
116. Scot's Magic - notice of upcoming book by Tom Sellers
117. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
120. An Impromptu Card Trick - Dorian
120. notice added that this issue was in type prior to September 3, 1939
121. A Cigarette Acquitment - E. Brian MacCarthy
122. The Flying Signature - Leonard Ashton
123. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
     • Sleight with a Ball
     • The Docile Dumplings
     • Yet Another Card Trick!
130. A Foot Feat - S.H.S.
131. Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
     • The T.S. Dove Vanish
     • A Practical Cigarette Switch
     • Forget It
     • How Many?
     • Wood Through Wood
134. A Card in a Glass Tube - H. W. Brehaut
135. The Utopian Societies - article by H. A. M. Bone
136. Loading a Tambourine - Prof. Day
136. Malayan Enthusiasm - club notes
137. Dressing a Doll - Stanley G. Brown
139. Magical Fancies - Alfred Frangleton
     • Summer Sorcery
     • Mr. Knowall
141. A Crossword Puzzle - Rupert Slater
142. London Magic - reviews by Roy Cowl
145. Programmes
     • Chefalo, at the Chiswick Empire
     • Miss Blanche, at the Kurhaus Cabaret, Scheveningen (Holland)
147. Book Notes
     • More Card Manipulations, No. 2 - Jean Hugard
     • Les Magie des Cartes - Victor Farelli
     • Summertime Sorcery - De Vega
     • Inside the Medium's Cabinet - Joseph Dunninger
     • Hugard's Annual of Magic - Jean Hugard
149. Amid the Magazines
     • The Sphinx
     • Genii
     • The Linking Ring
     • The Tops
     • The Magician
     • Magical Quarterly
     • The Conjurers Chronicle
     • The Magic Circular
     • The Magi
     • The Journal
     • The B.M.S. Journal
     • Le Journal de la Prestidigitation
     • Le Magicien
150. Correspondence
     • Memories and Coincidence
     • The Gentle Art of 'Pinching'
151. The Card 'Steal' - comments by J.A. Esler
152. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

153. Vol. 28, Number 184 December, 1939 [52 numbered; 14 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXVIII Index pages]
153. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Magic Circle
     • Black Light
     • A Billet-Switching Appliance
     • Scale and Price
     • Queries
     • Our Wishes
156. Obituary
     • Dr. Milton A. Bridges
     • Nate Leipzig
     • Dr. Walford Bodie
157. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
158. Lines for the Diminishing Cards - Wilfrid Jonson
159. Where is Father Christmas? - Roy Cowl
     • A Topical Transposition
160. Our New Volume - notice of the March, 1940 Magic Wand
161. Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
     • A Cage Escape
     • Think of a Name
163. A New Method for an Old Card Problem - C. W. Collier
165. Inventions - encore effect in rhyme by George Johnson
167. A New Pre-arranged Pack - M. C. Paine
169. About the Ghost Tube - Leslie Drake
170. The Idol Whispers - Len. J. Sewell
172. The Invisible Rose Bush - Charles Waller
174. Crossword Puzzle Solution - from page 141
175. Vanishing Varnish - H. G. Sparks
177. Rubbish - J. F. Orrin
184. A Rope and Ring Trick - Hugh Mackay
185. A Shadow Appliance - Prof. Edgar
186. Optico Scopico - W. S. Hartley
187. The "Wanted" Advertisement Trick - Prof. Day
189. Good-night - A. Graham Rhind
192. Hookey Spookems Egg Bag Routine - Hookey Spookems (Harry H. Thomson)
196. An Encore - Rupert H. Slater
198. Cards and Boards - Roy Cowl
200. Makers of the Magic Wand and Its Publications - acknowledgements
201. Gone to His Head! - Allan Peterson
202. New Tunes on an Old Fiddle (continued) - C. Dudley Whitnall
203. Book Notes
     • Entertaining Children with Magic - Eddie Clever
204. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

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