Tops Volume 5 (1940)
by Percy Abbott

January 1940 - December 1940
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

636 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • 1940 Good Wishes to You and Yours
   • A Magici8an in the House - Sid Lorraine - correction
   • Testimonial
7. Magicians Guild of America - Recil Bordner
8. Fitzkee's Story - Dariel Fitzkee
9. The Magicians Guild Convention - Ken MacEachin
10. E. J. Moore Sick Fund
11. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • The Card in the Frame
13. re: Sam Grossman
14. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Greetings to "Toppers"
16. The Coin Transposition - Clarence W. Hodge
    • Utility Coin Tray
    • An Easy Made Coin Tray
16. re: Loring Campbell
17. Dillenback's Comeback
19. Wizard's Club of Chicago
21. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Quarter-Deck Quandary
22. re: Phil Thomas
23. Anyone Can Read Your Mind - Bill Murfin
25. Miscellaneous Effects Contest
    25. L-O-O-K - A Silk Routine - Wayne Van Zandt
    27. Confetti to Silk - Fusion Effect - Wayman Ramsey & Wayne Van Zandt
    28. Paper Magic - Chester Galeza
    29. M-I-L-K- - G-O - Flatean Allen & Wayne Van Zandt
    30. A Suggestion for Lighting - Wayne Van Zandt
    31. Elusive Pack of Cigarettes - Joseph Didalensky
32. The Magicians Guild - K. G. MacEachin
33. re: Ted Weems & Paul Winchel
33. re: Milton E. Ross married Miss Ann Charlotte Fehring
34. Vents
    • It Sounds Screwy To Me - Paul J. Hollis
37. Bagging the Canary - Jon Kirby
39. Albenice's Arabian Bead Mystery - U. F. Grant
40. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Dariel Fitzke's International Magicians in Action - continued
    • Macdonald Birch Show at Pataluma
42. The Saginaw Valley Mystics - H. Leonard Eva

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 2 - February 1940 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
9. E. J. Moore Sick Fund
10. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
12. New Year Party of P.M.C. [Professional Magicians Club] - A Huge Success
13. News from Nicola
    • Nicola's Letter - In Part
14. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Extravaganza Cristallomantia
16. Local Magician's Club [Youngstown Magic Club]
17. Hugard's Letter
18. [Lloyd] Jones Burps Back
    • Some Acts Poor
20. Specialty Entertainments
21. The Magicians Guild of America - Recil Bordner
22. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Crystalized Psychometry
23. Gerber Writes
24. Magic Books - H. Adrian Smith
    • Houdini Memorabilia
25. e: J. B. Bobo performance in Utah
26. Miscellaneous Effects Contest
    26. Townery - Ton Cup - Naarden-Holland
    27. Novel Production of Lighted Candle - Vincent Malmstrom
    28. Dog-Gone - Joe Didalensky
    29. Die Thru Glass - Harmon Holcombe
30. Vents - G. McAthy
31. Why Not? - R. S. Glover
33. Useful Hints - Don Wylie
33. re: Truxton Holmes
34. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
34. Paragraph for "Tops"
35. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • International Magicians Show - follow-up
      • Kanter's Catalogue of Superior Magic
      • Jinx
      • Hungarian News
      • Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers Chronicle
      • Ballygram No. 70
      • Berland's Xclusive Bulletin
      • The Stage Magic Company
      • Ireland - letter
    • general comments - part two
      • J. C. Grand Finale - Jack Chanin
      • Jinx - Issues 71-74
      • Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers Chronicle
      • Davenport's Demon Telegraph
      • Goldston's Magical Quarterly
      • The Hungarian Amateur Magicians Circle News
      • Spirit
      • Genii
      • Ireland - letter
      • Footprints on the Ceiling - Clayton Rawson

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 3 - March 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • [My] Biggest Disappointment of the Year
   • The Grand Finale - Jack Chanin
   • Questions and Answers
11. E. J. Moore Sick Fund
12. In England Now - Peter Warlock
13. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
15. Magicians Guild - Recil Bordner
16. Blutto - Teral Garrett
18. School Boys To Learn Magicians Tricks
19. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Reply to Hugard
21. Saginaw Valley Mystics - H. Leonard Eva
21. The Girl-Magician of Pennsylvania [Paddy]
22. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • The Cryptic Cards
23. Aftermath - Magic Hobby Club of Ohio - Bob Nelson
24. Vents - G. McAthy
    • Some Observations - John Ellwood & Ada Ripel
25. Canadian Magicians Note [re: L. E. Dawson]
26. Columbus Magic Club - Joe Gregory
27. photo of Charles Lawsen, Percy Abbott & Syl Reilly
27. re: Mysterious Lawrence
28. Slick Tricks - Gerber
    • Card Coincidence
29. The Fitzkee Show
30. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
31. Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
31. Peoria Magicians' Assembly - Al Ruesch
32. Miscellaneous Effects Contest
    32. Chosen Card in Reverse - W. Van Zandt
    32. Tube-Of-Mystery - Joseph Didaleusky
    33. A Suggested Routine - Wayne Van Zandt
    34. A "Sweet" Card Routine - Neil Sweet
35. Billy Pitts Gets Nice Mention
35. Cupid on the Job - re: Clyde Forrest & Jesse Thornton - each was married
35. re: improvements to Abbott's Theatre
36. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Massachusetts Black Art in 1834
40. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • re: exposure
    • Between Cocktails with a Packet of Matches - Sid Fleischman
    • And a Pack of Cards - Jack Merlin
    • Do That Again - Parrish & Weigle
    • Ireland's Catalog No. 8
    • The Spotlight - Patricola - new publication
    • Jinx, Nos. 75 to 78
    • Genii
    • The Dragon
    • The Magic Fan
    • The Hungarian Amateur Magicians News
    • Greater Magic Advertising Booklet
    • Thayer Ballygram No,. 71
    • Loyd - sheet
    • Jack Chanin - guarantee in Grand Finale
    • Orson Wells received his first magic set at the age of 2
42. Do As I Do - Edw. Lyons

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 4 - April 1940 - 52 pages & 2 page insert
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Guest Editorial - Large Oaks - Alvin Richard Plough
   • An Edible Idea - Alvin Richard Plough
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Production Extra-Ordinaire - trick
   • Questions and Answers
10. Billet Reading - Don Wylie
10. re: Levante in England & Murray in India
10. re: Death of Thurman C. Riley
11. Magicians Guild - Recil Bordner
11. re: Blutto - Teral Garrett
11. re: Doc Mahendra
11. re: Will Rock - Thurston Show
11. re: Annemann in Argosy magazine
12. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
14. Decatur Demons Club
14. re: South Carolina requires a license - Jack La Wain
15. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • A Haunting We Will Go - Part One
    • A Haunting We Will Go - Part Two
17. re: Birch
18. [letter from] Bob Nelson
19. E. J. Moore Sick Fund
20. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • The Cup of Tantalus
21. A Magician to be Watched! - re: Pronk
22. Re Clever - Hugard - letter from Frederick J. Braue
23. He Pulls Them All - re: Dr. Harry W. Burger
24. Vents - G. McAthy
    • Ventriloquial Dialogue - Don Frankel
25. Nicola Writes
26. Magic Books - H. Adrian Smith
    • Hooper's Rational Recreations
29. The Wandering Silk
30. Miscellaneous Effects Contest
    30. The Flight of Borrowed Rings - Wayne Van Zandt
    30. As You Wish - With Three Cards - Wayne Van Zandt
    32. Jack Hart in the Army - Monte Harris
34. The Surprise Package - Joseph Didaleusky
38. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
39. Effects with the Alagen Rope - R. C. Buff
40. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • exposures
42. Portland Prestidigitations - Hugh Riley
53. Two page insert for the P.C.A.M. San Diego Convention

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 5 - May 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Guest Editorial - "Gen" Grant
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Miricilsphere - Percy Abbott - effect
   • Questions and Answers
8. Three Card Misdirection - Don Wylie
9. Justo Hijo Jottings - R. S. Payne
10. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
11. re: Peoria News
11. re: Minnesota Magicians
12. Magicians Guild - Recil Bordner
12. Svengali Card Trick - Joseph Didaleusky
13. Meet the Boys at Abbott's Plant - "Gen" Grant
14. re: Bobo
15. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • On the Lot
17. Grant's Blindfold Cigarette Mystery
18. Convention Plans Progress - Donald Hendricks
18. Detroit Magicians - Charles A. Leedy
19. Blutto - Teral Garrett - continued
20. Knights of Magic Annual Night of Magic - Lew Dick
20. E. J. Moore Sick Fund
21. Vents - G. McAthy
    • Random Notes on Making Vent Pay - Bob Brethen
22. re: U. F. Grant
22. re: Henry and Leir, magicians
23. Slick Tricks - Gerber, the Magician
    • The Cords of Phantasia
    • A Quick Change
25. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Verisimilitude
26. To Whom It May Concern - re: A Sweet Card Effect [February issue] - W. Van Zandt
26. A New Magic Fiction Magazine Appears - The Red Star Mystery
27. Miscellaneous Effects Contest
    27. Royalty a la Carte - Vincent Malmstrom
    28. Kirby's "Transmutation" - Jon Kirby
32. At the "M. G. A." Meeting - Everybody's Happy! - W. Van Zandt
33. Another Jumbo Transposition - Bryce Chambers
34. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Hypnotism Not For The Weak-Minded - Can You Be Hypnotized?
35. This Is Magic - Radio Transcriptions an magic effects
37. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
38. An Experiment - Clarence W. Hodge
40. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • How to Strengthen the Memory - J. I. Redale
    • The Radio Vision Mind Reading Code of "Calostro" - R. L. Doidge
    • Fifty Years of Psychical Research - Harry Price
    • Jinx
    • Magie, February
    • The Magic Fan, January
    • The Hungarian Amateur Magician's News
    • The Dragon, February
    • Genii, March
    • Unique Magic Studio - lists
    • Berland's Xclusive Bulletin No. 12
    • Nelson Enterprises - Supplement No. 1
    • Gimmick - periodical
    • Double Talk - is no more
42. Portland Prestidigitations - Hugh Riley
42. re: Joe Hanley
43. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 6 - June 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Guest Editorial - Howard Melson
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
10. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
12. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • On The Lot
13. Hot News For The East - re: Bill Williston
13. re: Russell Swann & Virginia Langdon
13. Dell O'Dells [sic] in the Big Money
14. Magicians Guild of America - Recil Bordner
14. The Mystery of the Arabian Beads
15. Twelfth Annual Conference of the Society of American Magicians - H. Adrian Smith
16. Modern Darts and Cards
17. Repeating Handkerchief Vanish
17. Good Advertising - re: Calvert The Magician
17. re: Convention of the West Texas Magicians
17. New Magic Club - The Hocus Pokus Klub [Chicago]
18. Butterfly Album
18. 20th Century Rabbit Trick
18. Watch Your Eyes - re: W. R. Williston
19. Routine Using Abbott's Squash - Joseph Didaleusky
20. Magic Hobbyist - re: A Night of Magic
21. Vents - G. McAthy
    • The Butt of the Joke
22. Winners of the Miscellaneous Contest
23. Slick Tricks - Gerber
    • Dollar Bill in a Potato
24. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Pseudoblepsis
25. Boys at Abbott's Plant
26. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Card Tricks in 1774
29. U. F. G. Telephone Card Trick
30. The Tube of Mystery - Jon Kirby
32. Nicola
32. New Grant Trick Gets Nation-Wide Publicity
33. Wizard's Club of Chicago - Zito
33. A New York Abbott Display
34. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Who Can Be Hypnotized?
35. U-Do-As-I-Do Coin Trick
35. Further Contributions to E. J. Moore Sick Fund
35. Justo Hijo Jottings - R. S. Payne
36. Bobo's Stop Card Trick
36. Helpful Suggestions - M. A. Reasoner
37. Three Blind Mice
37. Vanishing Record
37. Up-Side-Down Goldfish
38. Lota Bowl Finish
38. Manipulation Ball
38. Gold Ball & Bag
38. A Watch Vanishes
39. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • re: Ruf Nuf - from Lloyd E. Jones
    • re: P.C.A.M. Convention in San Diego
    • Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! - "Doc" and "Professor"
    • Twelve Tricks with a Borrowed Deck - Martin Gardner
    • Publicity for Magicians - Robert E. Bernhard
    • Modern Master Magic - Rudy Roxo
    • Be Deceived - Louis Lam
    • Bernard Zufall's Memory Trix No. 1
    • Thayer book Catalogue
    • Jinx - daily issue No. 87 - Daley Issue
    • Genii
    • The Dragon
    • The Hungarian Amateur Magicians News
    • The Spotlight, March
    • Magie
    • Red Star Mystery, June 1940 - pulp magazine
    • Life, April 15 - exposures & Dr. Rhine
    • Esquire, May - four pages on John Scarne
    • L. L. Ireland - ads
    • The Gimmick - Rochester S.A.M.
    • What's Doing of the O.M.C.
    • Mathemagic
43. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 7 - July 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Guest Editorial - R. S. Glover
6. Back from the Conventions - Percy Abbott
6. Convention Personalities - U. F. Grant
7. Anneman [sic] is Wrong Again - re: Jinx No. 97
7. New Faces at Get-Together Show
8. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
   • Hands Off!
9. Meet the Editor-in-Chief - photo of Lloyd E. Jones
10. Ideas, Tricks and Chatter from the West Coast
    10. The Opening - Henry Sousa
    10. Complete (?) Treatise on Inventing - R. S. Glover
    15. Persistent Joker - Hal Robbins
    15. Color Tells - Gerald Koksy
    16. Choice in Stitches - William and Geraldine Larsen
    17. Things I Never Knew - Reverend Muir
    18. Balancing Card - Harry Mendoza
    19. An Eye Opener - William Taylor
    19. New Uses for New Products
    20. A Yearly Agreement? - Lloyd Jones
    22. Bunny-Bunny - Earl Wheeler
    23. Miscellaneous Ideas - Judge Charles W. Fricke
    23. Wand and Bangle Mystery - Ken, the Magician
    24. The Mysterious Mind - Chief Blackstar
    25. Wings Over Hollywood - Edward Saint
    26. Lazy Man's Clippo - Vic St. Leon
    27. The One Millionth Card Trick - Sid Fleischman
    28. The Fugitive - Murray Rosentral
    28. Well! I Didn't Know That! - various
    31. Cardabracadabra - Fred Braue
    32. On Convention Shows
35. Mysterious Chinese Stick
35. Dramatic Living and Dead Test
36. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Bernard Zufall's Memory Trix No. 2
    • Book of Modern Puzzles - Gerald Layton Kaufman
    • Indian Underworld - M. Paul Dare
    • Phoenix Publishing Company - catalog
    • Davenport's Book List No. 20
    • Davenport's Demon Telegraph, January, February and March
    • Leo Rullman Catalogue No. 42, April, 1940
    • Jinx, Nos. 89-92
    • Genii, May
    • The Dragon
    • Wilford Huthinson's Conjurers Chronicle, December-January
    • Goldston's Magical Quarterly, March
    • Loyd - lists
    • Thayer Ballygram No. 72
    • Ireland's April Analysis
    • Magicram - new periodical - William W. Wilson [Will De Sieve]
    • Charles Nagle - advertising
    • H. R. Hulse (Atlanta Magic Company) - lists
    • The Hungarian Amateur Magic Circle News
    • The Gimmick - Rochester S.A.M. #16
38. News About the [Abbott's] Plant
38. Le Roy Gives New York Show
39. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • The Powers of Hypnotism
40. On To Abbott's - Bigger and Better Get-Together Planned
40. Big Sendoff - re: Bob Ellis
40. Recent Well-Known Visitors at Abbott's
40. re: Stuart Robson's tip for Abbott's New Rabbit Vanish
40. re: John Maher
41. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Justo Hijo Holds Fourth Get-Together
    • Decatur Demon's Club Picnic
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
    • Eva New Head of Saginaw Mystics
    • Seattle Notes - R. E. Swanson
    • Modernistic Amputation Wins Applause

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 8 - August 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Chicago Convention
   • Davenport Convention
   • I Have to Chuckle When I Think of ...
   • The Dealers Had Something for Your Act
8. The Great Swivello Tells 'Em
8. Freer to Present Act
8. The Jinx is Wrong, Again
9. 30th Century Milko - Dracstein
10. Fish Still Fresh - Carl Matthews
11. Where Was I ... ? - "Monk" Watson
12. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
14. M.A.E.S. Executive Committee Meets
14. Seek Stamps Bearing Portraits of Magi
15. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • On The Lot
    • Back Through Some Yellowed Pages (Billboard - August 5, 1922) - re: Frank Lane, Zeno, Bill Hilliar & Edwin Brush
17. Goofy Gimmick No. 2 - Karlin, The Magician
18. Magi "Going to Town" Means "Going to Colon" - Grand Preparations for Abbott's Get-Together
18. Abbott Employees Stage a Picnic
19. The Boys at the [Abbott's] Plant - Gen Grant
20. Vents - G. McAthy
    • Random Notes on Making Vent Pay, Part Two
22. Nicola Back in America
22. Ed Little Entertains 480 Kids
22. Lester Lake's Mother Suffers Stroke
23. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Things That Are Evil
24. "Hot Dog" Mystery - Bert Douglas
25. Comedy Thumb Gag
26. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
28. New Zealand Magi Holds Convention
29. Slick Tricks - Gerber
    • Applause? Oh, Yeah
    • A Crystal Gazing Idea
29. Karson Handling Abbott's
30. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild Meets at Abbott's - Recil Bordner
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
    • The Heptagons [Dayton, Ohio]
    • Seattle Notes - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • Just Justo Hijo - R. S. Payne
32. Attention! Magi Playing South
33. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • The Psychological Explanation of Hypnosis
34. New Living-Dead Twist - C. M. Coles
34. The Vanishing Tea
35. A Chiseller's [sic] Dream - Allan Lambie
36. Rainbow Thimble Production - Dracstein
37. Eighth Annual Piff Paff Poof
38. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Zufall Memory Trix No. 3
    • Zufall Memory Trix No. 4
    • Jinx, Nos. 93-99
    • letter from Clayton Rawson [aka Stuart Towne]
    • Dragon, May
    • Gimmick, May & June
    • Genii, June & July
    • Conjurer's Chatter - periodical from Stuart Robson
    • Gemagic - lists
    • Ireland - lists
    • Frank Lane - lists
    • Nelmar - lists
    • The Hungarian Amateur Magical Circle
39. re: Teral Garrett married, to be "Teral and Ina"
39. re: Mr. & Mrs. Philip T. Thomas have baby girl
40. Racket with a Racquet - [Gerber. The Magician}
40. Dreams Come True - Joseph Didaleusky
41. Teen-Aged Magicians Organize - re: The Michigan Amateur Magicians' Club
41. Puts Bugs Through Their Paces - re: J. A. (Jack) Simons
41. re: Harry Cecil
43. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 9 - September 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Conjurer's Chatter - periodical
   • Jinx Index (51-100)
   • The Gimmick - newsletter
   • Questions and Answers
10. A New Contest! - Prizes for Patter
10. Nelson Enterprises Acquires New Home
11. Magic Town All Set to Welcome Magicians
12. The Boys at the [Abbott's] Plant - Gen Grant
13. {Loop Magic Shop] Represents Abbott's in Twin Cities
13. Fitzkee Calls
13. Mardoni Pulls Faint Gag
13. Beg Bardon! - correction to August "Tops"
13. re: Al Saal
13. re: Harry Cecil
14. Name the Next President - Duke Stern
14. An Idea by Duke Stern - re: Robot Hand
15. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
17. Magician Reburied - re: Felix A. Hermann "Hermann the Great"
17. Heath Dice Trick Variation - U. F. Grant
18. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Knowledge in Reverse
19. re: Bill & Virginia Neff
20. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
20. Publicity Gag
21. Levante Gains Retraction
22. Mechanical Fish
22. Coin Detection
22. The Bar-Room Psychic
23. Slick Tricks - Gerber The Magician
    • Lost in the Shuffle (Not a Card Trick)
24. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
27. Amputation Still Mystifies - Annemann Says, "No." Wrong!
28. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild at Post Tavern - Demon Rembrandt
    • Just Justo Hijo - R. S. Payne
    • Seattle Notes - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
    • Mystic Club, Spokane, Elects Officers
30. Two Strikes
30. Magic Lighting
31. Wisecracking the Wizards - Lamonte
32. New Weisenheimer Coin Trick
33. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • On The Lot
34. Passe-Passe Combination - U. F. Grant
34. The Spotter Card Trick
35. San Diego Convention of PCAM Grand Success - Lloyd E. Jones
40. New Zealand Magi's Souvenir Program
41. Vents - G. McAthy
    • Booking the Act
42. Don Sweet Rises to Defense
48. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 10 - October 1940 - 56 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Piff Paff Poof
   • Eddie Joseph's book on pickpocketing
   • Questions and Answers
8. West Coast Magi Plan for National Magic Day
8. [Magicians' Guild] Hold October Meeting at Colon
9. Gypsy Sally - G. McAthy
10. Fishing - Joseph Didaleusky
11. Magi Vote Get-Together at Colon Grand Success
13. Snooping in on the Get-Together - Demon Rembrandt
14. Harry Cecil Gets the Card
14. Good Publicity - re: Frangee, The Magician
15. World of Magic Mourns Caryl S. Fleming
    • Caryl Fleming - comments from:
      • Robert C. Anderson
      • Lloyd E, Jones
      • Percy Abbott
      • Edward Saint
17. Signals
18. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • Patter a Powerful Weapon
20. Wins Name-The-Trick Contest [at the Get-Together]
21. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
22. Patter Contest
    22. Al Baker's Salt Trick - G. McAthy
    23. A Silk Trick [20th Century] - Jimmie Malone, Jr.
    24. Papers of China - Wayne Van Zandt
24. "Back to Kenton" Party, November 8-10
25. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Foreign Exchange Control
26. Vents - George McAthy
27. Magicians' Guild of America to Convene at Colon, November 23
27. Dallas Magic Circle Stages Show
28. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Magic Magazine in 1791
30. Notice to Canadian Customers - re: war restrictions
31. Simples - Diminishing Cigarette Packet - Allan Lambie
32. Thimble Production Wand - Allan Lambie
32. re: Niman Wolfinger has new son
33. Harry Houdini Memorial - Mrs. Harry Houdini
34. Bill of Exchange - Part 1 - Eddie Joseph
35. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Houdini - His Day
36. It's Fun to be Fooled - Even When You're a Magician - re: Spot Magazine
37. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Suggestion and It's Relation to Hypnotism
38. Dante Hailed at New York Opening
38. St. Louis Abbott Representative [St. Louis Magic Shop]
39. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
41. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magi Establish Pacific Northwest Magic Round Table - Hugh Riley
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
42. Hermes a Benedict - re: wedding of Hermes, the Magician and Madeline Gannon
42. Magician's Routes - touring magicians
    • Loring Campbell Co.
43. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Psychology of Conjuring - Bernard
    • How It's Done - Ed Litzau
    • Sympathetic Silk Tricks - Abbott's
    • Grant's Close-Up Floating Light Bulb - Abbott's
    • The Jinx Index for issues 5 to 100
    • Jinx, Nos. 100-105
    • Genii
    • Dragon, June
    • Goldston's Magical Quarterly, June
    • The Magic Fan, April
    • Dragon, July
    • Dragon, August
    • Yogi Magic Mart - lists
    • The Gimmick
46. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 11 - November 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • New Abbott Catalog
   • The Headless Lady - novel - Clayton Rawson
   • Questions and Answers
7. Punch Board Variation - James Lake
8. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
   • An Expose of Mindreading and Seership in an Early English Novel
10. Caryl Fleming - Lloyd E. Jones
12. Nicola Among Visitors at Plant
12. Will Rock Going Strong on Coast
13. Slick Tricks - Gerber, The Magician
    • Rabbit Production De Luxe
14. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Tupax
15. Patter Contest
    15. Chinese Wands - Jimmy Trimble
    17. Vocalepathjy - Edward Marlo
18. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
20. Magic Show at Colon
20. Another New Magician! - boy born to MR. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Keckvold
20. re: Jack Gwynne & "Dark Streets of Cairo"
21. Bill of Exchange - Part 2 - Eddie Joseph
23. The Boys at the [Abbott's] Plant - Demon Rembrandt
24. High-Lights of a Quick Trip - U. F. Grant
25. Cups and Balls with Oranges
25. Slate Trick Variation
26. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
29. "Sim Sala Bim" - Dante's Program as Presented in New York
30. New Presentation of Sid Lorraine's Liquor Cards - W. E. Eaton
31. Eastern States Magi Convene - Elmer Eckam Elected President
32. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Telepathy, Mesmerism, and Hypnotism
33. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Roamin' Around
35. Preston Convinces Babe Ruth!
36. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild Meets at Colon - Demon Rembrandt
    • Knights of Magic Install Officers - Lew Dick
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
    • Ladies' Night at Saginaw - David Lewis Norton
    • Pensacola Magicians Organize
    • New York Park Department Magic Show - Lew Dick
39. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • sale of Rybolt collection
    • How to Pick Pockets - Eddie Joseph
    • Betcha Can't Do It - Alexander Van Rensselaer
    • Club Deceptions - Dr. Ervin
    • The Headless Lady - Clayton Rawson
    • More Card Manipulations, No. 3 - Jean Hugard
    • Experimenting at Home with the Wonders of Science - Hodgdon Lord
    • Extra Sensory Perception After Sixty Years - J. Rhine, et. al.
    • Memorizing Numbers - Bernard Zufall
    • Jinx, Nos. 108-111
    • Genii
    • Dragon, September
    • Magic Fan
    • Thayer Ballygram No. 73
    • Hungarian Amateur Magicians' News
    • Gimmick
    • Abbott's new Catalog [#6]
42. Magician's Routes - touring magicians
    • Loring Campbell Co.

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 12 - December 1940 - 60 pages & a 1 page insert
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Conjurer's Chatter - periodical
   • After the Desert - book - Martin Gardner
   • Duck Out - movie short
6. Honor The Great Leon
6. Birch in Zanesville
7. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
   • Thoughts of Christmas
9. The Boys at the [Abbott's] Plant - Demon Rembrandt
10. Patter Contest
    10. The Mystery of the Kingston Inn - Robert E. Graham
    10. Egg Bag Trick - Everett Lyda
    11. The Six-Card Repeat Mystery - Gene Snead
    12. Abbott's Repeat-It - Gale York
13. Abbott's Employees Stage Great Show
13. Heaney Shows Through Michigan
14. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • The Love-Sick Tennis Ball
15. Bill of Exchange - Part 3 - Eddie Joseph
16. Good Magic in Detroit
17. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
18. Chefs Take a Ribbing by Duke Stern
19. Three Practical New Gags - Allan Lambie
    • Wand to Cane
    • Silk Ribbons to Full Length Billiard Cue
    • Color Change of a Red Cane into Black Cane
20. Annual Pilgrimage of Oakland Magic Circle
20. re: Virgil, the Magician
20. re: Will Rock show
20. re: William Larsen
21. Vents - G. McAthy
    • How to Become a Ventriloquist - Professor Oscar Mumblebelly, B.O.P.U.
22. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Hocus Pocus Junior
24. Par-A-Chute Card Trick - Edwin F. Wilson
24. Dante Show Goes On
24. re: Lester Lake becomes an Uncle
25. Your Routine is the Thing - Joe Berg
26. Pittsburgh Magi Observe National Magic Day
27. Slick Tricks - Gerber, the Magician
    • Christmas Items
    • Al Baker Newspaper Tearing
28. From the Fourth Estate
    • "Price Rajaha" Dies
    • Mississippi Bans "Magic" Liquor as Illegal Product
29. Christmas Holidays Mark an Anniversary - Abbott Plant in Pictures - Percy Abbott
34. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
36. Houdini's Memory Honored - re: Harvey Rhodes
37. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Hypnotism on the Stage
38. Monk Watson in Detroit
38. Beg Pardon - re: Dr. Aaron Weiss's name being omitted from list of Knights of Magic Officers in last month's issue
39. Thisa and Thata - Loring Campbell
40. "Paddy" in New York - Girl Magician Scores for British Wat=r Relief
    • The Magic Catalog
41. "Meet the Ladies" at St. Louis
42. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild at Colon - Demon Rembrandt
    • Mirth and Magic Feature Dallas Magic Day - Carl E. Hunt
    • Seattle Notes - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • P. M. C. [Professional Magicians Club] Plans New Year Magic Party
    • Columbus Magic Club - Syl Reilly
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
    • Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
    • Bob Kuntz Heads Dayton Magic Club - Myron E. Scott
45. Features Magicians' Meet - re: Mrs. John Oakes
45. re: Gene and Jo Eisenbarth & Kreko
46. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Tricks of 1940 - L. L. Ireland
    • Deck in Hand, Magic of the Magyar - Dr. Laszlo Rothbart
    • Psychology in the Light of Psychic Phenomena - Hereward Carrington
    • Jinx, Nos. 114-116
    • The Gimmick
    • Conjurer's Chatter
    • Dragon, October
    • Teral Garrett - ads
    • National Magic Co. - announces catalog
    • Nelmar - lists
    • Ireland - news and ads
    • Gemagic
    • Genii
    • Abbott's Catalog
    • Fu Manchu story in Liberty
    • Sax Rohmer wrote a book
    • Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
48. Magician's Routes - touring magicians
    • Loring Campbell Co.
56. Classified - ads
61. Insert - ad for Expert Card Technique

Publisher: Abbott Magic