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Genii Volume 01 (Sep 1936 - Aug 1937) by William W. Larsen

September 1936 - August 1937
Official Organ for The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor & Publisher

420 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 1 - September 1936 - 36 pages
  2. Contents
  3. A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
  4. The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  5. MAGIC
    1. The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    2. Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
    3. Felix, The Felicitous Feline - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    4. The L. W. Stop Mystery - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    5. McMillen-Wright Rising Cards - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
      1. The J. M. Rising Card
      2. The Obedient Rising Cards
    6. The Last Page - Irving Joslyn
    7. The Unexpected Production - Jack Boshard
    8. Halloween Magic - William W. Larsen
  6. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
  7. Special Announcements
  8. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  9. Ed. Saint and Company
  10. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  11. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
    • Comments
  12. Club Reports
    • The Mystic Thirteen - Arnold Furstenberg
    • Oakland Magic Circle - Earl Wheeler
    • San Jose Mystic 13 - Harry G. Shaw
    • Reno Magic Circle - Harry Leaf McManus
    • Southern California Assembly S.A.M. - Cookie
    • Japanese Organize Magic Society - Gerald Kosky
    • Annual Frolic of the Los Angeles Society of Magicians - Frank Fewins
    • Los Magicos Goose Hangs High
    • The Portland Society of Magicians
  13. A Few Pet Aversions - Caryl S. Fleming
  14. Bagdad
  15. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  16. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Sancho Panza
  17. Prize Contest
  18. Ribbins - C.T.

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 2 - October 1936 - 36 pages
  2. cover - Harry Houdini
  3. Contents
  4. The Haley Reversed Card - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
  5. The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. Special Announcements
  7. MAGIC
    1. Bank Night - Floyd G. Thayer
    2. The Rejuvenation of Dr. Bokakiak - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
    3. The L.W. Card in Cigarette - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
    4. A Couple of Bridge Hands - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
    5. The Page Pass - T. Page Wright
    6. Mental Effects with Cards - The Beginning of a Series - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
    7. Knotty Travels - T. Page Wright
    8. The Escape King - Being Patter for the Sliding Die Box - William W. Larsen
    9. From a House of Cards - Judson Brown & Charles Miller
    10. Handcuffs for Two - Irving Joslyn
    11. The Chinese Paper Tearing - Original Patter Story - Caryl S. Fleming
  8. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
  9. Houdiniala
  10. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  11. The Great Ziegfeld - Herman L. Weber
  12. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • Diary of a Magician's Wife
    • Comments
  13. Bagdad
  14. Ribbins - C.T.
  15. Club Reports
    • Los Magicos Roll Call for September - Bill Taylor
    • Southern California Assembly No. 22 S.A.M. - Cephalalgia
    • Japanese Magicians Cancel Their Show - Gerald Kosky
    • Mystic Thirteen - Arnold Furstenberg
    • The Portland Society of Magicians - D. W. Kelly
    • Oakland Magic Circle News
  16. Book Reviews
    • Light From The Lamp - Lloyd E. Jones
  17. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  18. Tenkai and Okinu - Caryl S. Fleming
  19. Announcement of Caryl S. Fleming Contest
  20. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 3 - November 1936 - 36 pages
  2. cover - Haskell
  3. Contents
  4. Haskell - biographical notes
  5. The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. Special Announcements
  7. MAGIC
    1. Down the Alley - Herman L. Weber
    2. Handcuffs for Two - An Improvement - L. O. Gunn
    3. Spell Bound - Franz Christensen
    4. Light Water - Caryl S. Fleming
    5. Japanese Glass Levitation - Tenkai
    6. Psychic Tapping - Haskell
    7. Mental Effects with Cards - The Second of a Series - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
      1. An L. W. Mindreading Routine
      2. The L. W. Five Card Problem
      3. A Simplified Five Card Problem
    8. Poker Artistry - Jack McMillen
    9. With Congress Cards - Chas. W. Fricke
    10. Newly Wed Match Trick - William H. McCaffrey
    11. Popping the Bag - Judson Brown
    12. Last Seance
    13. More Miscellany
  8. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  9. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • To London Town
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
    • Tricky Fashions
  10. Bagdad
    • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
    • Miscellany
  11. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • The Magic Wand, October-November, 1936, Vol. XXV, No. 171
    • Gags, Tricks and Patter - G. McAthy
    • The Tops, October, 1936, Vol. 1, No. 10
    • The Jinx, No. 25, October, 1936
    • E.M.C.A. Magic News, October, 1936, Vol. 1, No. 5
    • The Linking Ring, September, 1936, Vol. XVI, No. 7
    • Thayer's Magical Ballygram, No. 58, 1936
    • Conjurer's Chronicle, Vol. 17, No. 6, March-April, 1936
    • The Dragon, September, 1936, Vol. 5, No. 9
    • Davenport's Demon Telegraph, Vol. 3, Nos. 32-33, July-August, 1936
    • The Spirit of St. Louis, Vol. 3, No. 3, Ring One
  12. Ribbins - C.T.
  13. Club Reports
    • Golden Gate Assembly - Blair F. Farrance
    • Spokane Mystic Club
    • Wizards of the West - Bill Harkness
    • The Mystic Thirteen - Arnold Furstenberg
    • Events of the San Jose 13 - Harry G. Shaw
    • Golden Gate Assembly - Blair F. Farrance
    • San Diego Magicians
    • Reno Magic Circle - C. S. Leaf McManus
    • Magic Party by Caryl S. Fleming
    • Appreciation - Caryl S. Fleming
    • S.A.M. No. 22
    • Caryl S. Fleming Visits Reno Magic Circle - C. S. Leaf McManus
    • Oakland Magic Circle - Earl Wheeler
    • Los Magicos Roll Call - Bill Taylor
    • Odds and Ends
  14. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  15. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  16. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
  17. Odds and Ends

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 4 - December 1936 - 44 pages
  2. cover - Caryl S. Fleming
  3. Contents
  4. Caryl S. Fleming - biographical notes
  5. The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. Special Announcements
  7. MAGIC
    1. Table Tilting - Dr. U.L. diGhilini
    2. Card Tell Card Trick - Gerald Kosky
    3. The Languid Cartoonist - T. Page Wright
    4. Inflated Balloon Production - Caryl S. Fleming
    5. Mental Effects - The Last of a Series - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    6. Improved Chinese Rings - Barkann Rosinoff
    7. Mind Mirror - Jack McMillen
    8. Deal Detection - Judson Brown
    9. A Pipe Dream - Fred Rickard
    10. The Five Senses - T. Page Wright
    11. The Haunted House - Patter for the Glass Penetration - Irving Joslyn
    12. Modern Card Sleights - Beginning a Series - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
      • The Pass
      • Invisible Standard Pass
      • The Invisible Palm Pass
      • The Kick Out Pass
      • The Jumping Jacks
      • The Fan Add Pass
  8. Ribbins - C.T.
  9. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • A Letter to Santa
    • Santa Replies
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
  10. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  11. The Joy of Invention - Herman L. Weber
  12. News - News
  13. Bagdad
  14. Club Reports
    • Spokane Mystic Club - E. V. Klein
    • Los Magicos Roll Call for November - Bill Taylor
    • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
    • San Diego Magicians Club - Frederick Shields
    • Van Berkel in Magic Program at Japanese Temple - Arthur Valli
    • Los Angeles Society of Magicians - Arthur Valli
    • Magic Show - Los Magicos & Assembly Number 22
    • Portland Society of Magicians - D. W. Kelly
    • The Mystic Thirteen - Arnold Furstenberg
    • Reno Magic Circle News
  15. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
  16. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  17. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  18. Obituary
    • Dr. J. E. Gray
    • William J. (Bill) Hilliar
    • J. Ernest Arnold
  19. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • The Tops, November, 1936, Vol. 1, No. 11
    • The Linking Ring, October, 1936, Vol. XVI, No. 8
    • The Jinx, November, 1936, No. 26
    • The Dragon, October, 1936, Vol. 5, No. 10
    • The Spirit of St. Louis, Vol. 3, No. 4, Ring One
    • Davenport's Demon Telegraph, Vol. 3, Nos. 34 & 35, Sept. & October, 1936
    • Youngstown Magic Club Bulletin, November, 1936
    • Magie, November, 1936, Vol. 19, No. 11

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1937 - 40 pages
  2. cover - Leon
  3. Contents
  4. Leon - biographical notes
  5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. Special Announcements
  7. SMALL MAGIC
    1. Haskell's Glass Suspension - Haskell
    2. Silk from Unprepared Newspaper - Caryl S. Fleming
    3. A Silk Effect - Alfred Hennings
    4. Back Into the Hand - Ezra Dominitz
    5. Scatter the Cards Effect - William Meyers
    6. Five Card Effect - William H. McCaffrey
    7. The "G" Man Performs - Charles W. Fricke
    8. The Paper Egg Bag - Frederick M. Shields
    9. "Nth" Sense - Jack McMillen
  8. LARGE MAGIC
    1. The Magic Bar - AN Improvement on the Cocktail Shaker Trick - Fred Rickard
    2. A Lady Appears - Ralph Carey
    3. Guinea Pig Vanish - Burton Westlake
    4. The Stage Trap - Paul Anderson
    5. Inexpensive Illusion - J. Mark Hall
    6. Opera Hat Illusion - J. Mark Hall
    7. The Fan Dancer - Dale Williams
    8. Flower Production - B. Zola, D.D.S.
  9. L. W. MAGIC - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    1. Fatima - William Larsen
    2. The Christmas Necktie - T. Page Wright
    3. Modern Card Sleights - The Second of a Series - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
      • Card Control
      • The Visible Cut-Pass
      • The Roller Pass
      • The Knock-In Pass
      • The Bottom Slip
      • The Fan Break
      • A Side Steal Variation
    4. L. W. Simplicity Four Ace - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
  10. Trick Reviews - The Editor
    • Audley Walsh's Sponge Ball Routine
    • Miracle Steel Ball Through Glass - Davenport
    • Just Another Feke - Deistel
    • Flip Over Dove Vanish Box - Thayer
    • Loyd's Cocktail Shakers
    • Magic Art Studio's Matched Wands
  11. Bagdad
    • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
  12. Leoniana - Facsimiles of Leon materials
  13. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  14. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  15. Drops ... from the Shaker - Tom Collins
  16. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • Mrs. Floyd Thayer
    • Another Wife Speaks - Mrs. J. D. Stuart
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
  17. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  18. Club Reports
    • Society of American Magicians [Assembly No. 22] - Gerald Kosky
    • Spokane Mystic Club - E. V. Klein
    • Portland Society of Magicians - D. W. Kelly
    • Ruined for Life - D. R. (Dick) Mawe - re: Leo Irby
    • Mystic 27 - D. R. (Dick) Mawe
    • Reno Magic Show Successful - C. F. Leaf McManus
    • Mystic Thirteen - Arnold Furstenberg
    • Rouclere Assembly No. 25, S.A.M., Patterson, NJ - Conrad G. Bush
  19. Ribbins - C.T.
  20. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Light from the Lamp - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Live Magic - W. O. Turner
    • Forty Years of Psychic Research - Hamlin Garland
    • Good Conjuring - S. H. Sharpe
    • Sermons in Magic - Rev. Charles T. Grant
    • Interesting Tricks - Wm. G. Stickland
    • The New Magician's Manual - Walter B. Gibson
    • Hyler's Stunt Bulletins - Oscar Hyler
    • Six Bits & Another Six Bits - Frank Chapman
    • Giant Card Magic (Ripley Routine, No. 1) - Sherman Ripley (Mazdah)
    • The Jinx, No. 27, December, 1936
    • The Gimmick - The Hanky Panky Club
    • The Magic Wand, December, 1936
    • The Tops, December, 1936
    • The Dragon, Vol. 5, No. 11, November, 1936
    • The Linking Ring, Vol. XVI, No. 9, November, 1936
    • Magie, December, 1936

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 6 - February 1937 - 28 pages
  2. cover - Gerald Kosky
  3. Contents
  4. Gerald Kosky - biographical notes
  5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. SMALL MAGIC
    1. A Trophy Winner - Gerald Kosky
    2. Card Transposition - John Goodrum
    3. A Comedy Finale - Caryl S. Fleming
    4. A Good Code Gimmick - U. F. Grant
    5. The Riffle Stack - Jack McMillen
  7. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
    1. Don't You 'Member? - Arthur C. Spratt
    2. A Wand and Silk Routine - Dr. E. G. Ervin
    3. The Spirit Flight - F. W. Ross
  8. Chaps Corner - Frank Chapman
  9. L. W. MAGIC
    1. Modern Card Sleights - The Third in a Series - False Shuffles and Cuts - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
      • The L. W. False Shuffle
      • The Run Cut and Shuffle
      • The Step Cut
      • The L. W. False Cut
  10. W. W. Durbin - Wm. W. Larsen
  11. There Was A Man! - An Appreciation of W. W. Durbin - Caryl S. Fleming
  12. Finis - Robert C. Anderson
  13. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  14. Trick Reviews - The Editor
    • Magic Art's Spirit Cane
    • Davenport's Rabbit and Hat Silk
    • Thayer's Improved Ball Through Glass
    • Cut Yourself a Piece of Rope - Caryl Fleming
    • The Magic Chef - Loyd
    • Abbott's Policy
    • Davenport's Card Silks
    • Kanter's Chameleon Knife
  15. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
  16. Your Opinions and Mine - T. J. Crawford
  17. Club Reports
    • Los Magicos Report - Fred Kapp
    • The Society of American Magicians [Assembly No. 22] - Gerald Kosky
    • The Spokane Mystic Club - E. V. Klein
    • Oakland Magic Circle News - Earl Wheeler
    • Some Magic News - U. F. Grant
    • San Diego Magicians Club
    • The Hanky Panky Club - Don Ward
  18. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • En Rapport - Annemann
    • Programmes of Famous Magicians - Max Holden
    • Jarrett - Guy Jarrett
    • Card Manipulations, Series No. 5 - Jean Hugard
    • The Jinx, Winter Extra, 1936-1937
    • The Jinx, January, 1937, No. 28
    • The Spirit of St. Louis, Vol. 4, No. 1
    • The Tops, January, 1937, Vol. 2, No. 1
    • Max Holden's Magic Shop, Catalog No. 5, 1937
  19. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  20. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  21. Drops ... from the Shaker - Tom Collins
  22. Bagdad
    • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
  23. Ribbins - C.T.

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 7 - March 1937 - 28 pages
  2. cover - George Troseth
  3. Contents
  4. George Troseth - biographical notes
  5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. SMALL MAGIC
    1. With The Hands Empty - A New Paper Tearing Experiment - Judson Brown
    2. Triple Card Detection - John Goodrum
    3. Mental Test With Cards - Herbert Ray Hood
    4. Astral Vision - Jack McMillen
    5. Card Crystal - Chas. W. Fricke
    6. A Night Club Routine - James T. Stoppard
    7. Needle In The Haystack - U. F. Grant
    8. A "Sure-Fire" Fire Bowl - Caryl S. FLeming
  7. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
    1. By The Way
    2. Just Another Idea - F. W. Ross
    3. Card Telepathy - Capt. Charles C. Howard
  8. L. W. MAGIC - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    1. Modern Card Sleights
    2. The Force
    3. The One Hand Riffle Force
    4. The One Hand Fan Force
  9. Bagdad
  10. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
    • Mrs. Houdini's Recipe
  11. Club Reports
    • P.A.C.M. Convention News - Caryl S. FLeming
    • Oakland Magic Circle News - Earl Wheeler
    • Los Angeles Society of Magicians - Arthur Valli
    • re: Mystic 27
    • Rouclere Assembly No. 25, Paterson, New Jersey - Dominick Fiorilla
    • Gaylord Host to Magicians [Midwest Magical Society]
    • Los Magicos Report for Genii - Fred A. Kapp
    • Society of American Magicians, Assembly No. 22 - Gerald Kosky
    • Twin City News
    • Extra! - Last Minute News
    • Reno Magic Circle News
    • The Cincinnati Magicians Club - W. S. Berger
    • Week of February 15th, 1937 - Lu-Brent
  12. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  13. Ribbins - C.T.
  14. Mister Jarrett Writes a Book - A Criticism - Caryl S. Fleming & Wm. W. Larsen
  15. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • More Tips and Gags - U. F. Grant
    • Card System Deluxe - Adrian Smith
    • Fascinating Tricks with Ghostlite Luminous Paint - S. W. Reilly
    • The Magic of the Hands - Edward Victor
    • Six Bits More - Chapman
    • The Jinx, February, 1937, No. 29
    • Magic Unmasked - D. C. Thompson & Co.
    • The Tops, February, 1937, Vol. 2, No. 2
    • The Dragon, January, 1937, Vol. 6, No. 1
  16. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  17. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  18. Chaps Corner - Frank Chapman
  19. Obituary
    • Mrs. Sarah Catherine Miller
    • Mrs. Helen A. Zens

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 8 - April 1937 - 28 pages
  2. cover - Charles W. Fricke
  3. Contents
  4. Charles W. Fricke - biographical notes
  5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. SMALL MAGIC
    1. Two Openers - John R. Boyko
    2. The Best Guess - U. F. Grant
    3. A Story and A Deck of Cards - Robert Nellar
    4. Two Ideas - Robert S. Bailey
  7. Trick Reviews - The Editor
    • The Improved Ball Thru Glass - John Snyder
    • Grant's Classic Water Vase - U. F. Grant
    • The Farmer's Daughter
    • Hull's New Comedy Light Bulb
    • Thayer's Flash Bare Hand Silk Production
  8. L. W. MAGIC - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    1. Modern Card Sleights - The Force - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
      1. The Spring Force
      2. A Fan Force Variation
      3. A Fan Force From The Top
      4. The Improved Knife Force
      5. The Riffle Force
  9. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
    1. Puzzling Wand Manipulation - Dr. E. G. Ervin
    2. The Wand Through the Hat - William J. Hilliar
    3. A Plate of "Soup" - H. Claude Enslow
    4. Be a Mental Marvel - "Accident"
  10. Ideas ... of Idle Moments - Lu Brent
    • Chinese Cocktail Shakers!
    • Breaking a Half into Quarters
  11. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  12. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
    • Comments
  13. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  14. Telekinesis - Caryl S. Fleming
  15. Philadelphia Notes - M. T. Glass
  16. Max Skully - vent routine - Max Therhune
  17. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  18. Introducing Our New Columnists - Max Terhune and Skully
  19. Club Reports
    • An Announcement to All Members - P.A.C.M.
    • Spokane Mystic Club - C. W. Talbot
    • The Conjurer's, Trenton, N.J. - Arthur C. Lichtenberg
    • Society of American Magicians [Assembly No. 22]
    • Report of the Mystic Thirteen of San Jose
    • San Jose Mystic 13 - Roy Williams
    • Pacific Coast Junior Magicians Forming Clubs
    • Penn-Jersey News - Lu-Brent
    • Los Magicos Report for Genii - Fred Kapp
    • Seattle News - Charles N. Smith
    • Report from the Seattle Junior Magic Circle - Raymond C. Blaylock
    • L.A. Mystic 13 - Arnold Furstenberg
  20. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
  21. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Stage Magic, Junior Folios - Burling Hull
    • Cards, Astound Your Audience, Vol. 1 - Verrall Wass
    • Simplicity Swindles, Astound Your Audience, Vol. 2 - Verrall Wass
    • Practical Hypnotism - Ed Wolff
    • The Magic Wand, March-May, 1937, No. 173
    • The Jinx?
    • The Dragon, Vol. 6, No. 2, February, 1937
    • The Linking Ring, Vol. XVI, No. 12, February, 1937
    • Tops, Vol. 2, No. 3, March, 1937
    • Magie, March, 1937
  22. Ribbins - C.T.
  23. Chaps Corner - Frank Chapman
  24. Magic Of The East - Max Holden
  25. Bagdad

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 9 - May 1937 - 36 pages
  2. cover - Lloyd E. Jones
  3. Contents
  4. Lloyd E. Jones - biographical notes
  5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. SMALL MAGIC
    1. Another Trophy Winner - Lloyd E. Jones
    2. Picks and Padlocks - Bob Gysel
    3. "Prediction" - Frederick M. Shields
    4. Confetti Versus Milk - John Goodrum
    5. Draw Coincidence - W. J. Gallagher
    6. The 25-Card Trick - Orville W. Meyer
  7. Ideas ... of Idle Moments - Lu Brent
  8. L. W. MAGIC - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    1. Modern Card Sleights
      1. The Force
      2. The Cut-away Force
      3. The "Nerve" Force
      4. The Card Case Force
      5. Other Methods of Forcing
  9. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
    1. You Say When - W. W. Ross
    2. A Living and Dead Test - Vernon Cook
    3. At Random - "Carbonate"
  10. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
  11. T. Page Wright - Excerpts From His Diary and Notes
  12. T. Page Wright - In Memorium
  13. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
  14. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
  15. The Phantom Voice - Wm. W. Larsen
  16. Convention News
    • S.A.M.
    • I.B.M.
    • P.C.A.M.
  17. Club Reports
    • First Annual Show of the Southern California Japanese Amateur Magicians Society - Caryl S. Fleming
    • Reno Magic Circle
    • Seattle News
    • Portland Society of Magicians - D. W. Kelly
    • Speaking for the Boys - Henry B. Valleau
    • 'How It Looked from the Front' - Seattle's 1937 Magical Review - Carl Satan
    • Mystic Thirteen News - Arnold Furstenberg
    • Golden Gate Assembly No. 2 S.A.M. - Chas. L. Murray
    • The Mystic Thirteen of San Jose - Harry G. Shaw
    • Twin City Telespatch - C. A. G. Newmann
    • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
    • Penn-Jersey News - Lu-Brent
  18. Magic of the East - Max Holden
  19. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
    • Things I Enjoyed Last Month
  20. Second Contest
  21. Ribbins - C.T.
  22. Owing to Ill Health The Great Leon Is Forced to Retire
  23. Chaps Corner - Frank Chapman
  24. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
  25. Max and Skully - vent
  26. Bagdad
  27. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
    • The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Tricks & Fakes - Ventor F. Molz
    • The Magic Show Book - Alexande
    • Magic for Moderns - Eric C. Lewis
    • Silken Sorcery - Jean Hugard
    • Ireland's Manipulative Series (Three Parts)
    • Catalog No. 4 - Abbott Magic Novelty Company
    • The Jinx, April, 1937, No. 31
    • The Imp, February, 1937
    • Davenport's Demon Telegraph, Vol. 4, No. 38, Feb-Mar, 1937
    • Tops, Vol. 2, No. 3, March, 1937
    • The Linking Ring, March, 1937, Vol. XVII, No. 1
    • E.M.C.A. Magic News, Vol. 1, No. 10, March, 1937
    • Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers Chronicle, Vol. 18, No. 4, Jan-Feb, 1937
    • The Dragon, Vol. 6, No. 3, March, 1937
  28. Trick Reviews - The Editor
    • Grant's Cocktail Cup - U.F. Grant
    • Miracle Cups and Balls - Rosini and Sherman
    • Thayer's Bell on Wand

  1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 10 - June 1937 - 40 pages
  2. cover - Mr. and Mrs. Loring Campbell
  3. Contents
  4. Loring Campbell - biographical notes
  5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
  6. SMALL MAGIC
    1. Flick - Frank Chapman
    2. Like Father Like Son - Judson Brown
    3. The 52-Card Trick - Orville Meyer
    4. Climax Card Trick - Sigmund Krumgold
    5. Magic Coin Roll - John McCormick
    6. The Mad Hatter - Irving Joselyn
    7. Toilet Tissue Trickery - Glenn G. Gravatt
    8. Magic Bar Idea - Dale Williams
    9. Spirit Message - J. Mark Hall
  7. New Contest
  8. L. W. MAGIC - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    1. Modern Card Sleights
      1. The Change
      2. Top Change for a Number of Cards
      3. The McMillen Change
      4. A Throw-Out Change
    2. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
      1. Wand Manipulations - Routine and Presentation of Mock Sad All! - Dr. E. G. Ervin
      2. The Passing of Colors - Vernon Cook
    3. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
    4. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
      • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
      • Ladies Take Notice - C. F. McManus
      • New Recipe
    5. An Outsider's View of Magic - Horace Leaf, F.R.G.S.
    6. Convention News
      • S.A.M.
      • I.B.M.
      • P.C.A.M.
    7. Club Reports
      • Editor's Note
      • Southern California Assembly No. 22 - Gerald Kosky
      • Los Magicos Report for Genii - Fred Kapp, Jr.
      • The Demons Club - New Junior Magician's Club, Seattle - Harvey Long
      • Seattle News - Charles N. Smith
      • Oakland Magic Circle - Claude Burke
      • Oakland Magic Sage Brush Bugle - James Muir
      • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
      • Rouclere Assembly No. 25, Paterson, New Jersey - Dominick Fiorilla
      • Flashes - O.M.C. - A. Caro Miller
      • Mystic "27" News - Raymond Frazier
      • Reno Magic Circle - F. G. Hodge
    8. Ideas ... of Idle Moments - Lu Brent
    9. Ribbins - C.T.
    10. Magic of the East - Max Holden
    11. C.T., Jr. - San Diego Branch
    12. Chaps Corner - Frank Chapman
    13. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
    14. Max and Skully - vent - Max Terhune
    15. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
    16. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
    17. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
      • Lighted Cigarette Act - Don Greenwood
      • Twenty Magical Novelties - Edward Bagshawe
      • Edward Proudlock's Version of the Sympathetic Silks - Edward Bagshawe
      • Lend Me Your Pack - Victor Farelli
      • Controlled Coincidence - Victor Farelli
      • Ventriloquism - Howard Kinsley
      • Book of Magic - Jasper Maskelyne
      • Cardology - Joseph Ovette
      • We Live Outside Our Bodies - Wilson Gill Bailey, M.D.
      • The Jinx, May, 1937
      • The Tops
      • The Linking Ring, April, 1937
      • The Imp
      • Conjurer's Chronicle
      • Davenport's Demon Telegraph
      • Magie
      • Inside Dope - Albright
      • Thayer's Magical Ballygram
    18. Bagdad

    1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 11 - July 1937 - 36 pages
    2. cover - Convention Issue - McManus, Beasley, Schmitt & Chism
    3. Contents
    4. Reno Quartet [McManus, Beasley, Schmitt & Chism] - biographical notes
    5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
    6. MAGIC
      1. A Spirit Slate Test For Club Shows - Loring Campbell
      2. The Detective Clock - Irving Joslyn
      3. Cabinet Chair Escape - Irving Joslyn
      4. Capping The Bill - Stewart Hanley
      5. With A Changing Bag - Dale Williams
      6. Magical Meanderings - J. Mark Hall
      7. And There Was The Watch - Ralph Carey
      8. Telepathotype - Judson S. Brown
    7. Ideas ... of Idle Moments - Lu Brent
      • Magical Melange
      • A Sucker Ace Trick
      • A Sucker Rabbit Trick
      • Important Announcement
    8. L. W. MAGIC - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
      1. Modern Card Sleights
        1. Color Changes
        2. A Rising Change
        3. The New Bottom Change
        4. A Simple Bottom Change
        5. The Twist Color Change
        6. The Projecting Color Change
    9. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
      1. Improved "Card Penetration Mystery" - Vernon Cook
      2. "Disappearing Spots" - Wm. Meyers
      3. The Raid - Fred Rickard
    10. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
    11. Chaps Corner - Frank Chapman
    12. Houdini and a New Act - Wm. W. Larsen
    13. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
      • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
      • Reno
    14. Convention News
      • I.B.M.
      • P.C.A.M.
    15. A Chat With Your Secretary [P.A.C.M.]
    16. Club Reports
      • Flash - A. Caro Miller
      • Seattle News - Charles N. Smith
      • The Mystic Thirteen - Arnold Furstenberg
      • Atlanta Public Show - W. D. Huff
      • Assembly No. 25 Society of American Magicians - Dominick Fiorilla
      • Demons Club - Harvey Long
      • Spokane Mystic Club - E. V. Klein
      • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
      • Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
      • Monthly Club Report [Los Magicos] - Fred Kapp
      • The Oakland Conjurers Association - Caswell Boxley
      • Golden Gate Assembly - Caryl S. Fleming
    17. Obituary
    18. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
    19. Harold Lloyd's Party - Max Terhune
    20. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
    21. Ribbins - C.T.
    22. Magic of the East - Max Holden
    23. Max Skully - vent - Max Terhune
    24. C.T., Jr. - San Diego Branch
    25. Over The Counter - U. F. Grant
    26. Trick Reviews - The Editor
      • Dr. Ervin's Bill in Cigarette - Dariel Fitzkee
      • The Necklace of Woo Yu - Charles W. Fricke
      • The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - book - Jean Hugard
      • The Pocket Book of Patter - Jimmy Stoppard
    27. Book Reviews - Lloyd E. Jones
      • The Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks - Glenn Gravatt
      • Practical Hypnotism - Ed Wolff
      • Money Magic - Jean Hugard
      • 1937 Yearbook - L. L. Ireland
      • Fifteen Minutes with a Piece of Rope - Ralph W. Hull
      • Goofy Dice - Ralph W. Hull
      • Coo Coo Cards - Ralph W. Hull
      • The Homing Ball - Ralph W. Hull
      • Pocket Book of Patter - Jimmy Stoppard
      • Cups and Balls Magic - Tom Osborne
      • The Jinx, No. 33
      • The Jinx, The Summer Extra
      • The Art of Makeup - Serge Strenkovsky
      • The Tops
      • The Imp
    28. Bagdad

    1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 12 - August 1937 - 32 pages
    2. cover - Ted Annemann
    3. Contents
    4. Ted Annemann - biographical notes
    5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
    6. MAGIC
      1. Japanese Mental Card Effect - Tenkai
      2. The Pip Flattens Out Effect - William Meyers
      3. A Ring and Half Dollar Routine - Loring Campbell
      4. The Magic Nut - Irving Joslyn
      5. The Floating Chair - Irving Joslyn
      6. Miscellaneous Magic - J. Mark Hall
      7. Predetermined Thought - John Goodrum
      8. Interlocking Thoughts - Fred Rickard
      9. Beware of Money - Lu Brent
      10. Diminishing and Expanding Cards - B. Zola, D.D.S.
      11. The Beach Test - Dale Williams
    7. L. W. MAGIC - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
      1. Modern Card Sleights
        1. The Pivot Color Change
        2. A Change with Fingers Spread
        3. A Simple Double Color Change
        4. The L.W. Double Color Change
        5. The Goblet Color Change
        6. A One Hand Top Change
        7. A Close-Up Color Change
    8. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
      1. The Beer Can - Dale Williams
      2. Mental Control - Vernon Cook
      3. Improved Bank Nite - Vernon Cook
    9. Stagecraft - Caryl S. Fleming
    10. Chaps Corner - Frank Chapman
    11. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
      • Ladies at the Convention
      • The Diary of a Magician's Wife
    12. Ribbins - C.T.
    13. Convention News
      • P.C.A.M. - Reno
      • Twelfth Annual Central States Magicians' Carnival
    14. Ramblings and Ravings - The Great Layoff (Dorney)
    15. S.A.M. Parent Assembly - A Commentary - Wm. W. Larsen
    16. Club Reports
      • Flash - A. Caro Miller
      • Seattle News - Charles N. Smith
      • Oakland Magic Circle - Final Statement of the Reno Public Show - Claude Burke
      • The San Diego Magicians Club - C. W. Fait
      • Mystic 27 Club Report
      • Chicago Notes - George Troseth
      • Minneapolis Hanky Panky Club - Don Ware
      • Oakland Magic Circle - Claude Burke
    17. P.A.C.M. Business Meeting Reno 1937
    18. Mrs. Harry Houdini Contest
    19. Thru The Slanting Eye - Harry Mendoza
    20. Just Thoughts - Daniel Dew
    21. Genii Contest Notes
    22. Thru the Monocle - Dr. Edw. Saint
    23. Magic That Perks - W.W.L.
    24. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
    25. Magic of the East - Max Holden
    26. Max Skully - vent - Max Terhune
    27. C.T., Jr. - San Diego Branch
    28. I'm Still Laughing At - Harry G. Shaw
    29. Sweepstakes Award Vote
    30. Book Reviews - Light From the Lamp - Lloyd E. Jones
      • Here's New Magic - Joe Berg
      • Tricklets - Ventor
      • The Jinx, July
      • The Dragon, June
      • The Linking Ring, June
      • The Tops, July
      • Magie, July
    31. Tablets of Osiris - W. W. Larsen
    32. Judging New Tricks - Charles W. Fricke
    33. Bagdad - Bill Taylor

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