George Johnson

From the Foreword:

The late Jardine Ellis was a master of what is known to Conjurers as "close quarter work." The majority of his effects were designed to puzzle the single onlooker, and in this particular class of Magical deception he was a past master.

• Foreword
• Thimble And Wine Glass
• A Juggling Feat
• The Rod And Ring
• A Humorous Card Item
• The Jardine Ellis Slate Mystery
• An Experiment In Telepathy
• Card Divination
• The Holder Of The Egg
• The Measured, Cut, And Restored String
• Coin Levitation
• The Magnetised Knife
• The Floating Wand

1st edition 1925, 32 pages; 1st digital edition...

Numbers 209-212

203 pages

1. Vol. 35, Number 209, March-May, 1946 [38 numbered & 4 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. To Friends and Readers of The Magic Wand - George Johnson introducing the new editor
2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Magic Wand Changes Hands
   • What of the Future?
   • A Word of Thanks
   • Change of Address
   • A Competition
   • The Young Magician
3. Fire-Walked to Prove Faith - news
4. The Vanishing Wand - Tom Sellers
   • The Vanishing Wand
   • Magic Welding
   • The Ta. Ta. Cigarettes
6. The Magic Words - Leonard Ashton
8. Snowman in Reverse - Jimmy Pring
9. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
11. For the Egg...

Numbers 205-208

184 pages

1. Vol. 34, Number 205 March-May, 1945 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Book Famine
   • A Tale of Woe
   • Visible Magic
2. H. G. Sparks - obituary (due to enemy action)
3. Up, Lift - J. F. Orrin
5. The Pairing Knots - Milbourne Christopher
6. Cataleptic Calico - Leslie R. King
7. A Drum Tube Effect - Leslie Brown
8. The Exposer - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
10. Deduction - Stanley Davis
11. A Magic Wand Competition
11. Nap Stack - Stanley Davis
12. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
16. The Super Ultra Sympathetic Packs - Len J. Sewell
17. One Teaspoonful in Water Four Times a...

Numbers 201-204

193 pages

1. Vol. 33, Number 201 March-May, 1944 [42 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Aid
   • Card Miracles
   • The Expert
   • Squaring the Circle
3. A Change-Over Palm with Four Coins - E. Brian MacCarthy
4. Ignus - V. A. Menzies
5. A Subtle Changing Card - Sydney de Hempsey
6. What is a Good Trick? - article by Dr. H. J. Tattersall
10. The Dissolving Sugar Trick Improved - Victor Farelli
11. Disc and Rope - Allan Lambie
12. The Shilling and the Snake - Wilfrid Jonson
13. Try This Strange Puzzle - Sydney de Hempsey
14. A Little Different - Alfred Frangleton
15. A Novel Doll Production - Eric...

The Magic Wand and Magical Review, Volume 32, George Johnson, editor
Quarterly format

1. Vol. 32, Number 197 March-May, 1943 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Condensed
   • How It's Done
   • Cups and Balls
   • A Boys' Own Book
   • A Card Trick in Bed
3. Tom Sellers' Magic
   • Bombay Blocks
   • Prediction Mysterio
   • Vanishing Bottle
   • Invisible Ink
   • A Block and Cord Release
   • Six Card Control
8. Are You a Good Magician - article by Sikandra
10. Card Conjuring for Conjurers - Arthur H. Eydmann
11. Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
    • Proclamations
14. Wedding Rings and Ribbon...

Numbers 193-196

256 pages

1. Vol. 31, Number 193 March-May, 1942 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Magic Circle
   • Fortunes and Misfortunes
   • Zodiastar
   • A Strange Book
   • Magical News
   • Professional Help
   • To Our Friends
5. A New Clock Dial - with Ratchet and Pawl Control - Tom Sellers
7. Hypnotic Influence - Max Andrews
9. Spots Before Your Eyes - Wilfred H. Tyler
11. Tricks, Notes and Notions - Alfred Frangleton
13. Slightly Different - Alf's Button
14. A New Ball Sleight
15. Levitation Extraordinary - by "One of the Boys"
16. Slow Motion Card Vanish - Allan Lambie
17. Thimble Work - E. Brian...

Numbers 189-192

247 pages

1. Vol. 30, Number 189 March-May, 1941 [50 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • On Active Service
   • Designs for Magic
   • Aunt Kate
   • Old Ideas
   • Marketable Magic
   • Chemicals
   • Diachylon Deceptions
   • Harking Back
6. Just Cheek - Lavilette
7. Getting the Bird - J. F. Orrin
11. The Tumble Pass - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
    • The Shuffled Set-Up
15. Doublo and Treblo - C. W. Collier
17. Lighted Cigarette Production - Allan Lambie
18. Patriotic Silks - Cyril H. Dewey
20. The Card in the Balloon - Claude Chandler
21. Council Meeting - Tierra Del Fuego Magical Society - humor by...

Numbers 185-188

236 pages

1. Vol. 29, Number 185 March-May, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Newspaper News
   • "You Never Vary"
   • What's in a Name?
   • Scale and Price -- Again
   • The Sense of Humor
   • December Memories
4. Cigarette Mentality - Cyril H. Dewey
5. Shifting Sands - H. W. Ray
6. Wine Production - comments
7. The Ball Through Glass - H. W. Brehaut
8. Tricks of Olden Days - by 'Eav' or W.W.
   • A Coin Move
   • Tissue in Water
   • Bertram's Ring and Handkerchief
10. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
    • Prologue
    • Another Scene
12. Memories of [Charles] Morritt...

Numbers 181-184

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...

Numbers 177-180

253 pages

1. Vol. 27, Number 177 March-May, 1938 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Regarding a Card Problem
   • Happy Acknowledgements
   • Benevolent Concerns
   • A Magical Weekly
   • A Sot of Bother
   • Cheery Amusement
5. Triple Card Discovery - John K. Bays
6. They Have Laid Aside the Wand - obituaries
   • Tom Fagan
   • Linga Singh
   • Robert H. Gysel
7. A Tunnel Change - H. W. Brehaut
8. The Penetrating Hoop - J. F. Orrin
11. The Four Spots - Lavilette
12. All Bluff - Tom Sellers
13. A Production Box - Leslie Drake
14. An Easy Drum Trick - Tom Sellers
15. Chit Chat - article by Frederic...

Numbers 173-176

244 pages

1. Vol. 26, Number 173 March-May, 1937 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • All The Jokes
   • On the Side of Sanity
   • A Little While Ago
   • Conjuring Books for Boys
   • Obituary
     • Will Blyth
   • Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
     • Cards on Ribbon
     • Cut and Restored Ribbon Box
     • Ring Through the Finger
     • The Novelty Prediction
   • Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
   • Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
     • A Novel Penetration
     • A Cigarette Sleight
     • A Good Production
     • Passing a Coin Through the Hand
     • Passe Passe Silks
     
     extra photo...

Numbers 169-172

248 pages

1. Vol. 25, Number 169 March-May, 1936 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Social Side of Magic
   • Racketeering In Magic
   • Magical Book Production
   • A Story
4. A Production Tube - Tom Sellers
5. Here? There? Or Where?
7. Magical Television - Capt. J. E. Stone
9. Make a Model First - article by Verrall Wass
11. Jottings from an Old Note-Book - C. Ducarel
    • Endor's Chameleon Paper
    • Mysterious Balls of Fire
    • Novel Indian Fakir's Trick
    • Watch and Milk Trick
    • Eggs From a Borrowed Hat
    • Egg and Tumbler
    • Backward Flight of Silver
    • A Novel Vanish...

Numbers 165-168

252 pages

1. Vol. 24, Number 165 March-May, 1935 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Specialty Acts
   • Newspaper Diversion
   • Television
   • Conjuring Publications
4. Another Flower Growing Idea - Arnold De Brett
5. Three Silks - Stanley Norton
7. Dove Pan Ideas - Bernard Carton
8. The Evolution of the Ghost Tube - S. H. Sharpe
9. A Nutty Notion - Wilfred Huggins
11. Scrybic - an Illusion - S. H. Sharpe
12. The Dissolving Sugar - Victor Farelli
14. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
16. Style - quotes
17. Jack in (and out of) a Box - Charles Waller
18. Word Wizardry - Tom Sellers
18. New...

Numbers 161-164

236 pages

1. Vol. 23, Number 161 March-May, 1934 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Conjuring Books of the Future
   • Treading on the Gas
   • The Dinner Trick
   • Modern Instruction
   • Youth at the Helm
   • The Ever Ingenious Magician
4. The Monster of Loch Ness - Jules Danby
6. The Prediction of Prospero - Roy Walker
9. A Slow Sleight - The Fadeaway Vanish
10. Splitting the Atom - Wilfred Huggins
12. The Wedding of Mr. Mickey Mouse - C. Barnard
13. Another Silk Vanish - Eric J. Williams
14. Chit-Chat - article by Fred Culpitt
16. Snipping Again - Joseph Fitzpatrick
17. Novel Impromptu Rising...

Numbers 157-160

237 pages

1. Vol. 22, Number 157 March-May, 1933 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Introduction
   • A New Levitation
   • Magic on the Screen
   • Long-Distance Magic
   • Forthcoming Books
   • The Season
   • The Happy Hare Hunt
   • Producing a Cannon Ball
4. The Bewildering Spheres - Rupert H. Slater
5. The Spirit Slates Supreme - Bruce Hurling
6. Thought Transference - Jhano
8. A Pretty Card Effect - Tom Sellers
9. Imitation is-- - Wilf. Huggins
10. A Lesson in Magic - Wilfrid Jonson
12. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • The Bewildering Block
    • The "Fantom" Four
    • The Vanish...

Numbers 153-156

253 pages

1. Vol. 21, Number 153 March-May, 1932 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Twenty-One
   • Fire Kings
   • Variety from the U.S.A.
   • The Gentle Art of Disparagement
   • Hartz Mysteries
4. A Week of Magic - report
4. The Maskelyne Memorial Fund - auction of "Erdnase - His Book" by Mr. Graham Adams
5. The Bead on the String - Vincent Dalban
6. A Novel Wand Effect - T. Westwood Bradley
7. Again the Spelling Bee - S. H. Sharpe
8. Crystalogy - Wilf. Huggins
11. Off Goes His - Nothing - J. F. Orrin
12. The Rainbow Sticks - Tom Sellers
13. Wicked Willie and Naughty Nancy - Will Blyth ...

Numbers 149-152

272 pages

1. Vol. 20, Number 149 March-May, 1931 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • In the Fog
   • Mr. Tom Sellers
   • The I.B.M. British Convention
   • Swindling in Excelcis
4. page 4 is missing [Obituary: T. Page Wright]
5. page 5 is missing [Reflected Thoughts by S. H. Sharpe]
6. The Turkish Bath Murder Mystery - J. F. Orrin
9. Tripoint Again - Wilf Huggins
   • The Rising Cards
10. The Sympathetic Cards - E. Albert Gillett
11. Entre Nous - miscellaneous comments by Wilfrid Jonson
12. Another Display Stand - W. H. Eyles
13. Telepathy! - Eric C. Lewis
14. Programme
    • The Gate Theatre Studio and Mr. Peter Godfrey
15. The Silks and the Lemon...

Numbers 145-148

264 pages

1. Vol. 19, Number 145 March-May, 1930 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Forging Ahead
   • A Pavement Problem
   • Means to an End
   • The Season
   • The Spooks
4. The Polychromatic Ribbon - J. F. Orrin
7. Applause and the Magician - article by Vincent Dalban
8. Magical Music - E. D. Widger
9. Peterson's Magic - [A. Peterson]
   • Originality
   • The Somewhat Different 20th Century Silks
   • The Pillars of Solomon
   • A Novel Hat Load
15. The Rosina Crystal - E. Albert Gillett
17. With a Billiard Ball
18. More Wine and Water - S. D. Good
19. The Real Art of Magic - Wilfrid Jonson [continued] ...

Numbers 141-144

272 pages

1. Vol. 18, Number 141 March-May, 1929 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Season Soliloquies
   • Tahra Bey
   • A Wandering Wizard
   • Magic from Below
   • All Change
   • Cutting Through
4. Some Sleights - George Johnson
6. A Novel Vanishing Coin - Tom Sellers
7. The "Sim Pliciti" Rising Cards - E. D. Widger
7. Obituary - Van Hoven
8. The Destructive Ray - E. D. Widger
8. A Trick of Alternation - Will Blyth
11. Magical Memories - article by Rupert H. Slater
12. AN Awkward Experience - W. H. E.
13. Another "Cut and Restored" - F. Jackson
14. A Novel Card Problem - Sid Lorraine
15. The Magical...

Numbers 137-140

277 pages

1. Vol. 17, Number 137 March-May, 1928 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Broadcasting Rumpus
   • Can Magic Advance?
   • Advertising
   • Progress in the U.S.A.
   • "Props." Change Hands
   • Laughter and Legerdemain
4. A Neat Paper Tearing Trick - Norman Hunter
5. The Control Pull - G. W. Hunter
6. An Inky Interlude - Wilfrid Allan
8. Public Speaking - article by J. S.
9. Ring up the Curtain - J. F. Orrin [continued]
   • Section 4 - Miscellaneous Effects
     • Fishing
     • The Green Pyramid
15. Programme
    • Douglas Dexter, A Recent Programme
17. The...