Gen in Magazines & Journals

This is a wonderful collection of some of the best mental magic published in The Gen.

CONTENTS:

Section One - Predictions

• The 100% Prediction (Punx)
• Total Prediction (Gerald Kosky)
• The Direct Prediction (John Rice)
• Note and the Jar (Tom Sellers)
• Phenomenal Forecast (Jack Cook)
• The One-man Full-Vu Prediction (Ken De Courcy)
• Mental Flashes (Dr. Stanley Jaks)
• The Patient Telepath (Peter Warlock)
• Novelty Dice Prediction (Tom Sellers)
• Predicted From the Papers (Tom Sellers)
• Super Forethought (Cyro)

• Unique Book Test (Harry Stanley)
• Magazine Test (Ali Bongo)
• Danson's Book Test (Ted Danson)
• A Telephone Directory Test (Eric...

CONTENTS:

• ONE GOOD TURN (Al Koran) - A card is selected and replaced. A spectator, while the deck is behind his back, takes one card from the middle and reverses it. It is the selected card.
• ZOMBIE CARD RISE (Eddie Ward) - A very clever floating card under handkerchief. No gimmicks. Everything can be examined.
• FOLLOW MY LEADER (Ed Marlo) - A very easy to do Follow The Leader routine using ten red and ten black cards.
• KNOT ON THE CORNER (Tom Sellers) - A knot appears on the corner of a handkerchief.
• THE SLIP CUT EFFECT (Ed Marlo) - A selected card keeps appearing face up on top of the face down deck. You'll...

CONTENTS:

• TUNED MINDS (Jack Avis): Four spectators chose four numbers which are used to reveal the four Aces (or four selections).
• HAVE A MATCH (Magini): A novelty funny trick. You offer a match to a spectator and the match rises from the box. A good laugh.
• TWO BALL TRANSPOSITION (C. King): You show a red and a green ball (or any two colors) and they, using a handkerchief, transpose. A strong effect for any ball routine.
• A CHANGE OF PLANS (Bill Simon): A nice routine using the four Kings where they follow the leader. One King changes into an Ace and the other Kings change into Aces too.
• A CARD TRANSPOSITION...

CONTENTS:

• THE EVER READY SPELLER (Al Koran): An excellent impromptu card trick where a selected card is revealed after reciting any jingle (or a short poem). Funny stuff. Can be done in any language.
• MY NAME YOUR NAME (Lewis Ganson): The selected card is revealed using the name of a spectator.
• BETWEEN THE ACES (Don Loder): You give the four Aces to a spectator to hold. A selected card vanishes from the deck and reappears between the Aces.
• ADD-A-PAIR (Tom Sellers): You find two selected cards from a shuffled deck without any help from card keys or other devices.
• CARD PENETRATION AND CHANGE (Cy Endfield):...

The Gen magazine was published by Harry Stanley just after the war. The first issue came out in December 1945. The magazine was published for 26 years with 303 issues covering a total of 8,685 pages. Lewis Ganson, one of the greatest magical writers ever, was the editor until 1971.

CONTENTS:

• RATHER ODD (Frank Potts): A selected card turns out to be the only red-backed card in a blue deck and then the back changes back to blue.
• WHICH POCKET, SIR (Archie Byford): The Aces are shuffled with other cards and four packets are placed into different pockets in a spectators jacket. The four Aces appear in a single packet. ...

The GEN Index covers the 26 volumes of Harry Stanley's GEN, plus the two issues of the New GEN.

There are four sections:

1. List of categories and their abbreviations
2. List of footnotes
3. List of entries by category and alphabetically by author within each category. This constitutes the main part of the index.
4. List of entries alphabetically by author.

2nd edition 1995; 161 pages

On the covers are

• M. D. Smith, Dai Vernon, Faucett Ross, Martin Gardner, and Jerry Lukins
• Christopher Woodward
• Kovari

1. Volume 26, Number 1, May-June, 1970, 52 numbered pages - cover picture: Marshall D. Smith (seated with, left to right) unknown magician, Jerry Lukins, Faucett Ross, Martin Gardner, and Dai Vernon
2. Menu - Table of Contents
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
5. Card Magic
   5. Potty Printing - Joe Riding
   6. Aberration! - Hugh Miller
   8. Deck Switch - Harry Stanley
   9. Tattoo - Mel Davis
   10. The Mark - Sid Carter
       • Card Stab
       • Coin Divination ...

On the covers are

• Harry Stanley
• Tom Parker
• Tan Choon Tee
• Jens Korth
• Harvey Rosenthal
• Neville Wiltshire
• Bert Douglas
• Keith Clark
• Stuart Leith and Gladys
• Alexander Adrion
• Carl Ballantine
• Al Mann

1. Volume 25, Number 1, May, 1969, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Harry Stanley
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Magic for Youngsters
   • Konjuring for Kids, Part V - Apparatus Tricks - Jack Gittings
5. Magic for the Pocket
   • Colour Blind - Trevor Dawson
7. Money Magic
   • Hocus Pocus Coin - using any kind of folding coin, with routines - Al Koran ...

On the covers are

• Alan Alan
• Roy Baker
• Will Ayling
• William Zavis
• Albert Goshman
• Valerie Swadling
• Dennis Allen
• Ed Mishell
• Dave Campbell
• Jack Gittings
• Bobby Bernard
• Cliff Osman

1. Volume 24, Number 1, May, 1968, 22 numbered pages - cover picture: Alan Alan
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Just Between Us - Part Three - William Zavis
   • The Running Side Steal
   • Luck, Numerology, Coincidence - Magic!
9. Close Up Magic
   • Miniature Predicto Frame - Magini
10. Card Magic
    • Two from Sellers - Tom Sellers
      • The Double Turnover Pass ...

On the covers are

• Peter Oran
• Larry Jennings
• Milton Kort
• Rev. Stephen Blood
• Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon, Steve Young
• John Shearer
• Rink
• Jacques Dugour
• Tom Johnston
• Fugi Fuchs
• Bob Batey (Navette)
• Richard and Mary Suey

1. Volume 23, Number 1, May, 1967, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Peter Oran - Magic from Holland Issue
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Money Magic
   • "Do It Yourself" Bank Notes - Peter Oran
7. Coin Through the Table - Alvara
8. Close Up Magic
   • The Mouse Paddle - Eddie Taytelbaum
10. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Blank Card...

On the covers are

• Al Spackman, Al Brema
• John Gilliland
• Dennis Patten
• Tony Shiels
• Alan Kennaugh
• Maurice Rooklyn
• Eddie Joseph
• Jim Cook - Campbell McRae
• John Alborough
• Graham Wilson and Hazel
• Ricky Lester
• Max Murdoch - Sanara

1. Volume 22, Number 1, May, 1966, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Al Spackamn
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Silken Bombshell - Extra - A. Del Roy
5. Mental and Spirit Magic
   • Noted Number - Al Spackman
7. Magic for Youngsters
   • Attention - Children's Entertainers! - Part One - Cyro
     • A. My Grandma went...

On the covers are

• Arnold De Seiver
• Harold Taylor
• Billy Day
• George Hammerton
• Dick Scott (Yimka)
• Anverdi
• Ross Bertram
• Drew Masters
• Bayard Grimshaw and Harry Stanley
• Oscar Paulson
• Finn Jon (Finn Hauger)
• Hugh Miller

1. Volume 21, Number 1, May, 1965, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Arnold de Seiver
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Close Up Magic
   • Slydini and Delmin's Popper - Horace Bennett
     4. Variations on the [Syldini] "Flyaway Coin" Routine
     7. Delmini's Popper
8. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
   • One-Two-None ...

On the covers are

• Roy Baker
• Esme Levante
• Al Flosso
• Jay Ose
• The Magic Castle
• Roger Crosthwaite
• Jack Mayes
• Oliver Mackenzie
• Horace Bennett
• Bob Olson
• Valerie and Robert Swadling
• Keith Lawrence

1. Volume 20, Number 1, May, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Roy Baker
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Mainly Manipulative
   • Tissue Vanish - Robert Hamilton
5. Magic with Apparatus
   • Out of the Rut - or The Devil of a Box - Norman Rhodes
9. Money Magic
   • Hypno-Tisn't - Horace Bennett
12. Magic for Youngsters
    • Turkish Delight...

On the covers are

• Val Andrews
• Ron MacMillan
• Dr. Raymond L. Beebe
• Frank Garcia
• Sydney Lawrence
• Eddie Dexter
• Jack Gillespie
• De Vega
• J. A. M. Howie
• Roger Klause
• John Booth
• Dino

1. Volume 19, Number 1, May, 1963, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Val Andrews
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Magic with Apparatus
   • Presentation of Cylindro - George Durant
7. Magic for the Pocket
   • I.O.U. - An Original Pocket Trick - Edward Victor
9. Mental and Spirit Magic
   • Murray on Mentalism
10. Psychojazzology - John Bragoli
12. Just a Few Words and Bits and Pieces...

On the covers are

• Albert Verity
• John Ramsay
• Tom Morley
• Chris Woodward
• Ralph Chart
• Eddie Taytelbaum
• Evelyn Rose
• Leslie May
• Kovari
• Andrew Dalziel
• Ludow
• David Hemingway

1. Volume 18, Number 1, May, 1962, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Albert Verity
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
   • Double Knot Release
5. The Homing Matches - Rink
7. Coins Across - Rink
8. Corner Count - Tom Sellers
10. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Colour Television - John Bragoli
12. A Sel-Dem Prediction - Jesse Demaline
13. Lewis Ganson Explains...

On the covers are

• Hugh Wylie
• Fred Lowe
• Docteur J. Dhotel
• Dorothy and Al Roberts
• Hans Anderson and Jeanette
• George L. Boston
• Bill Simon
• Jimmy Findlay
• Johnny Hart
• Glenn G. Gravatt
• Ken Brooke
• Sitta

1. Volume 17, Number 1, May, 1961, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Hugh Wylie
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Card Magic
   • Dice Scripto - Frederica
6. Take It Slowly - Robert Hamilton
7. Silk Magic
   • A Silken Interlude - Hugh Wylie
11. Improvement for the "Knife and Square Papers" - Jean Charles (France)
12. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland ...

On the covers are

• Al Koran
• Allan Jamieson
• Lloyd E. Jones
• Gerald Kosky
• Peter Pit
• Douglas Francis
• Lewis Ganson
• Mavis Murrell
• Don Alan
• Iris and Lester Sharpe
• Laurence Glen
• The Tornedo's

1. Volume 16, Number 1, May, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Al Koran
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Card Magic
   • Rainbow Pips - Bernard Shaw
6. Card Seance - John Howie
8. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
   • The Sailor's Trick
11. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Penetration of a Cigarette
13. Magic with Apparatus
    • Portfolio...

The Gen, Volume 15, Lewis Ganson, editor

On the covers are

• Don Lawton
• Bob Lawrence
• Wilfred Tyler
• Murray
• Jac Olten
• John Giordmaine
• Ernest Wethered
• Archie Tear
• Frank Brooker
• Chan Canasta
• Hubert Lambert
• Sam Hughes

1. Volume 15, Number 1, May, 1959, 34 numbered pages - Gala Issue cover picture: Don Lawton
2. Front Page Personality - Don Lawton
7. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
8. Magic for the Pocket
   • Pocket Size Indian Rope - Aenigma (Holland)
11. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Behind My Blackboard - Dr. Stanley Jaks (USA)
14. New Lamps for Old...

The Gen, Volume 14, Lewis Ganson, editor - new editor

On the covers are

• Will Ayling
• Dai Vernon
• Slydini
• Harry Blackstone
• Phoa Yan Tiong
• Harold G. Beaumont
• Milton Woodward and Millicent Cooper
• Rink
• Maurice Rooklyn
• Harry Hickson
• Dany Ray
• John Ramsay

1. Volume 14, Number 1, May, 1958, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Will Ayling
3. Front Page Personality - Will Ayling
4. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
5. A new Card Fan - Dudley Fossum (Wisconsin, USA)
6. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
   • Juggling Tumbler - Will Ayling
9. Bento's Bat - Bento (Holland) ...

On the covers are

• Ron Urban
• Ed Marlo
• Frederica
• June Merlin
• Michael and Valerie Bailey
• ?
• Levante
• Donald G. Crombie
• Nelson Downs
• Remo Inzani
• Clifford Davis
• John Young

1. Volume 13, Number 1, May, 1957, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Ron Urban
3. Front Page Personality - Ron Urban
4. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
5. The Magic of Coins - series by Charles Kingston (California, USA)
   • One - Such Flimsy Material
7. More Finishing Touches - Nic Niberco (Hollnad)
   • Simplified Hofzinser Top Change - and a Trick
   • The Changing Card
10. A Trio from Tom Sellers ...

On the covers are

• Lewis Ganson
• Arnold Furst
• The Stuthard's
• Syd Bergson
• Lewis Ganson, The Stanleys, Ken Brooke, Jo Ganson, Mystic Craig
• Charles A. Schoke
• Dai Vernon
• Richard Merry
• Niberco Brothers
• Tom Sellers
• Alan Alan
• J. G. Thompson Junior

1. Volume 12, Number 1, May, 1956, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Lewis Ganson
3. Front Page Personality - Lewis Ganson
4. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
5. My Comedy Rope Routine - Arthur Leo
6. Jimmy Rogers' Ring Box - Tom Sellers
7. Len Belcher Presents - series
   • Atomic Gun
   • Space Gun
8. A Magician Explains - series...

On the covers are

• Dai Vernon
• Len Vintus
• Herbert J. Collings
• Billy McComb
• Mystic Craig
• Channing Pollock
• Tonny van Dommelen
• Corvelo
• The Stanleys
• Marconick
• Ken Scholes
• Charles A. Rosskam

1. Volume 11, Number 1, May, 1955, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Vernon on Stage
3. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
5. Correct Change - Charles Miller
7. My Favourite Living and Dead Test - Dr. Raymond L. Beebe
9. Red and Blue - Bob Haskell
11. The Animated Mouse - Magini
14. Front Page Personality - Vernon on Stage - Francis Ireland
15. A Magician Explains - series by Lewis Ganson

On the covers are

• Trevor Little
• Ali Bongo
• Frank Baumforth
• Francis White
• Geoffrey Robinson
• "Senator" Crandall
• Harold G. Beaumont
• Ram Das and Kim
• Peter Warlock
• Alex Elmsley
• Faucett W. Ross
• Henk Vermeyden

1. Volume 10, Number 1, May, 1954, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Trevor Little
3. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
5. Les Ashton's Magical Alphabet - series
   • No. 7 - Ghost Tubes, Guns and Gadgets
6. Bongo's Bargain Basement - series by Ali Bongo
   • Have a Heart!
   • Ties Up Again
   • There's a Long, Long Chain Awinding ...
   • Faked Feathers
8. A Pair...

On the covers are

• Gerald Kosky
• Harry Clarke
• Robert Orben
• Fred Kaps
• David Berglas
• Ronald Haines
• David Nixon
• Jimmy Lake
• Les Aston
• Bobo
• Michael Bailey
• Hen Fetsch

1. Volume 9, Number 1, May, 1953, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Gerald Kosky
4. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
5. More Routined Manipulation - series by Lewis Ganson
   • Charlie Edward's "Dissolving Knots" - Part 1
10. Tom Seller's Tit-Bits - series
    • An Easy False Shuffle
    • A Card Penetrates a Handkerchief
11. More Mystic Signs - Hedley Wilcox
12. Cards in Reverse - Bill Simon (New York)
13. Front...

On the covers are

• Milbourne Christopher
• Harold Taylor
• John Scarne
• Robert Nelson
• William Stickland
• Lewis Ganson
• Jack Kodell
• Al Koran
• Jerry Bergmann
• Ken Brooke
• Geoffrey Buckingham
• Richard Du Bois

1. Volume 8, Number 1, May, 1952, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Milbourne Christopher
3. Editorial
4. More Routined Manipulation - series by Lewis Ganson
   • 1. - Trio
     • Cards to Bouquet
     • Palming a Short Lighted Cigarette
     • Adding a Card to the Pack
7. Tom Seller's Tit-Bits - series
   • The Discs of Diablo
8. Originally Yours - series by Len...

On the covers are

• Ted Elliott
• George Braund
• Carl Rosini
• Jimmy Rogers
• Dr. Jaks
• John Forrest
• Tornedo
• Louis Tannen
• Hen Fetsch
• Gerrie Larsen
• Kinson
• Arthur Dowler

1. Volume 7, Number 1, May, 1951, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Ted Elliott
3. Front Page Personalities - Ted Elliott
4. Suspension - Harry Stanley
5. The Hypogastric Hen or "An Egg a Day Keeps the Axe Away!" - Ken de Courcy
6. A Novel Thimble-Holder
7. Tricolour - Len Belcher
9. The Second Seer - Jack Shepherd
10. Pre-cognition - Rupert Gilbert
12. If I Were Presenting - series by George Blake
14. A Sure Bet ... Card in Wallet...

On the covers are

• Ken de Courcy
• Jimmie Bates
• Willane
• Henk Vermeyden
• His Honour Judge Wethered O.B.E.
• Charles Tabor
• Chan Canasta
• Harry Venson
• Joe Stuthard and Kay
• Al Koran
• George Grimmond
• George Blake

1. Volume 6, Number 1, May, 1950, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Ken de Courcy
3. Front Page Personalities - Ken de Courcy
4. Change - and Change Again - Ken de Courcy
7. A Rough Idea - Len Belcher
8. Latex Limericks - Wm. J. Bate
9. Making Do! - Michael F. Rogers
9. Supersonic Brainwave - Lewis Ganson
10. Billy McComb's "Irish Stew" - Chitter-Chatter-Patter
11. Convincing Chatter...

On the covers are

• The Johnstones
• Edward W. Dart
• J. K. Bays
• Maurice Fogel
• Lewis Ganson and Jo
• Sydney de Hempsey
• Jack Salvin
• Val and Al Sharpe
• Col Ling Soo
• Len Belcher
• Hubert Lambert
• G. C. Alyn Jones

1. Volume 5, Number 1, May, 1949, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: The Johnstones
7. Another Step Forward ... - editor's letter
8. Front Page Personality - The Johnstones [George]
9. Routined Manipulation - series by Lewis Ganson
   • Section One: Cigarettes
     • In the beginning ...
     • Lighted Cigarettes
       • Requirements and Preparation
       • Manipulations ...

On the covers are

• Edward Pearce
• Devano
• John Booth
• Fred & Beatrice Mills
• Billy McComb & June Cochrane

337. Volume 4, Number 1, December, 1948, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Edward Pearce
339. Front Page Personality - Edward Pearce
339. map to Unique Magic
341. Jam Jars to You! - George Sylvestre
343. Sheer Silk - Douglas Francis
345. Open and Shut Case - Len Belcher
349. Soft Drinks - Harry Stanley
351. Flash Silk Routine - Billy McComb
353. Children's Patter for the Flash Silk Production - June Cochrane
355. Going Mental - Harry Stanley
355. "Spelling Lesson" Routine - Magico
360. Novelty Stage Opening - Bays ...

Some topics are

• Accent on Manipulation
• Loading a Cigarette
• Furst's Comedy Spelling Trick
• The Jolly Miller
• Paralytic Vision
• "Hickory, Dickory, Dock"

1. Volume 3, Number 1, December, 1947, 28 numbered pages
2. Let's Have a Chat - editor's letter
3. Accent on Manipulation - column
4. Loading a Cigarette - For the Card in Cigarette Trick - Cecil Keech
5. Furst's Comedy Spelling Trick - Arnold Furst (U.S.A.)
7. Cartoon Corner - column by Ted Elliott
9. A Note on Feathered Darts
11. You Need Glasses! - R. F. Price
13. The Jolly Miller - L. A. Belcher
17. Attaboy Again!
18. letter from Eric Williams ...

Some topics are

• The Last Card - a routine for children
• Stretching a Rope
• "Flip" Card Discovery
• Anything for a Laugh
• Wax and Thread
• Snippo
• A Flash Slate Tip

1. Volume 2, Number 1, December, 1946, 16 numbered pages
2. Let's Have a Chat - editor's letter
4. The Art of Entertaining Children, and a novel Opening Item - Eric P. Wilson
6. From "Tops," November, 1946. It's Happened to You - Wilton S. Clements [how to work with an M.C.]
7. Reproduction of a Note - Norman Rashleigh
11. Watch for a Rabbit - Douglas Francis

17. Volume 2, Number 2, January, 1947, 16 numbered pages
18. Let's Have a Chat - editor's letter ...

Some topics are

• Going Mental
• Comedy Card Production
• Forcing a Card
• Ghost Writing
• A Rib Tickler
• The Evacuee Doll

• Volume 1, Numbers 1-2-3, undated [reprint, Number 1 originally printed in December, 1945], 8 unnumbered pages
• Going Mental
• Comedy Card Production
• Ideas - Tips - Gags and What Have You!
• Forcing a Card
• Interruption

• Volume 1, Number 4, undated, 8 unnumbered pages
• editor's letter
• On the Spot - Theodore Annemann
• Ghost Writing
• A Good Gag
• A Nice Bit of "Business"
• The Gen Awards £10 - contest announcement
• "Interruption Gag"

• Volume 1, Number 5, undated, 8 unnumbered pages
• editor's letter
• On...

The Gen magazine was published by Harry Stanley just after WWII. The first issue came out in December 1945. The magazine was published for 26 years with 303 issues covering a total of 8,685 pages. Lewis Ganson, one of the greatest British magical writers ever, was the editor until the magazine changed hands in 1971. It continued under the editorship of Val Andrews for a further two issues as the New Gen.

Virtually every known name in the world of post-war magic made a contribution to the Gen or was featured in its columns. Ken Brooke, for example, contributed 27 items and even the final issue, under the ownership...