Magazines & Journals in Magic & Conjuring: page 7

Numbers 37-48

188 pages

581. Cover, Vol. 4, No. 37, September, 1913 [16 pages]
581. Mr. D. J. Brewer - profile
583. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
584. A Ventriloquial Accessory - report of a novel effect
585. A Shell Disposal - George Johnson - a billiard ball move
585. Obituary
     • L. P. Noble
586. Some Early Recollections - article by C. de Vere
587. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
588. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by Charles F. Waite
588. Haggis - from S. & S., Dundee - notes on magic in Scotland
589. Shadow-graphy - column by Louis Nikola
589. Book Notes - reviews
     • The Sphinx (American)...

Numbers 229-232

235 pages

1. Vol. 40, Number 229, March, 1951 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXIX Index pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Thank You
   • So Here We Are
   • Looking Back
3. Apparatus Trick Competition
   3. Penetrating Pack - R. W. Edwards
   6. "Flash" Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
   8. The Smoked Card - Johnny Geddes
10. Patter in Rhyme - A. C. Newitt
    • For the "All Backs" Effect - Dai Vernon
    • Routine to Accompany "All Backs" Patter in Rhyme
13. Hickory Clock - E. Subkleve (Transvaal)
17. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
    17. Nofors Card in Cigarette
    21. The Spectator Predicts
    27. Purely Co-incidental ...

Numbers 233-236

237 pages

1. Vol. 41, Number 233, March, 1952 [48 numbered & 14 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XL Index pages]
1. The King is Dead - Long Live the Queen
2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Apparatus Trick Competition
     • First Prize - Monkey Trap - Luigi Ruggeri
     • Second Prize - Chinese Tea Caddy - Arthur F. G. Carter
     • Third Prize - Flash Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
   • Keeping the Record Straight
   • In Father's Footsteps?
3. An Experiment with Time - Arthur F. G. Carter
5. The Repeating Fire-Bowl - Will Dexter
8. Where Was It? - A. C. Newitt
9. Cord Through Fingers - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
12. Card--Glass and Hat - John...

Numbers 237-240

231 pages

1. Vol. 42, Number 237, March, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Extra photo plate page - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Foreword - by the editor
   • comments about the new format
   • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
2. Excelsior - article by George Johnson
3. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
   • Foreword
   • The Counting Down Principle
     • Card of the Zodiac
   • The Key Card Principle - I. The Merlini Key Card
     • Using the Merlini "Key"
     • Normal Location
     • Shuffling Off and Glimpsing
     • The Force
     • Discarding the Key
     • Convocational...

Numbers 241-244

236 pages

1. Extra photo plate page 1 - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Vol. 43, Number 241, March, 1954 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Index pages]
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
   • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
2. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini - continued from V-42
   • "Name O'Card"
     • The Break Cards
     • The Spelling Cards
     • Special Spellers
   • Variations on a Theme
     • Divined by Spelling
     • The Card is Known
     • Behind the Back
6. For Sleight-of-Hand Enthusiasts - New Four Coin Production - E. Brian MacCarthy
7. The Conjurer's Table Cover...

Numbers 245-248

285 pages

1. Vol. 44, Number 245, March, 1955 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
2. The Zodiac Deck - Vivian St. John
   • A Card Vocabulary
   • Making the Zodiac Deck
   • Any Card Called For
   • The Colour Change Deck
     • To Show the Spot Cards Mixed
     • To Show the Spots All Black
     • To Show the Spots All Red
     • To Show the Backs All Red
     • To Show the Backs All Blue
     • To Show the Backs All Blue with Spots All Black
     • To Show the Backs All Red with Spots All Red
   • The Routine
     • The Brainwave Deck
     • Colour Change Routine
     • Any Card Called...

Numbers 249-252

173 pages

1. Vol. 45, Number 249, March, 1956 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Extra photo plate page 1 - Winners of the George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
   • The Kalanag Revue
   • The Sorcar Controversy
2. My Magic - series by Bridger Lewis
   • Rope Through Stick
   • Rope Through Leg
   • Silk Transpo
5. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
   • The Twin Principle
   • Preparing the Outfit
   • Defining the Principle
8. The Card Tricks of Jerry [sic] Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
   • Four Aces and Four Kings
11. Magic for the Concert Platform Magician - series...

Numbers 253-256

228 pages

1. Vol. 46, Part One, Number 253, [1957] [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. editorial comments - George Armstrong
   • Farewell to an Old Friend
   • Magic and Television and News
2. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
   • Routines
     • The Regular Routine
     • The Riler
     • The Boomerang
10. The Card Tricks of Gerry Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
    • The Four Fours Trick
15. Back-Palm Coin Switch - Mark Weston
16. Salutations to Robert-Houdin: His Life, Magic, and Automata - series by S. H. Sharpe
    • Section Two - Robert-Houdin, The Arch-Conjurer
      • Robert-Houdin's...

Numbers 49-60

240 pages

1. Cover, Vol. 5, No. 1, September, 1914 [20 pages incl. covers]
1. Nataprote - Paul Freeman escape illusion review
2. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
3. A Crystal Mystery - Stanley Norton - effect
3. The Christmas Box of Tricks - effect of WWI on magic
4. A European Question - Percy Naldrett - introducing WWI into magic
5. Handkerchief and Candle - Horace Rose - effect
6. Order of the Magi - club news
7. Rose, Silk and Ivory - effect
8. The Patriotic Streamers - Stanley Norton - effect
9. Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries - reviews
9. Pocket Card Divination - Kardin - effect
9. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
10. Reviews ...

Numbers 61-72

200 pages

1. Vol. 6, No. 1, September, 1915 [20 pages]
1. Miss Marguerite De Lara - biography
2. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
3. How to Make an Expanding Die
4. Order of the Magi - club news
4. Northern Magical Society - club news
5. Reviews
   • The Magician - August 1915 magazine
   • The Sphinx - July 1915 magazine
   • Magical Bulletin - magazine
   • The Magic Circular - September 1915 magazine
   • The Mahatma Circular - August 1915 magazine
   • The Magi - September 1915 magazine
6. New Pillory Release - Stanley Norton - effect
7. The Mahatma Circle of Magicians - club news
7. Notes on the...

Numbers 73-84

212 pages

1. Vol. 7, No. 1, September, 1916 [20 pages]
1. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
   • Keep The Fire Bowls Burning
   • Rival Ropes
   • The Real Mystery
   • The Fate of Illusions
   • Maskelyne's Mysteries
   • Volcanic Eruptions
   • The Showman's Ambulance Fund
   • Between Ourselves
   • On Active Service
3. A Showy Silk Combination - effect by Stanley Norton
3. North Western Society of Magicians - club news
4. The Magic Plant Forcer - effect by Spitari
4. Programmes - show reviews
   • Hinsle at the Metropolitan
5. The Coffee, Vase and Flag Production - effect by W. J....

Numbers 85-96

280 pages

1. Vol. 8, No. 1, March, 1919 [20 pages]
1. Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
   • How Do You Do?
   • Unearthly Music
   • A Little Consideration
   • Gadgets
   • An Illusion
   • Our Thanks
2. A Present from Fairyland - effect by S. V. Bingham
3. Are Conjurers Normal? - article by "Onlooker"
4. Tambour Rings - effect by David Devant
5. The Wonder Sketching Frame - Ideas For Improvement - Frank Herbert
6. Back Palming Patter
6. News and Notes
7. A Card and Silk Transition - effect by Devono
7. Peterson's Empty Hand Production - effect
8. A Crying Need - article by Nevil Maskelyne
8. The...

Numbers 97-108

248 pages

1. Vol. 9, No. 1, March, 1920 [20 pages]
1. Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
   • The New Volume
   • Taking It Easy
   • The "Instanto" Competition
   • A Chat On Magic
   • The Conjuring "Johnny"
   • Artificial Wood
2. A Floating Wand Effect - Professor Edgar
2. Northern Magical Society - club news
3. Marked Cards - article and effects by Gwilym Williams
4. Reviews
   • The Magic Circular - March 1920 magazine
   • The Magician - January 1920 magazine
   • The Sphinx - January 1920 magazine
   • The Magical Bulletin - January 1920 magazine
   • The Magazine of Magic - February...

A short lived house organ of Arthur Ivey and Co. from Islington, London, UK. It includes a few tricks, advertisement, and an incomplete 'Dictionary of Conjuring'.

Volume 1, No. 1: July 1921

• Editorial
• Second-hand Books
• A Dictionary of Conjuring
• Ad: No. 40. Chango
• Pipit! / Illinois
• Novel Milk Combination / A. Ivey
• Important Notice
• Second-hand Apparatus
• Ad: No. 74. Illinois' Mystery Boxes

• Editorial
• Second-hand Books
• A Dictionary of Conjuring (continued)
• Ad: No. 1. The Cigarette Box; No. 2. A Table Coin Dropper
• A Silk Problem / Arthur Ivey
• Ad:...

Edward Bagshawe was a very creative and innovative English magician. The Magical Monthly ran from October 1923 until September 1926 (Volume 3, No. 13), more than 600 pages strong. From the foreword to the new magazine:

The Magical World is one of the few weekly periodicals in magic. This periodical ran from November 1910 until May 1911 and was edited by Max Sterling. Volume one contained 26 issues and volume two ended the series with No. 3 - a total of more than 470 pages.

For the continuation of this periodical see the second series.

Volume 1, Number 1 (November 2nd, 1910)

• Announcements
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing - Oswald Williams
• Practical Magic - Levitation of a Card
• For Beginners - A Japanese Floral Fan-cy
• Impromptu Tricks - The Impossible Die
• Cards - Simple Effect
• Whereabouts This Week ...

Max Sterling discontinued his weekly magic journal The Magical World in May 1911. After two years he restarted it for another period less than a year long. This second series from June 14th, 1913 until February 4th, 1914, is included in this PDF, 582 pages. It is not easy to publish a weekly conjuring periodical.

Number 1 (June 4th, 1913)

• Protection
• Between Ourselves
• American Notes
• What Others are Doing - Houdini
• Practial Magic - Cut and Restored Hat
• Pithy Patter - Torn Strip of Paper
• In Open Council
• Whereabouts this Week
• Cards - A Pre-arranged Pack
• For Beginners - Handkerchief Dyeing Extraordinary ...

• A different perspective—a spectator's nightmare is related by Amanda R. Hyatt
• Malcolm Yaffe makes a record for future reference
• Magic Moments as Walt applies the psychology of Tommy Wonder
• Eddie Dawes reports on the New England Magic Collectors' Association and discovers a rare postage stamp
• JJ's wagon rolls into view and he tell two salutary tales of regret
• Fred Castle explains the use of the Ascanio Spread with jumbo cards to perform a four queen transformation
• Ian Adair again treats us to a double dose. Firstly with a version of magic painting and secondly with a tick...

• News and Reviews with Geoff
• Peter d'Arcy discusses the business of negotiating with bookers on the telephone
• Malcolm Yaffe asks why bookers on the telephone can be so blessed awkward
• Henrique tells it as it is — about backstage fiddlers, twiddlers and tinklers!
• John Rhodes keeps us updated on magic in the newspapers
• Eddie Dawes recounts the 9th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
• Patrick Lindley's historical diary
• Letters — Your chance to have your say
• Unclassified Ads. Buy Sell, swop or exchange
• Magical event diary. Put your society on the magical map
• JJ and...

• Magical News and reviews around the world with Geoff Maltby
• Eddie Dawes reviews the magazines.
• John Rhodes keeps us up to date with who has been doing what and where.
• Al Smith suggests some magical consignees to Room 101.
• Alan Ward discusses a special form of line art.
• Magical diary—put your club on the map.
• Your contributions can win prizes
• Unclassified ads. Buy, sell, swop or announce.
• Ian Keable and Walt discuss the good professor Hoffman
• Alexander Allen adds yet another novel card revelation to the cannon.
• Peter Duffie presents an easy to do 'Lie Detector' that...

This is the final issue of THE MINOTAUR, the fourth issue of volume 8. It is one of the best magic DVDs I have seen and I am not alone in this opinion:

"The material is so much fun and so workable, not to mention the hysterical 'theme' of the DVD. I seriously think this is one of the best dvds of the year." - Cameron Francis

This DVD is not only filled with great effects, it also has a funny story line worth watching. The effects included are:

• Fairest of Them All: A pick a card effect where two cards are shown to indicate a chosen card by suit and value. Regardless of how “fair” the magician makes...

One effect from every volume of THE MINOTAUR performed and explained by Dan Harlan.

• Coins From Napkin by Steve Cohen: Three coins are produced from a napkin. Great for leading into a coin routine like three fly, or for bar and restaurant work.
• Brain Probe by David Williamson: A spectator shuffles the deck of cards. Three cards are matched to the cards selected by the spectator at random. These three cards are prefect matches.
• A Gentleman's Game by Gazzo: A funny card cheat plot utilizing the dishonest magician's game of High Card with a kicker surprise ending for the mark.
• Spek-Ulation by Anthony...

THE MINOTAUR ended with volume 8 and no fourth issue. After several years Marv Leventhal and Dan Harlan have decided to release issue 4 of volume 8 as a two disc DVD set. This is what you are getting here in a download version. The first disc is new material strung together in a funny story line. Disc two features effects from the first seven volumes of THE MINOTAUR.

You will get all the indexes that have been issued for THE MINOTAUR:

• Volumes 1-8 (this is the most recent one including the 'Final DVD' issue)
• Volumes 1-6
• Volumes 1-3

1st edition 1994 - 2011; 39 pages.