Magic & Mentalism: page 40

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...

October 1919 - June 1920 (9 issues)

72 pages

1. Magic - Volume XV, Number 1 - October 1919 - 8 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Visible Passage of Real Ink Through Hat and Handkerchief into Glass Tumbler
   • Visible Filtration of Real Ink (Second Method)
   • Brass Cannon Trick
   • C.L.S. Rising Cards
   • New Four Ace Trick on Corners of Handkerchief
3. "Magic" - Features in Volume XIII
3. Magic - announcements and offers
4. A Dictionary of Magical Effects - with some explanations in the vernacular - Ellis Stanyon - continued
5. Advertisement
6. A Card Monologue - In Four Acts...

October 1913 - September 1919

108 pages

1. Magic - Volume XIV, Number 1 - October 1913 - 12 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Visible Water to Ink Change and Vice Versa
   • Ink and Tea Change Places
   • Wine or Water - Which?
2. The Sphinx, September, 1913 - review
2. The Magical World, October 1, 8, 15 & 22 - review
2. Senghenydd Colliery Disaster [Chung Ling Soo]
2. Scottish Circle of Amateur Magicians
2. Advertisement
3. "Magic" - Features in Volume XIII
3. Magic - announcements and offers
4. A Dictionary of Magical Effects - with some explanations in the vernacular - Ellis Stanyon - continued ...

October 1912 - September 1913

108 pages

1. Magic - Volume XIII, Number 1 - October 1912 - 8 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • The Phantom Lemons
   • Handkerchief Appears in, Vanishes from, and Returns to Glass Tumbler
   • Pile of Three Glass Tumblers with Red, White and Blue Handkerchiefs
2. Advertisement
3. The International Society of Conjurers
3. Prepaid Advertisements - Wanted & For Sale
3. Magic - announcements and offers
3. "Magic" - Features in Volume XII
4. A Dictionary of Magical Effects - with some explanations in the vernacular - Ellis Stanyon - continued
6. Advertisements...

October 1911 - September 1912

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume XII, Number 1 - October 1911 - 8 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • The Transposed Cards
2. Correspondence - G. Bower Bryce
3. Advertisements
3. Correspondence
3. Magic - announcements and offers
3. The International Society of Conjurers
4. A Dictionary of Magical Effects - with some explanations in the vernacular - Ellis Stanyon - continued
6. Advertisement
6. Queries - questions from readers
6. Replies to Queries
7. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic - Volume XII, Number 2 - November 1911 - 8 pages
9. C. E. Jenkins...

October 1910 - September 1911

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume XI, Number 1 - October 1910 - 8 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Another "All Change" Pack
   • "Sets 'em all Guessing" Card Trick
   • A Chosen and Marked Card Discovers Two other Chosen Cards
2. Advertisement
3. A New Combination Card Trick - George B. Bryce
3. Magic - announcements and offers
4. Explanatory Programmes
   • Merlin, Card Manipulator, Kilburn Empire, September, 1910
     • Production of Four Chosen Cards
     • Four Other Methods of Producing Chosen Cards
     • Precipitation of Five Cards

October 1909 - September 1910

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume X, Number 1 - October 1909 - 8 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Illusion "Beau Brocade"
   • The "Visible" Card Frame
3. Advertisement
3. Magic - announcements and offers
3. Editorial
4. Explanatory Programmes
   • Clempert, Siberian Jail Breaker, Tivoli, Barrow-in-Furness, June '09
     • Escape from Siberian Torture Jacket
     • Double Milk Can Escape
4. Queries - questions from readers
5. Replies to Queries
5. The International Society of Conjurers
5. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic - Volume...

October 1908 - September 1909

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume IX, Number 1 - October 1908 - 8 pages
1. The Magical Master - Magical Sketch - St. George's Hall - Ellis Stanyon
   • Indian Rope Trick
     • Neckties Change Places, &c.
     • Sleights with Cards
     • Tricks with Ordinary Objects
     • Handkerchief Appears in Bottle
     • Changing Fruit
     • Handkerchief Changes Colour at the Finger Tips
     • Apple Changes to an Egg
     • Handkerchief Changes to an Apple
     • Handkerchief Changes Colour in the Bottle
     • Egg Changes to Ball of Wool
     • Egg Caught in Wine Glass
     • Magic Embroidery ...

October 1907 - September 1908

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume VIII, Number 1 - October 1907 - 8 pages
1. Second Sight and Silent Thought Transmission - Ellis Stanyon - continued
2. Have You an Idea
2. Just Published - advertisement
3. Facsimile selected from Mr. Margery's portfolio - re: Theatre-Royal Adelphi
3. Magic - announcements and offers
3. The International Society of Conjurers
4. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Production of Eight Solid Billiard Balls; Four at Finger Tips of each Hand; and Grand Vanish
5. Explanatory Programmes
   • Servais Le Roy, Tivoli, Barrow
     • Soup...

October 1906 - September 1907

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume VII, Number 1 - October 1906 - 8 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Tub Illusion, "Diogenes" (second Method)
   • The Wolligog-Galliwog Ball
   • To Pass a Match Through the Hand
4. Magic - announcements and offers
4. The International Society of Conjurers
4. A New Handkerchief Combination - Percy Charlton
5. An Original Conception with Eggs and Flags - Herbert De Caston
5. Queries - questions from readers
5. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic - Volume VII, Number 2 - November 1906 - 8 pages
9. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon ...

October 1905 - September 1906

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume VI, Number 1 - October 1905 - 8 pages
1. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • A Flag-Dying Trick
   • New Paper Cylinder Flag, Flowers and Ribbon Trick
   • A New Floating Ball
3. Advertisements
3. Agents for "Magic"
3. Egg and Handkerchief Combination - Edw. C. Masser, M.D.
4. Editorial
4. The International Society of Conjurers
4. The "Magic" Portrait Collection
5. Explanatory Programmes
   • Conjuring, Illusions, &c. - continued
     • The Magic Kettle
     • The Burmese Gong
7. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic...

October 1904 - September 1905

100 pages

1. Magic - Volume V, Number 1 - October 1904 - 8 pages
1. Fire and Chemical Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • The Will-o'-the-Wisp
   • Chameleon Pictures
   • Marvellous Spirit Pictures
   • The Blushing Picture
   • Metal Trees
   • Chemical Vegetation
   • Fulminating Powder
   • Fire Paint, to make
   • The Fire Scroll
2. Editorial
3. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Devil's Sticks or Fakir's Wands
   • Magical Production of Scents
   • The Self-Rotating Shell - Satya Ranjan Roy
   • The Jumping Sixpence
   • Magical Illumination
5. Some Simple Tricks ...

October 1903 - September 1904

116 pages

1. Magic - Volume IV, Number 1 - October 1903 - 16 pages
1. Modern Magicians - biography/review - W. D. Le Roy (Boston)
2. Facsimile from Mr. Stanyon's Portfolio
2. Magic - announcements and offers
2. Editorial
3. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Illusion
   • Metempsychosis Double-Extraordinary
   • The Wonderful Floating Card, in Combination with an Anti-Spiritualistic Trick
5. Soap Bubble Tricks
5. Paper Tearing - Ellis Stanyon (continued)
   • The Great Triple Tearing Feat
   • Torn Design Changed to Confetti
6. Thimble Rigging - by One of...

October 1902 - September 1903

104 pages

1. Magic - Volume III, Number 1 - October 1902 - 8 pages
1. History of Lightning Calculations (continued)
2. Magic - announcements and offers
2. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Genuine Lightning Calculations
3. A New Card Change - W. J. Atkinson
4. Explanatory Programmes
   • Handkerchief Manipulation
4. American Notes - Henry Ridgley Evans
4. South African Notes - T. Hayes
5. A Bibliography of Conjuring - Compiled with Notes - Ellis Stanyon
6. Hand Shadows
6. Items of Interest
7. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic - Volume III, Number...

October 1901 - September 1902

96 pages

1. Magic - Volume II, Number 1 - October 1901 - 8 pages
1. Modern Magicians - biography/review - Signor Blitz
2. Facsimile Reproduction of the Programme of Signor Blitz
2. Lessons in Magic
   • The Spinning Egg - Embodying a New Principle
     • Catching Coin on Rim of Hat
3. Confessions of a Conjurer - Frank W. Thomas
4. Explanatory Programmes
   • Horace Goldin - Palace Theatre, July 26, 1901 (continued)
     • Second Part of Programme - Illusions
     • A Cage Illusion
5. A Bibliography of Conjuring - Compiled with Notes - Ellis...

October 1900 - September 1901

104 pages

1. Magic - Volume I, Number 1 - October 1900 - 8 pages
1. Modern Magicians - biography/review - "Selbit"
2. Introduction
2. To Our Readers
3. Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
   • Practical Tips on Palming
4. Biography of Prof. Anderson (The Original "Wizard of the North")
5. Hand Shadows - The Editor
5. Items of Interest
6. The Editor's Letter-Box
6. Advertisements & Personal Cards

9. Magic - Volume I, Number 2 - November 1900 - 8 pages
9. Modern Magicians - biography/review - Mr. R. A. Roberts
10. Lightning Sketches - Ellis Stanyon
11. Lessons in Magic - Ellis...

Included in this index are:

• table of contents of each of the 104 issues
• effect index
• contributor index

38 pages

1. Mahatma – Index – 38 pages
2. The History of Mahatma – Richard Kaufman, July 1994
7. Mahatma Index – Stephen Hobbs
23. Index of Effects
32. Mahatma Contributors

• Mahatma – Volume I – 12 Issues – March 1895 to June 1898 – 184 pages – including: ...

On the covers are

• Henry Evans Evanion
• Henry Hardin
• E.D.W. Tiebout
• Selbit
• Robert Henri Elroy
• Nate Leipzig
• Soto Sunetaro
• Carl Herbert

Note: Page numbers refer to those in the PDF files when the collection was assembled. Originally this volume began with page 1.

1037. Mahatma - Volume IX, Number 1 - July 1905 - 12 pages
1039. Henry Evans Evanion - photo & biography
1040. Cannibalism on the Stage - Vienna
1040. The Tricks Our Grandfathers Saw - poem by A.G. Lumsden
1041. S.A.M. Official Column - Oscar S. Teale
      • puzzle card
1041. Boston Items - news - W.D. Le Roy
1042. London Notes - news - Neil...

On the covers are

• V. A. G. Waring
• Frank C. Meislahn
• Charles Roltare
• De Kota
• The Great Nicoli
• Van Camp
• Miss Violet Doles
• Chung Ling Soo, Suee Seen
• Prof. Albert C. Burch
• Martin Chapender
• Benlare
• John J. Goodwin

Note: Page numbers refer to those in the PDF files when the collection was assembled. Originally this volume began with page 1.

893. Mahatma - Volume VIII, Number 1 - July 1904 - 12 pages
895. A. G. Waring - photo & biography
896. New Zealand Notes - news
897. From Our Own Special European Correspondent - N. Osey
897. Modern Optical Illusions - Edmund H. Wilkie
898. Ching Ling Foo...