The Magic Wand Volume 1 (Sep 1910 - Aug 1911)
by George Mackenzie Munro

Numbers 1-12

196 pages

1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1910 [16 pages]
1. A representative group of weilders [sic] of the "Magic Wand" - photo
3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
5. Maskelyne and Devant's Mysteries - show review
5. The Northern Magical Society - club news
6. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by Charles F. Waite
7. A Skeleton Canopy Illusion - Carl Leonard
7. Letterbox
8. Editorial - Salutatory
8. Wand-erings - proverbs
9. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow
10. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
11. Book Notes - reviews
    • Entertaining by Magic - Hermann Pallme
    • The "Witmark" Incidental Music - Al Henderson
    • The Young Conjuror - Will Goldston
    • The Strand Magazine, August 1910 (including Perplexities)
12. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
12. The Order of the Magi - club news
13. British Magical Society - club news

17. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 2, October, 1910 [16 pages]
17. Mr. Percy Naldrett - profile
19. Editorial
20. Spirit Pictures - article
21. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
22. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
24. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
25. Are Doves Unlucky? - humorous anecdote
26. The Magic Circle - club news
    • Opening Social Gathering
26. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Magical World - Max Sterling, editor - magazine preview
    • The Book of Magic - J. N. Maskelyne and David Devant
27. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
28. A Good Card Trick - Leslie Clair - effect
28. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - announcement & rules
29. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow

33. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 3, November, 1910 [16 pages]
33. Mr. Græme Atholl - profile
35. Editorial
37. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
38. Correspondence
39. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
40. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
41. The Magic Circle - club news
42. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
43. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 1 thru 3
    • 1. A Drawing-Room Illusion
    • 2. A Novel Torn Card Trick, (Improvement)
    • 3. Original Combination of Egg Bag Trick
44. The Northern Magical Society - club news
45. British Magical Society - club news
45. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Magical World, No. 1 - Max Sterling, editor - magazine
    • Conjurer's Tales - George Johnson
45. Obituary - Mme. Rosalie Herrmann
46. A "Spirit" Picture - cartoon

49. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 4, December, 1910 [16 pages]
49. Albert Morrow - profile
51. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
53. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow
53. Cruel! - Carl Hertz and a heckler
54. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
54. Owen Clark's latest Novelties at St. George's Hall - show review
55. Book Notes - reviews
    • Magical Tit-Bits - Professor Hoffmann
    • Magician's Tricks: How They Are Done - Henry Hatton & Adrian Plate
    • A Half Hour of Magic - Sicnarf
    • Encyclopædia of Fun - Harold Foster
    • Foster's Fun Folio - [Harold Foster]
    • Humorous Monologues and Patter Sketches - H. E. Foster & Co.
    • Tit-Bits - 29 October 1910 - magazine
56. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
57. The Northern Magical Society - club news
57. The Magic Circle - club news
    • Annual Festival Dinner
    • "Magic Circle" Social
58. British Magical Society - club news
59. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
60. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 4 thru 6
    • 4. The "Joker" Card Trick
    • 5. Something New in the Handkerchief Line
    • 6. Original Billiard Ball Combination
61. Correspondence
61. "Music" from the "Drum" that Can't be Beaten - illusion idea

65. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 5, January, 1911 [16 pages]
65. Mr. Tom Edwards - profile
67. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
68. An Excellent Card Trick - effect by Percy Naldrett
69. The "Whirling" and hypnotic Wand - effect
70. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
70. The Magic Wand - poem by Hugh Brennan
71. Ventriloquism - column by Vento
72. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
73. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Woman at Home - December magazine - has a column "Conjuring for Ladies"
    • The Captain - December magazine - "Christmas Magic for Boys"
    • Tit-Bits - Christmas Number magazine
    • The Strand - December magazine
    • Weymouth Telegram - December magazine
    • Tit-Bits - 17th December - "Tricks for the Evening Party"
    • The Sphinx - December magazine
    • Magic (American) - December magazine
73. The Northern Magical Society - club news
74. The Holborn Empire - article by Houdini
75. Correspondence
75. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
76. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 7 thru 9
    • 7. A New Production Cylinder
    • 8. New Method of working Egg-bag Trick
    • 9. Packing Case Escape

81. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 6, February, 1911 [16 pages]
81. Mr. H. Courtney-Page - profile
83. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
85. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 10 thru 12
    • 10. An Improved Flower Production
    • 10a. An Original Changing Card Effect
    • 11. Ne Plus Ultra Card Trick (improved method)
    • 12. The Magnetic Plate
87. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
88. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
89. Albert Morrow & Walton Brozen Explain Some New Magic - column
    • His Majesty
    • An "Egg"s-traodinary Explanation
90. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
90. The Northern Magical Society - club news
91. A Chat with the Amateurs - translated from the French of Monsieur De Boynest
92. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx - January 1911 magazine
    • Magic (American) - January 1911 magazine
    • The Thalia Diary and Directory of Concert parties and Entertainers
    • Juggling with Pennies - Wellesley Pain
    • Cagliostro - W. R. H. Trowbridge
92. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
93. Petherton's Phoenix - article by George Johnson

97. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 7, March, 1911 [16 pages]
97. Houdini Defies Death - A Challenge from the Naval Barracks
99. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
101. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - entries 13 thru 14
     • 13. An Original Improvement of the 20th Century Handkerchief Trick
     • 14. Magic Flight of an Object
102. Circle of Mahatma (Bolton) - club news
102. The Aeroplane Wand - effect by H. E. Nayler
103. British Magical Society - club news
104. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
105. Albert Morrow & Walton Brozen Explain Some New Magic - column
     • A New Spirit Wand
     • The Patriotic Confetti Trick
106. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
107. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
108. The Magical Pond - George R. Seems So - farcical playlet
108. Mr. Walter Brozen, Illusionist - show review
109. The Magic Circle - club news
109. Book Notes - reviews
     • The Sphinx - February 1911 magazine
     • Tricks that Anyone can do - Morley Adams
110. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
110. The Northern Magical Society - club news

113. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 8, April, 1911 [18 pages]
113. Maurice F. Raymond - profile
115. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
116. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 1 winners
117. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
118. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
     • 1. The Giant's Silken Thread
     • 1a. Improvement on "Burt paper, silk ribbons and flag" trick
     • 2. A new Billiard Ball Ladder
     • 2a. A New Method of Working the "Mosher Ball Illusion"
     • 3. Precipitation of Cards
120. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow
     • A Combination Shadow Fake - E. Victor
121. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
122. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
123. The Magic Circle - club news
124. The Northern Magical Society - club news
124. The Order of the Magi - club news
125. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
126. Obituary - Mrs. Jennie Wetton
126. Society of Magicians (Dundee Branch) - club news
126. Book Notes - reviews
     • New Card Tricks (fourth series) - Professor Ellis Stanyon
     • The Sphinx - March 1911 magazine
     • Magic (American) - February 1911 magazine
127. The Baby - A Pantomime
128. Petherton's Phoenix - article by George Johnson cont'd from page 93

131. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 9, May, 1911 [18 pages]
131. Mr. Chas. Urban - profile
133. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
135. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 1 winners of prizes
136. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
     • 4. A New Trick Wand
     • 5. "The Coronation Banner Mystery"
     • 6. Ring, Cone and Confetti Trick
138. Appeal on behalf of Mr. Charles Trickey
138. The Northern Magical Society - club news
139. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
139. British Magical Society - club news
140. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
140. The Magic Circle - club news
141. Shirt-Cuff Jottings at the "Magic Circle" Sixth Grand Séance - cartoon
142. Sixth Grand Séance of The Magic Circle - event review
143. Still Smiling - cartoon
144. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
145. Society of Magicians (Dundee Branch) - club news
146. Petherton's Phoenix - article by George Johnson cont'd from page 128
146. Book Notes - reviews
     • Magic (London) - April 1911 magazine
     • The Sphinx - April 1911 magazine

149. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 10, June, 1911 [16 pages]
149. Representative Group, Society of Magicians, Dundee, 1911 - photo
151. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
152. The Excello Glass Trick - effect by Herbert E. Naylor
153. "Magic Circle" Social - event review
154. "The Magical Jig-Saw" or "The Man in the Moon" - effect by Walter Brozen
154. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
155. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
155. Recollections of Hartz
156. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
     • 7. The Patriotic Glasses of Water
     • 8. The Invisible Man - black art illusion
157. The Northern Magical Society - club news
157. Dundee Society of Magicians - club news
158. A Card and Egg Effect - Percy Smith
159. Book Notes - reviews
     • Laughing Gas - Harold Foster
     • The Sphinx - May 1911 magazine
     • Magic (American) - April 1911 magazine
     • The Daily Mirror, 29 April 1911 - photographs from Magic Circle Socials
     • Magic (American) - March 1911 magazine
161. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann

165. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 11, July, 1911 [16 pages]
165. Mr. Walton Brozen - profile
167. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
168. Brozen's Flower Production Extraordinary - effect by Walton Brozen
169. "Tales of Hoffmann" - re-told by George Johnson
169. The Northern Magical Society - club news
170. Scissors & Paste - miscellaneous
170. Messrs. Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries - show review
172. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
     • 9. The Indian Mail Bag Mystery
     • 9a. An Addition to the Rice Bowls
     • 10. An ORIGIONAL and easily constructed Coin Stand
174. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
174. Book Notes - reviews
     • The Sphinx - June 1911 magazine
     • The Art of Juggling - Wm. Deleslie
175. The Flag and King Trick - effect
176. Disrobroyism - cartoon
177. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
178. A Great Illusionist's Conjuring Comedy - Mr. Horace Goldin's New Role - review

181. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 12, August, 1911 [16 pages]
181. Mr. Nathan Dean - profile
183. Editorial
184. Obituary - Mrs. John Nevil Maskelyne
184. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
186. For Lightning Cartoonists
187. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
     • 11. An Original Flower Production Trick
     • 12. A Memory Feat
     • 13. A Subtle Vanish for a Cannon Ball
     • 13a. A Startling Effect with a Billiard Ball
     • 14. Dyeing Extraordinary
189. Book Notes - reviews
     • The Sphinx - July 1911 magazine
     • The Magi - August 1911 newsletter
189. The Northern Magical Society - club news
190. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by C. F. Waite
190. A Card Interlude - effect by C. F. Waite
191. Brozen's Spirit Hand Illusion - effect by Walton Brozen
191. An Advertising Hint for the Hot Weather
192. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
193. The Magic Circle - club news