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The Magic Wand Volume 10 (1921)
by George Johnson

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The Magic Wand Volume 10 (1921) by George Johnson
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The Magic Wand and Magical Review, Volume 10, Numbers 109-112, George Johnson, editor
Quarterly format

258 pages

  1. Vol. 10, Number 109 March-May, 1921 [48 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Magical Newspaper
    • Conjuring for Conjurers
    • The Hobby of the Cultivated
    • Command Performances
    • Mail Order Publications
    • Money for Nothing
  3. Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card - J. T. Coles
  4. Producing the Magical Act - David Devant
  5. Cigarette Transposition - A. J. Esler
  6. The True-Lovers' Knot - George Johnson
  7. New Coin and Ball Stands - apparatus by Harry H. Thomson
  8. The Pessimist - article by Frank Staff
  9. The Die And Egg - J. F. Orrin
  10. The Greatest Fault of All - article by Norman Hunter
  11. A Device for Billet Switching - Woodhouse Pitman
  12. The Tangled Web - poem by G.J.
  13. How the Saints Made the Flag - C. Barnard
  14. Lemon-Aid Diversion - Ashby Lorton
  15. Penetration - M.M.
  16. The Functions of Magical Societies - article by Patric Playfair
  17. The Mirror Glass - W. Morel
  18. A Box for Vanishing, Exchanging or Producing - Bernard Carton
    • A Card Banner
    • Novel Wand Production
    • Rag Picture Combination
  19. Correspondence
    • Adaptability and Plagiarism
  20. Merely Discursive - article by Chris Van Bern
  21. An Idea for the Miser's Dream - W. G. Phillips
  22. Dressing Up - Chas. Waller
    • The Roll of Drake's Drum
    • The Lady and Her Bath [Duck Tub]
  23. A Journey by Magic - Margaret Mackay
  24. Practical Magical Effects - Wilfrid G. Jonson
    • A Card Effect
    • Handkerchief Production
    • The Dyeing Silks
  25. Paper-Gate Castle - Jack J. Shepherd
  26. Cigarette Sleight - W.G.J.
  27. Magical Society Notes
    • The Magic Circle
    • The British Magical Society
    • Mahatma Circle of Magicians
    • Northern Magical Society
    • West of England Magical Society
    • Bristol Society of Magic
    • Glasgow Society of Magicians
  28. Programmes
    • Maskelyne's Theatre of Mystery
      • Chris Van Bern
      • Hubert Leslie
      • Clive Maskelyne
      • Paul Vandy
      • John Warren
    • Ben Said at the Palace, Plymouth
  29. The Awful Truth - poem by J.S.H.
  30. Book and Magazine Reviews
    • Ten New Pocket Tricks - book by Charles T. Jordan
    • Magical Rope Ties and Escapes - book by Houdini
    • The Magical Bulletin - January 1921 magazine
    • The Magazine of Magic - February 1921 magazine
    • The Magic World - February 1921 magazine
    • The Magician - January & February 1921 magazines
    • The Eagle Magician - November 1920 magazine
    • Felsman's Magical Review - January 1921 magazine
    • The Magic World - January 1921 magazine
    • The Sphinx - January 1921 magazine
    • The Magic Circular - magazine
    • The Magi - magazine
    • The Mahatma Circular - January 1921 magazine
    • The Conjurer's Chronicle - February 1921 magazine
  31. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 10, Number 110 June-September, 1921 [48 numbered & 2 unnumbered advertising pages] - missing pages 95 & 96
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Magical Novelties
    • Applause
    • Some Day?
    • "As She Is Spoke"
    • "The Conjurer's Daughter"
    • Malay - And Other Magic
    • The Other Story
  3. The Red, White, & Blue Hats & Flowers - Harry Latour
  4. The Functions of Magical Societies - A Reply to Mr. Patric Playfair - Nevil Maskleyne
  5. The Grand Seance of the Magic Circle - review
  6. A Combination Mind-Reading Effect - Len. J. Sewell
  7. A Novel Card Experiment - Harold M. Penman
  8. The Melted Handkerchiefs - A. H. Wortman
  9. The Order of the Magi - club news
  10. The Patent Problem - article by Lex.
  11. Confetti & Handkerchief Combination - Bruce Hurling
  12. Setting a "Setting" - article by Len. J. Sewell
  13. A Weird Word - A Novel Method for Production of Spirit Writing - Woodhouse Pitman
  14. "Ink" - Liquid Through Liquid - S. H. Sharpe
  15. A Mechanical Rabbit Tray - Eric P. Wilson
  16. The Wizard and the Carpenter - poem
  17. Two Flag Tricks - Bernard Carton
  18. The Crystal Balls - Joseph Gillow
  19. Random Talks - Roy Cowl
    • The Thread That Binds
  20. A Problem with Cards - Margaret Mackay
  21. A Handy Servante - E. P. Woodward
  22. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • Water and Wine
    • The Dyeing Tube
    • The Reversed Cards - G. S. Brownlow
    • Cigarette Production - Eric P. Wilson
    • Coin Sleights
    • Back and Front Move [coin] - Walter B. Gibson
    • Production of Egg in Tumbler - J.A.E.
    • An Effective Spring Flower Production - J. A. Esler
    • Card-Handkerchief Transposition - W. R. Walsh
  23. The Conjurer's Chronicle - April 1921 magazine review
  24. Correspondence
    • A Haunted Bed
    • Girl's Flight from "Choking Hand"
  25. Book and Magazine Reviews
    • Miracle Mongers and Their Methods - book by Houdini
    • The Sphinx - February, March & April 1921 magazines
    • The Magic Circular - April 1921 magazine
    • Passez Muscade - March 1921 magazine
    • The Magical Bulletin - February & March 1921 magazines
    • The Eagle Magician - December 1920, January & February 1921 magazines
    • The Magazine of Magic - March 1921 magazine
    • Felsman's Magical Review - February/March 1921 magazine
    • The Magician - March 1921 magazine
    • The Magic World - March 1921 magazine
    • The Mahatma Circular - magazine
  26. two pages missing

  1. Vol. 10, Number 111 October-November, 1921 [56 numbered & 11 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • So Soon!
    • Speedy Presentation
    • A Dreadful Tale
    • Cruelty to Animals
    • Advertising Publicity
    • Revolution in Scene-Shifting
    • The Wonder of Wonders
    • The New Season
  3. A Novel Presentation - E. V. Wilson
  4. A Card Accessory - G. S. Brownlow
  5. Dentifrice Divination - Ashby Lorton
  6. Suggestions - hints by Bernard Carton
  7. Giant Three Card Monte - Walter B. Gibson
  8. The Affiliation of Magical Societies with the Magic Circle - article
  9. The Magic What-Not - Laurence Glen
  10. Extra photo page - Harold Cooper in an Escape Act
  11. Cameos - poem
  12. Escape and Handcuff Novelties - Harold Cooper
  13. On Ending the Show - article by J. A. Esler
  14. A Handkerchief Pedestal and the "Tray" Handkerchief Vanish - Norman Hunter
  15. Paper Tearing - Charles Waller
  16. The Edgar "liberty" Pull
  17. Random Talks - Roy Cowl
    • Between Effects
    • Testing Your Audience
  18. Afternoon Tea - Eric P. Wilson
  19. A Die and Hat Effect - George Dunn
  20. The Head of Cleopatra - Frank Staff
  21. The Expanding Watch - Len. J. Sewell
  22. The Mechanical Rabbit Tray - additional note
  23. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • Loading the Dye Tube - Ashby Lorton
    • The Decapitated Cigarette - G. W. Hunter
    • A Thimble Vanish - G. Brownlow
    • Impromptu Coin Trick - H. Cooper
    • An Illusive Coin Move - J. A. Esler
    • Butterfly Net and Handkerchief - H. Cooper
    • A Novel Card Effect - Alec. W. Bell
    • Wax Superceded
    • Coin and Silk Combination - Kerston
    • The Douglas Cards on Parasol - G. D. Pollard
  24. Book and Magazine Reviews
    • Trix and Chatter - book by W. Dornfield
    • La Prestidigitation sans Appareils - book by Dr. Camille Gaultier
    • More Collected Magic - book by Percy Naldrett
    • The Magic Mirror - magazine
    • The Magical Mail - magazine
    • The Magic World - June-July & April 1921 magazines
    • The Conjurer's Chronicle - magazine
    • The Sphinx - May, June & July 1921 magazines
    • The Magazine of Magic - April 1921 magazine
    • The Magic Circular - June & July 1921 magazines
    • Glasgow Society Monthly - magazine
    • The Mahatma Circular - magazine
    • The Magi - magazine
    • The Magician - May 1921 magazine
    • Passez Muscade - June 1921 magazine
    • The Eagle Magician - March & April 1921 magazines
    • The Magical Bulletin - May & June 1921 magazines
  25. The Card and Flower Mystery, and the "S" Rays - S. H. Sharpe
  26. Programmes
    • Dalban at the Battersea Palace
    • Holden & Graham, Stoll Tour, &c.
    • Henri Bekker at the Granville, Walham Green
    • Dr. Richard Rowe at the Willesdin Hippodrome
  27. Odds Bodkins- quotes
  28. Jules Verne at the Colisedrome - A Dream of A.D. 1941
  29. New Apparatus
    • The Ultra Card Box - Chas. O. Williams
    • Inexhaustible Box - Messrs. L. Davenport & Co.
    • Charmed Bird Cage - Messrs. Hamley Bros.
    • Elusive Egg Cabinet - The Magical Apparatus Co.
    • a card effect by Will Blyth - The Bretma Manufacturing Co.
  30. Magical Society Notes
    • The Magic Circle
    • The Mahatma Circle of Magicians
    • The Order of the Magi
    • The British Magical Society
    • The Glasgow Society of Magicians
  31. The Bibliography of Conjuring - additions - continued from the Magic Wand, Vol. 9, page 109
  32. Correspondence
    • Mental Magic for Nervousness
  33. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 10, Number 112 December, 1921 [72 numbered & 13 unnumbered advertising pages]
  2. Extra photo page - Margaret Mackay
  3. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Magical Scholarships
    • Awaiting The Call
    • The Irony Of It
    • Magical Scene-Changing
    • The Lonely Conjurer
    • "The Romance Of Escapes"
    • A Wonderful Automation
    • "Circle" Tales
  4. The Welldone Stakes, or Racing in Blinkers - Woodhouse Pitman
  5. Another Method of Glimpsing a Card - G. Brownlow
  6. Living Legends - a Fairy Fantasy - Roy Cowl
  7. Removing under Difficulties - Margaret Mackay
  8. The Stress of Conjuring - Dr. W. G. Aitchison Robertson, O. H. Bowen & Charles Sampson
  9. "Natural Magic" - A Curious Work in Manuscript - book review
  10. Paper Shavings and Rosette - Ebert d'Egerdon
  11. An Elusive Die Improvement - F. R. Stanes
  12. The Fan and Flags - Bruce Hurling
  13. By-Paths of Magical Literature - article by George Johnson
  14. Germaine's Dove and Confetti - Charles Waller
  15. Random Talks - Roy Cowl
    • The Music That Matters
    • A Committee Of One
    • Finishing Touches
  16. A Simple Forcing Tray - Eric P. Wilson
  17. Pills - Ashby Lorton
  18. False Fingers - Walter B. Gibson
  19. A Problem with Milk and Ink - C. Barnard
  20. A Cigarette Fantasy - S. H. Sharpe
  21. Camouflage - Eric P. Wilson
  22. Thermogenious Confection - Ashby Lorton
  23. The Mystery - a short story
  24. A Coin and Card Effect - Kerston
  25. An Egg and Confetti Effect - C. H. Tickell
  26. A Ball Vanish and Colour Change - G. H. Bownlow
  27. A Crystal-Gazing Act - Dr. Rowe
  28. A Large Order - cartoon
  29. Book and Magazine Reviews
    • Match Stick Magic - book by Will Blyth
    • Magic Made Easy - book by David Devant
    • La Vellma's Vaudeville Budget - book by David J. Lustig
    • Patter Paragraphs - book by George Schulte
    • Practical Magic - book by Guy K. Austin
    • Practical Card Tricks - book by Walter Gibson
    • The Magi - magazine
    • The Mahatma Circular - magazine
    • The Conjurer's Chronicle - October 1921 magazine
    • O Illusionista - July 1921 magazine from Portugal
    • Buletine Magio - magazine from Brazil
    • Magische Telefunken - magazine
    • Passez Muscade - September 1921 magazine from France
    • Magical Criticisms - new magazine
    • The Magical Mail - September 1921 magazine
    • The Magician - June, July & August 1921 magazines
    • The Sphinx - September & October 1921 magazines
    • The Magazine of Magic - magazine
    • The Magic Circular - October 1921 magazine
    • The Magic World - magazine
  30. Palette and Mahl-Stick Table - Harry Latour
  31. With Blocks and a Book - G. O. Cox
  32. Livestock Accessories - C. Duvall
  33. The Affiliation of Magical Societies with the Magic Circle - article
  34. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • Card Location - Dorian
    • A Finger Flash - Edward Bagshawe
    • Match Box and Coins - H. Cooper
    • Control Over Three Cards - E. V. Smith
    • A Thimble Vanish - Jack Blum
    • Adding Cards to a Pack - Ashby Lorton
    • A New Divination - G. J.
    • Thimble Palm for Cork Balls - B. White
    • Triple Changing Match-Boxes - C. H. Tickell
    • An Automatic Pistol - Frank Herbert
  35. The Magic Circle - club news
  36. The Psychology of Originality - article by J. J. Shepherd
  37. Hints for Workers - Ideas from Frank Herbert
  38. Correspondence
    • Expanding Paper Ball - E. P. Wilson
    • Floating Cork Ball - R. W> Pitman
    • Mysterious Glass Cube - Chris Van Bern
  39. Programmes
    • Laurence Glen at Collins'
    • Okito at Maskelyne's Mysteries
    • Louis Nikola at Maskelyne's Mysteries
  40. New Apparatus
    • Bread and Jam - Messrs. Hambley's, Ltd.
    • Threat It - Messrs. Hambley's, Ltd.
    • New Passe Passe Bottles - Messrs. Hambley's, Ltd.
    • sleight of hand with a billiard ball - Ebert d'Egerdon
    • A Self-locking Slate - The Bretma Manufacturing Co.
    • The Bretma Water Tray - The Bretma Manufacturing Co.
    • A Chair Banner - The Bretma Manufacturing Co.
    • various - Messrs. L. Davenport & Co.
    • New Vanishing Lamp - The Magical Apparatus Co.
    • Paragon Thimble Set - The Magical Apparatus Co.
    • Eric Wilson's Afternoon Tea - The Magical Apparatus Co.
  41. Magical Society Notes
    • The British Magical Society
    • The Northern Magical Society
    • The Sheffield Circle of Magicians
    • The Mahatma Circle of Magicians
    • The Order of the Magi
    • The Bristol Society of Magicians
    • The Glasgow Society of Magicians
    • The West of England Magical Society
  42. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

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