The Magic Wand Volume 14 (1925)
by George Johnson

Numbers 125-128

294 pages

1. Vol. 14, Number 125 March-May, 1925 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Conjurers v. Spiritualists
   • The Latest Stunt
   • Curious Queries
   • The Magnetic Eye
   • On Contact with the Law
4. The Vanishing Pencil - An Apparent Impromptu - Wilfrid G. Jonson
5. China Tea - An Illusion Presented by Chung Ling Soo
6. The Mysterious Cases - Baffles Brush
7. Know Thy Card - Leslie R. King
8. A "Three Card Trick" for Children - Victor J. Peacock
12. My Apparatus Cupboard - article by Frank Staff
13. The Coin Through the Hand - Wilfrid G. Jonson
14. The Note in the Egg - Stuart Luciene
15. Coin Levitation - George Johnson
17. Passing a Lighted Cigarette through a Handkerchief - Victor J. Peacock
18. Sundry Tricks and Sleights - Professor Hoffmann
    • To Palm a Single Card Without the Aid of the Other Hand
    • A New Version of the "Torn Card" Trick
    • The Lost Card
    • New "Card in Pocket" Trick
    • Aerial Billiards
    • The "Excelsior" Four Ace Trick
    • A New Billiard Ball Expedient
    • A New "Vanish" for Two Billiard Balls
    • Novel Tumbler and Handkerchief Trick
    • The Changing Handkerchief
    • The Ping-Pong Ball and Handkerchief
    • New Coins and Tumbler Trick
25. Thought Cards - Colin Donister
27. Give it Up - J. F. Orrin
29. The Annals - comments from the editor
30. The "Magic Wand" Crossword Puzzle
32. A Handy Production Accessory - Victor J. Peacock
33. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
    • Continental Conjurers in the XVIIIth Century
    • A Conjurer under the Directoire - photo page
    • Breslaw - photo page
    • Guisippe Pinetti - photo page
46. Where the Tricks Come From - article by Eric P. Wilson
46. Rising Cards - Oliver Haslam
48. The Coue Card Trick - Max Holden
49. The Lemon Box - Stuart Luciene
50. Not a Cross Word - Eric P. Wilson
51. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • A Novel Card Frame - J. Whitehead
    • A Box of Props - Jules Danby
    • A Key Card - Leslie R. King
    • A Penny in the Trousers Leg - Leslie R. King
    • Vanishing Matches - J. Whitehead
    • Producing a Handkerchief - A Correction
53. Book Reviews
    • A Magician among the Spirits - Houdini
    • "Margery" the Medium Exposed - Houdini
    • The Lightning Sketcher - Geo. M. Munro, compiler
55. Correspondence
    • The Closed Door
56. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

57. Vol. 14, Number 126 June-September, 1925 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered advertising pages]
57. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Punch, on the Conjurers
    • A Safety Valve
    • The Grand Seance
    • A Sale by Auction
    • Too Much Advice?
    • Two Remarkable Books
    • The Haunted Fountain
61. Our Crossword Puzzle
62. The Flying Card - Wilfrid G. Jonson
63. Matter Through Matter - Stuart Luciene
65. The Jardine Ellis Slate Mystery - Stanley Norton
68. The Little Red Devils - Bert Douglas
69. The Severed Tape - Rupert H. Slater
70. For Children and Adults - C. Ramsey
71. A Study in Black and White - Will Blyth
73. Tea for Two - Eric P. Wilson
75. Card, Flag, and Bottle - Ernest A. Oakes
76. Something New - article by Prof. Day
78. More Memorabilia - Rupert H. Slater
    • A Pocket Challenge Mystery
    • The Spiritualistic Ring
80. The Changing Cards - Dan Keene
81. A Trick Soup Plate - Oswald Rae
    • Silk and Soup Plate
    • A Torn Card Effect
    • A Very Black Affair
83. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • Knots in Handkerchiefs - C. Ramsey
    • A Mantle Box Effect - J. Whitehead
    • A Simple Puzzle -
    • The Ball Box - J. Whitehead
    • The Magnetized Knife - George Johnson
    • Wand Wangles - Stanley Norton
    • Cigarettes at the Finger Tips - V. J. Peacock
    • Mere Trifles - Tom Ll. Waterman
86. Humorous Card Effects - Rupert H. Slater
88. New Apparatus
    • Messrs. L. Davenport & Co.
      • The Wonder Glass
      • A Transposition of Silks
      • A New Vanishing Wand
      • The Bag of Bananas
      • Rubber Eggs
    • The Eric P. Wilson Magical Service
      • Laces
89. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
    • Continental Conjurers in the XVIII Century [continued]
    • An Escamoteur - photo page
    • Robertson's Fantasmagoria - photo page
101. An Electrically Lighted Lantern - W. G. Jonson
101. A Psychic Slate Effect - Fred Hocking
104. Obtaining a Load - Bruce Hurling
105. The Watch, Glass and Handkerchief - Tom Ll. Waterman
105. Programmes
     • Captain E. Clive Maskelyne, M.C. - Through the Eye of a Needle
     • Mr. George Sylvestre - The Sunshade Maker
     • Mr. P. T. Selbit - The Mummy Mystery
     • Mr. P. T. Selbit - In the Indian Rope Trick
107. Correspondence
109. Book Reviews
     • Magic in the Making - John Mulholland and Milton M. Smith
     • Tragic Magic - Harry Leat
     • Weird Wonders for Wizards - Sidney E. Josolyne
     • Original Magical Problems - Bert Douglas
     • Thayer's Quality Magic: Catalogue No. 6 - The Thayer Manufacturing Co.
111. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

113. Vol. 14, Number 127 October-November, 1925 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. A Cabinet of Conjuring Tricks for the Queen's Doll House - photo page
113. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Popular Presentation
     • Broadcasting Again
     • Two Tales
     • A Card Trick
     • The Queens's Doll House
116. Second Sight - Vincent Dalban
116. Obituary - Aldolphe Blind
117. The Whirling Wheel - A Sensational Stage Illusion
119. The Value of Combination - J. Whitehead
     • No. 1. Keeping the Peace
     • No. 2 The Encore
121. Unexploited Phases of Conjuring - Alec Bell
     • Number One - Domestic - The Cheddar of Cagliostro
     • Number Two - Self-Raising Flour
124. A Turkish Delightful Experiment - Frank Staff
127. Misdirection Only - The "Piano Trick" in a Brilliant Setting - Rupert Holmes Slater
128. The Magic Wand Christmas Number - announcement
129. Cards, Bag, and Ribbon - David Lymer
130. The Box of Shadows - Chas. Waller
133. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
     • The Decline of Conjuring
     • Ingleby & Comte - photo page
     • The Invisible Lady & Bartolomeo Bosco - photo page
145. The Spirits of Scotland - Stanley Norton
147. Cigar or Nuts? - Norman Hunter
149. Confidence Crooks I Met in London - article by C. Ramsey
152. A Cup and Ball Sleight - W. G. Jonson
153. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • An Effective Colour Change - Stanley Hunt
     • A Match Reversal - Oswald Williams
     • A Simple Force for the Above - George Johnson
     • Silks and Matchboxes - Leslie R. King
     • For the "30 Card" Trick - Frank Herbert
     • For the Cups and Balls - H. S. Thomas
155. The Victoria Cross - awarded to Captain Nevill Maskelyne Smyth
156. Very Assorted - Wilfrid G. Jonson
     • A Card Colour Change
     • The "Stunner" Card Trick
157. Omega - A Rising Card Trick - Prof. Day
158. Book Reviews
     • U.S.A. Depot Magic - Harry Leat, compiler
     • Premier Amateur Conjuring Book - annoymous
     • The Moral Destiny of British Music - Lala Rephael
159. Magazine Notes - article
160. A Twist in Whist - Vincent Dalban
161. Correspondence
     • Matter Through Matter Developments
164. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

165. Vol. 14, Number 128 December, 1925 [68 numbered; 16 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XIV Index pages]
165. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Gratuitous Advice
     • Spiritualism and the Press
     • Creating Conditions
     • Random Recollections
     • The origin of the "Ghost Tube"
     • The Whirling Wheel
     • Our Greetings
169. The Knot That Is Not - Victor J. Peacock
170. Another "Jardine Ellis" Idea - George Johnson
171. A Pair of Sparking Eyes - George Johnson
174. The Mirror of Ink - contributed
176. Beans - A Spectacular Effect for Children - C. Ramsay
177. A Puzzle from the Pyramids
178. Off The Beaten Track - E. Nöel Dransfield
181. Tour Au Laity - A Glass of Milk and Transformation - Bruce Hurling
183. The Queen of Hearts - A Grown-Up Nursery Rhyme - J. F. Orrin
185. The Best Library of One Hundred Books - article by Partic Playfair
193. Fleeting Sand - Oswald Williams
194. Nine-a-Side - Will Blyth
     • The King of Hearts and His Golden Tarts
196. A Tumbler Trick - Harry Latour
197. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
     • The Wizard of the North and the Mechanical Conjurers
     • A Paris Street Performance & Itinerant Conjurer - photo page
     • The Cups and Balls & Blitz - photo page
210. A Good Coin Trick
211. Unexploited Phases of Conjuring - Alec Bell
     • Number Three - Domestic - The Lampshade
213. Production from a Large Egg - Stuart Luciene
214. Making the Most of the Slate Trick - Rupert Howard
215. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • A Quadruple Changing Card - J. Whitehead
     • A "Watch, Glass and Handkerchief" Move - F. R. Squire
     • The "Spangled Wand" - Jules Danby
     • The Christmas Party Coin Illusion - Jules Danby
     • Dolly Dyes - Alfred Brown
219. The Puzzle - A Humorous Glass of Milk Production - Victor J. Peacock
221. Help - humor by Cosmo
223. For the Ventriloquist - Prof. Evol
225. A "Novel" Experiment - J. A. Esler
226. Much Needed Inventions - article by Wilfrid G. Jonson
227. Book Reviews
     • Volume 6, Collected Magic Series - Percy Naldrett, compiler
     • Secrets of Modern Conjuring - Horace & Albert Walker
     • More Magical Mysteries - Edward Bagshawe
     • Card Tricks for the Amateur Magician - U.S. Playing Card Co.
     • Classical Conjuring - Hugh Mackay
     • New and Easy Magic - Norman Hunter
229. Find The Lady - G. W. Hunter
229. Our New Volume - announcement
230. Christmas at the Magical Stores - article
     • Messrs. L. Davenport & Co.
     • Messrs. Hambley's
     • Messrs. A. W. Gamage, Ltd.
     • Mr. J. F. Orrin
     • The Magical Apparatus Co.
     • Messrs. Will Goldston, Ltd.
     • Bretma Manufacturing Co.
     • Mr. Wilford Hutchinson
     • Messrs. The Eric P. Wilson Magical Service
     • Mr. Arthur Margery
     • Messrs. C. O. Williams
231. A Topical Production - Stuart Luciene
232. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments