The Magic Wand Volume 15 (1926)
by George Johnson

Numbers 129-132

288 pages

1. Vol. 15, Number 129 March-May, 1926 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Cruelty to Conjurers
   • The New Conjurers
   • The Birds of Paradise
   • A Trick on the Floor
   • An Everyday Book
   • Mainly Advertisement
5. The Spot Light - A Card Mystery - Stuart Luciene
8. Easy Magic - article by Wilfrid Jonson
8. The Modern View - poem by Wilfrid Jonson
9. A Different Flower Growth - H. Latour
10. Conjuring and Comedy - article by G. S. Brownlow
12. A Manufactured Diamond - contributed
13. A Sharper's Coin Trick - G. W. Hunter
14. An All Round Useful Appliance - Norman Hunter
14. Magical Society Notes
    • The Magic Circle
    • The Magician's Club
    • The British Magical Society
    • The Magi
    • The Mahatma Circle of Magicians
15. Programme
    • Jarrow - at the Victoria Palace
16. New Apparatus
    • The Climax Ribbon Trick - Messrs. Hambley's
    • A Jig-Saw Jack of Spades - Messrs. Hambley's
    • egg wand - Messrs. Davenport & Co.
    • "Arpak" playing cards - Messrs. Davenport & Co.
    • box of necessities for conjurers - The Eric P. Wilson Service
17. A Stamp Book Trick - George Johnson
18. Nunquam Non Paratus - Frank Staff
20. Magic and a Lottery - Vincent Dalban
21. Lambie's "Joker" Three Card Monte
22. Under-Proof Spirits - article by Patric Playfair
24. York Water Vase
25. Sausages and Snakes - Wilfrid Jonson
26. A Boy and a Box of Matches - Bruce Hurling
27. Applicable Patter - Rupert Holmes Slater
28. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • The Stretched Handkerchief - Harry Latour
    • An Easy Cross-Word Trick - Wilfrid G. Jonson
    • Billiard Ball to Handkerchief - T. Westwood Bradley
    • Egg and Silks - J. Whitehead
    • The Sympathetic Coins - G. W. Hunter
    • A Novel Juggling Effect - C. Ramsay
    • Naminga Card at Any Desired Number - A. J. Whitehead
32. The Petrified Handkerchief - Norman Hunter
33. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
    • The Wizard of the North and the Mechanical Conjurers [continued]
    • A Ghost Show at Bartholomew Fair - photo page
    • Phillippe - photo page
44. A Sealed Mystery - contributed
45. A New Canary Trick - B. Bretma
46. A Paper Effect and a Sequence - Alec Bell
49. Robert H. Gysel - article/review by George Johnson
50. Correspondence
51. Book Reviews
    • Collins Card Conceits - Stanley Collins
    • Card and Conjuring Tricks - Charles Roberts & Charles Crayford
52. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

53. Vol. 15, Number 130 June-September, 1926 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered advertising pages]
53. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Grand Seance
    • Another Auction
    • Optics and Illusions
    • The Land of Mist
    • French Lettuce Culture
    • The New Season Number
57. Babette - David Lymer
59. Writing on Cigarette Paper - Bruce Hurling
59. An Accessory for the "Enoch" Ink Trick - Cecil Heygate
60. Sympathy - A Matchbox and a Cigarette Paper - Alec Bell
63. For the Thought Reader - Patric Playfair
65. A Record Finish - A. C. A.
66. Original "Coin Catching" - H. G. A. Lambie
67. A Numerical Stunt - Cosmo
67. A Sausage Container - Stanley Thomas
67. A Cigarette Catching Device - Stuart Luciene
68. A Few More Quips for the Ventriloquist - Prof. Evol
69. The Restless Matches - Charles Waller
71. The Miser - Prof. Evol
72. Mysterious Knotting Handkerchiefs - Stuart Luciene
75. Rose Bushes - T. Page Wright
77. Mental Aviation - Cosmo
    • The Great Thought-Reading Act
79. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • The Floating Table - Stuart Luciene
    • A Novel Coin Vanish - Alan Gregson
    • Another Jardine Ellis Trick - George Johnson
    • The Indian Sand Trick - T. W. Bradley
    • Change Over Palm for a Thimble - A. C. A.
    • A Hint for the Climax Ribbon Illusion - Oswald Rae
81. The Phoenix Card and Ring Mystery - Oswald Rae
85. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
    • The Wizard of the North and the Mechanical Conjurers [continued]
    • A Distribution Fan - photo page
    • Robert-Houdin & Ludwig Dobler - photo page
    • Robert-Houdin
98. Holiday Items - A. C. A>
100. Hymn of Affection - poem by T. Page Wright
101. Appearing Bouquet in Skeleton Stand - Prof. Edgar
102. A Simple Method of Divining a Chosen Word - Cosmo
102. The Ethics of Prepared Cards - Wilfrid Jonson
103. Book Reviews
     • Psychic Fakery No. 3 - Robert Gysel
     • Ten Exclusive Magical Secrets - Cosmo
104. Programme
     • Cliff Lester at the Café Monico
104. Correspondence
     • Substitute for Ribbons
107. New Apparatus
     • Inquisition - Messrs. L. Davenport & Co.
     • Decepta - Messrs. E. Bagshawe & Co.
     • Mephisto's Matches - H. W. Tagrey - Messrs. E. Bagshawe & Co.
107. Contents of the Robt. W. Gysel Manuscripts
108. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

109. Vol. 15, Number 131 October-November, 1926 [52 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
109. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • This Magic Business
     • Fireworks
     • The Act Beautiful
     • Woes of Wizards
     • This is a Good Trick
     • Reminiscences
     • A Funny Story
113. The Jolly Joker- Chas. Waller
115. Wanted - A Humorous Conjuring Trick - Prize Competition
116. A New Book for the Magic Wand - book serial announcement
     • Ring Up the Curtain - J. F. Orrin - Foreword
117. A Coin Vanish - Edward Victor
117. A Cigarette Diversion - David Lymer
120. A Slate Trick - J. F. Orrin
122. The Lucky Pig - Stanley Norton
123. The Card and Number Mystery - Oswald Rae
124. Magazine and Book Notes
     • Books soon to be released
       • The Magical Miscellany - Percy Naldrett
       • Money Magic - Will Blyth
       • Between Ourselves - Oswald Rae
       • Selected Secrets - De Vega
       • Popular Magic - second edition
       • A System of Card Signals - Hugh Mackay
       • More E.M.S. - Will Goldston
       • unnamed - Charles Waller
       • Spiritualism - Cosmo
     • Magazines received
       • The Sphinx
       • The Magical Monthly
       • The Linking Ring
       • The Magic Circular
       • The Magi Circular
125. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
     • Robert-Houdin [continued]
     • Robin in Second Sight & Hamilton Presenting the Fire Bowls - photo page
     • Robert-Houdin; Hoszinser; Lassaigne; Hamilton & The Orange Tree - photo page
139. By Parcel Post - Rupert Howard
141. A Ring on a Cord - J. Whitehead
142. Travelling Cigarettes - Oswald Rae
145. Take his Number! - Chas. Waller
146. Nervousness - article by A. Roy Barter
149. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • The Ball on the Plank - Stuart Luciene
     • Whisky and Water - Stanley Norton
     • The Magic Watch - An Idea - Cosmo
     • A Thimble Vanish - A. C. A.
     • A Tip for the Card and Cigarette Trick - Oswald Rae
     • The Magnetic Photograph - Cosmo
150. Amid the Stars - contributed article
152. A Novelty for 1926 - Frank Staff
153. Indestructible Colours - Will Blyth
155. Conjuring Tricks - A. C. A.
     • Wine and Water
     • A Handkerchief Tag
     • The Enoc Ink Trick
     • The Colour Change
156. Rising from the Blue - J. Whitehead
157. Programmes
     • "Hullo Maskelyne" - Maskelyne's Theatre
     • Shogan and Ryder - Shooting Through a Woman at the Palace Theatre, Watford
158. Correspondence
160. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments
161. New Season Announcements - four unnumbered pages

165. Vol. 15, Number 132 December, 1926 [64 numbered; 16 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XV Index pages]
165. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Kinema as an Aid
     • The "Poltergiest" Medium
     • The Angle of View
     • Advertising Extraordinary!
     • The Lure of Mechanism
     • Mr. & Mrs. Jones
     • Greetings - An Informal Paragraph
169. The Princess of Bakhten - Stuart Luciene
172. The Christmas Calendar - Jeffrey Norris
175. Levitation of Cards - G. W. Hunter
176. Effects with the Inexhaustible Box - Norman Hunter
     • Mah Johngg
     • The Enchanted Coronet
     • The Tea Chest
179. Through a Wedding Ring - Harry Latour
180. A Novel Ring and Handkerchief Trick - Cosmo
181. Ring up the Curtain - J. F. Orrin
     • Section I - Effects with Silks
       • The Productive Pyramid
       • The Handkerchief and Jam Pots
       • The New Handkerchief Case
189. His First Dip - Prof. Evol
190. Jack and the Beanstalk - T. Page Wright
191. Spinning a Yarn - Wm. G. Strickland
195. The Aerial Treasury - A. C. A.
196. My Method of the Wine and Water - Harry Latour
196. A Jumbled Word - puzzle
197. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
     • From Robert-Houdin to Maskelyne
     • Colonel Stodare; Cazeneuve & Nicolay Performing Before Napoleon III and the Price Imperial - photo page
     • The Fakir of Oolu - photo page
212. The Turnover Aces - Wilfrid Jonson
213. Magic and Morals - article by Patric Playfair
216. The Magic Chimney Pot - Oswald Rae
217. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • This is Funny
     • Bran Glass and Egg - C. Barnard
     • An Impromptu Effect - Oswald Rae
     • Making Faked Cards - Bruce Hurling
     • Ribbons from a Bowl of Milk - Stanley Norton
     • Confetti Glass and Ghost Tube - C. Barnard
219. A Mystery Clock - Stanley Thomas
220. Obituary - Houdini
221. A System of Magick - Daniel Defoe - review by George Johnson
222. Humorous Conjuring Trick Competition - deadline extension
223. Programmes
     • The Fakir's Temple at the Folies Bergere, Paris
     • Murray at The Coliseum
224. Book Reviews
     • The Magical Miscellany - Percy Naldrett, compiler
     • Money Magic - Will Blyth
     • A System of Card Signals - Hugh Mackay
     • Selected Secrets - De Vega
     • Between Ourselves - Oswald Rae
226. Christmas at the Magical Stores
     • Messrs. L. Davenport & Co.
       • large selection of novelties
       • a vanishing silk and light bulb
       • Bluff Clock
       • Demon Spirit Box
       • coin vase
     • Professor Edgar
       • thumb-tip
     • Messrs. A. W. Gamage
       • floating soap bubble
       • a ball and tube
       • an "open all four doors" idea
     • Messrs. Hambly's
       • Decepta, improved version
       • a card trick
       • The Mephisto Matches
     • Mr. Wilford Hutchinson
       • Dacre Coin Box 9like a Die Box)
     • Messrs. The Bretma Manufacturing Co.
     • Edward Bagshawe and Co.
     • Mr. Arthur Margery
     • Eric P. Wilson Magic Service
     • Chas. O. Williams
228. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments