The Magic Wand Volume 18 (1929)
by George Johnson

Numbers 141-144

272 pages

1. Vol. 18, Number 141 March-May, 1929 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Season Soliloquies
   • Tahra Bey
   • A Wandering Wizard
   • Magic from Below
   • All Change
   • Cutting Through
4. Some Sleights - George Johnson
6. A Novel Vanishing Coin - Tom Sellers
7. The "Sim Pliciti" Rising Cards - E. D. Widger
7. Obituary - Van Hoven
8. The Destructive Ray - E. D. Widger
8. A Trick of Alternation - Will Blyth
11. Magical Memories - article by Rupert H. Slater
12. AN Awkward Experience - W. H. E.
13. Another "Cut and Restored" - F. Jackson
14. A Novel Card Problem - Sid Lorraine
15. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • The Conus Ace Trick - Rupert Slater
    • Levitation and Vanish of a Glass of Water - S. D. Good
    • A Juvenile Item - W. H. E.
    • A Tip for Spring Sausages - Rameses II
17. The Real Art of Magic - Wilfrid Jonson
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • The Selection of the Repertoire
25. Improved Dyed Silk - S. D. Good
26. Thought Transmission - F. Jackson
29. New Apparatus - Spellito
30. A Subtle Forcing Device - S. H. Sharpe
31. Programme
    • Larette - Vaudeville Programme - Haarlem, Holland
32. If - contributed article
33. The Venetian Picture Frame - J. F. Orrin
35. Salt Through Salt - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
37. A Changing Envelope - W. G. Craigen
37. The Gambler's Dream - Allan Peterson
39. Little Miss Muffet - Two Variations - W. H. Eyles
40. Shadows - Verrall Wass
42. Popular Magical Effects - J. F. Orrin
    • No. 1 - The Four Acer Trick
43. More Small "Ads" - humor
44. Entre Nous - miscellaneous comments by Wilfrid Jonson
45. Book Reviews
    • The L.W. Mysteries for Children - William Larsen & T. Page Wright
    • Cigarette Magic and Manipulation - Devil Deveen
    • Westminster Wizardry - Frederick Montague
    • Original Spiritualistic Effects - Edward Bagshawe
    • Sixteen Master Card Mysteries - Walter B. Gibson
    • Vaudeville Mind Reading - David J. Lustig
    • The L.W. Card Mysteries - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
    • The Mysteries and Secrets of Magic - C. J. S. Thompson
48. Correction to page 202 in Volume 12
49. Another Card Curiosity - Verrall Wass
50. Programme
    • P. T. Selbit in "The Mile A Minute Mystery - Maskelyne's Theatre
51. Magazine Notes
    • The Magician
    • Jester
    • The Zodiac
    • The Magical Journal
    • Conjurer's Chronicle
    • The Magic Circular
    • The Magi
    • The Magical Budget
    • The Thistle
    • The Sphinx
    • The Linking Ring
    • The Billboard
    • Passez Mascade
    • Le Journal de la Prestigitation
    • Die Magie
    • Der Zauberspiegil
52. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

53. Vol. 18, Number 142 June-September, 1929 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered advertising pages]
53. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Grand Seance
    • Below!
    • Reminiscences of Professor Hoffmann
    • A Succession of Surprises
    • Miscellaneous Notes
57. A Method for Working a "Floral Fantasy" - S. D. Good
58. Living Legends - A Fairy Fantasy - J. A. Esler
59. The Candle "Aquarius" - A. De Brett
60. Park Drive - S. D. Good
61. She Loves Me; She Loves Me Not; She-- - Charles Waller
63. Alpha and Omega - Eric D. Widgen
64. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • Water Canisters fro Productions - Tom Sellers
    • The Handkerchief to Snake - J. Ovette
    • A Card Comedy Item
    • More Sausages - J. Ovette
65. An Improved Phantom Card Trick = A. De Brett
66. A Hint for Rope Tricksters - Gessing
66. A "Sleight" Improvement - W. G. Craigen
67. With a Pack of Cards - Wilf. Huggins
69. The Sicilian Marionettes - A National and Hereditary Art - Isabel Emerson
    • Sicilian Marionettes - photo page
72. Peterson's Silk Vanish - Allan Peterson
73. Levitation of a Tumbler - W. G. Aitchison Robertson
74. A New Handkerchief Trick - A. De Brett
75. The Wishing Well - Victor J. Peacock
77. Entre Nous - miscellaneous comments by Wilfrid Jonson
78. The Alertness of the Conjurer - W. G. A. R.
79. Production of Cards at the Fingertips - contributed
80. Programmes
    • The Great Deville - Collins' London
    • Arthur Astill and Gwen Fontaine "On The Village Green" - the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells
    • The Mystery of the Black Cat - The Metropolitan, London
82. Peterson's Silk Productions - Allan Peterson
83. Book Reviews
    • Les Cigarettes - A. Martin-Bontemps
    • More Manipulative Magic - Chas. C. Eastman
    • More Practical Patter - Oswald Rae
    • The L.W. Mental and Spirit Mysteries - William Larsen & T. Page Wright
    • More Conjuring for Children - De Vega
85. The Real Art of Magic - Wilfrid Jonson [continued]
    • Patter
    • Gesture and Deportment
    • Applause
91. The Cut and Restored String - Billy O'Connor
93. The Real Art of Magical Societies - article by Patric Playfair
96. Percy the Pirate - E. Berkley Martin & Cecil E. Clark
100. Water and Wine Trick - A. De Brett
101. Magical Reminiscences - article by George M. Munro
103. The Rope Mystery - J. Ovette
104. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

105. Vol. 18, Number 143 October-November, 1929 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
105. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Association of British Conjurers
     • The G. W. Panter Book Sale
     • The Lay Press
     • The Affiliation Meeting
107. The Obedient Diver - Will Blyth
110. This Retail Business - article by A. D. Ealer
111. [The Magical] Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • Danby's "Flash Confetti" - Jules Danby
     • With Half a Crown - Rupert H. Slater
     • A Gadget from Guessing
     • Hell's Bells
     • Cut and Restored String - A Suggestion - Rupert H. Slater
113. Food For Thought - Wilfrid Allen
     • Glass House Horticulture
     • A Penetrating Problem
115. Mr. Patrick Playfair and the Real Art of Magic - Wilfrid Jonson
116. A Novel Card Box - Prof. Edgar
117. Something Else in Crosswords - W. G. Weier, Jr.
118. Magical Bones - Verrall Wass
119. A Barefaced Fraud - Verrall Wass
121. "Simplex" Force and the "Real Spirit" Slates - Dleisfer
123. With a Pack of Cards - Wilf. Huggins
125. Another Egg Bag - W. H. Eyles
127. Push - Charles Waller
130. Miniature Vanishing Lady - S. D. Good
131. Inventing a Modern Mystery - Verrall Wass
132. A Few Ideas - article by Rupert H. Slater
133. An Adaption for the Ghost Tube - Joan Rutland
134. Cause and Effect - Harry Thomson
137. The Real Art of Magic - Wilfrid Jonson [continued]
     • More Tricks of Magical Showmanship
     • Conclusions
     • Dressing the Stage
     • Manner
142. Peterson's Magic - Allan Peterson
     • The "Hen Fruit" Bag
     • A Useful Dodge
     • Novel Rising Cards
     • A Trip to the Moon
     • A Comedy Sketch
     • An Improved Tumbler Vanish
     • The Tunnel Colour Change
     • A Subtle Silk Production
     • Card from Tumbler Vanish
     • The Passe-Passe Silk
     • Kings and Tens
152. An Addition to the Brick Trick - E. D. Wills
153. Book Reviews
     • Transcendental Book Mystery - Stanley Collins
     • Thirty Pocket Tricks - Dr. Richard Rowe
     • Blackstone's Annual of Magic - Walter B. Gibson, editor
     • Six Card Creations - Ned Williams
154. Magical Manuscripts
     • Take a Card - J. McMillen & Judson Brown
     • The Mystic Seven - Victor Farelli
     • The L.W. Torn and Restored Newspaper - S. A. Conrad Co.
     • Mirakel - W. H. McCaffrey
155. Obituary - George M. Munro
156. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

157. Vol. 18, Number 144 December, 1929 [64 numbered; 15 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XVIII Index pages]
157. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Lecturette
     • Toujours la Méme Chose
     • Owen Clark
     • Piecrust and Promises
     • The Magic Circle Nineteenth Annual Banquet - reviewed by Wilfrid Jonson
     • My Grandmother's Sunshade - C. Ramsey
     • Bits and Pieces - Stanley Norton
     • Magic from Below - An Appreciation by F. S.
     • Improved Water Ladle - Professor Edgar
     • A Mental Magicism - Rupert H. Slater
     • Cutting a Handkerchief in Two - S. H. Sharpe
     • A Bijou Silk Act - Allan Peterson
     • A New Silk Production - E. Berkley Martin
     • My Mystical Magazine - Stan Delamonte
     • Magical Novelties
       • The Limit Diminishing Cards
       • A Watch Mystery
       • Pencil Trick
       • The Uncanny Knowledge Mystery
     • The Real Art of Magic - Wilfrid Jonson [continued]
       • Part II - Practical Magic
       • The Zodiac Silks
       • The Perfect Four Ace Trick
       • Another Way
       • The Glass Through The Hat
       • Match and Flash Effects
     • A Novel Christmas Show - Norman Hunter
     • The Pierrot and the Moon - Harry Latour
     • "Wizi" - Candle Magic - L. Bofeys
     • Patter for the Turban Trick - H. C. Mole
     • A Triple Change - J. Whitehead
     • Peterson's Magic - Allan Peterson
       • Cut and Restored Ribbon
       • "Woodbine" Wizardry
       • Patter
       • A Feast of Chinese Lanterns
       • "San" Shell
       • Will O' the Wisp
       • Hold Them Tight
     • A Tip for Thimble Workers - Rameses II
     • With a Pack of Cards - Wilf. Huggins
     • The White Horse - Rupert H. Slater
     • Yarns of Yesterday - article by Professor Culpitt
     • Book Reviews
       • Crazy Stunts - Harlan Tarbell
       • Thelmo's First Book of Magic - Harold Fackler
       • Fifty Easy Pocket Tricks - Dr. Richard Rowe
       • Something New in Magic - Ned Williams
       • The Bootlegger's House - manuscript by William Larsen & T. Page Wright
       • The Four Swimmers - manuscript by William Larsen & T. Page Wright
       • Intervision, The Man with the Gimlet Eyes - manuscript by William Larsen & T. Page Wright
       • The L.W. Poker Deal - manuscript by William Larsen & T. Page Wright
       • The Sucker Pedestal Effect - manuscript by William Larsen & T. Page Wright
     • Magical Journals
       • The Sphinx
       • The Linking Ring
       • Le Journal de la Prestigitation
       • Passez Mascade
       • Die Magie
       • Der Zauberspiegil
       • Magical Review
       • The Magi
       • The Thistle
       • The Magic Circular
       • The Magical Journal
       • Conjurer's Chronicle
       • The Magician
       • The Magical Budget
       • Outlook on Magic
     • Entre Nous - miscellaneous comments by Wilfrid Jonson
     • Through the Silk - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
     • Conceptions for Christmas - Verrall Wass
       • Take a Card
       • Snowballs
       • The Snowman
       • The Christmas Card
     • Obituary - Owen Clark
     • Pity the Poor Conjurer - a Humorous Sketch - Frank Staff
     • The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
       • Match Box Monte - F. Jackson
       • Colour Changing Pack Improvement - J. Ovette
       • Colour Changing Silk - A. Peterson
       • A Simple Coin Transposition - S. P. B.
       • Silk to Chocolates - E. Widger
       • "Talkie" Magic - Professor Culpitt
     • Correspondence
     • Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments