The Magic Wand Volume 20 (1931)
by George Johnson

Numbers 149-152

272 pages

1. Vol. 20, Number 149 March-May, 1931 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • In the Fog
   • Mr. Tom Sellers
   • The I.B.M. British Convention
   • Swindling in Excelcis
4. page 4 is missing [Obituary: T. Page Wright]
5. page 5 is missing [Reflected Thoughts by S. H. Sharpe]
6. The Turkish Bath Murder Mystery - J. F. Orrin
9. Tripoint Again - Wilf Huggins
   • The Rising Cards
10. The Sympathetic Cards - E. Albert Gillett
11. Entre Nous - miscellaneous comments by Wilfrid Jonson
12. Another Display Stand - W. H. Eyles
13. Telepathy! - Eric C. Lewis
14. Programme
    • The Gate Theatre Studio and Mr. Peter Godfrey
15. The Silks and the Lemon - Wilfrid Jonson
16. The Broken Match - J. V. Gilfillan
17. Lighted Match Production - Austin J. Randell
20. If this be Magic - I - article by Charles Waller
22. Puhl's Sealed Letter Reading Surprises - H. C. Schreck
24. New Ideas for Magical Programmes - Arnold De Brett
    • The Improved Organ Pipes
    • A Different Card Trick
    • The New Patriotic Papers
    • The Floating Ball of Paper
27. The Divining Weed - Wilf Huggins
28. The Roaming Ribbon - Eric C. Lewis
31. A Fifteen Minute Act - Charles Trickey
32. The Rope and Rings - correction to page 121 of the October-November, 1930 Magic Wand
33. Peterson's Magic - Allan Peterson
    • A Mysterious Table
    • The Bewildering Bon-Bon
    • The Bewitched Basket
    • Wireless Cards
    • A Needle in the Haystack
38. The Songs the Sea Shell Sings - Charles Waller
40. Financial Notes - humor
41. Variegated Paper Tearing - Will Blyth
44. A Little Different Slate Test - Jos. Ovette
45. Book Reviews
    • Houdini's Escapes - Walter B. Gibson
    • Here's Magic - Nelson C. Hahne & Joe Berg
    • Sensational Secrets - De Vega
    • Broadcast Conjuring Tricks - Cyril Shields
    • The Wizard's Magic Book - Peter Adams
    • The Amazing Candle - Eric C. Lewis
    • The Rupert Howard Magical Course
    • Essence - Verrall Wass
49. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • The Ghostly Candle - Jules Danby
    • Good evening - Francis White
    • Zip - F. Jackson
    • A Novel Living and Dead Puzzle - A. De Brett
    • A Good Turnover - J. F. Orrin
    • Burlesque Ideas - F. Jackson
51. New Apparatus
    • The Great Test - Harold Comden
    • The "Ultra" Divination - Messrs. E. Bagshawe & Co.
52. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

53. Vol. 20, Number 150 June-September, 1931 [60 numbered & 12 unnumbered advertising pages]
53. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Grand Seance
    • The Dustbin of Dreams
    • The Fruit of Experience
    • A Competition
    • To Contributors
    • Robert Ganthony
    • The Card Curtain
57. Your Favorite Flower - Wilfrid Jonson
58. Dealing Seconds - Wilf. Huggins
    • The Spelling Bee
59. Everywhere and Nowhere--Using Giant Cards - T. H. Chislett
60. The Prodigious Production Tray - C. Ramsey
64. Doll Dressing - Ernest Castro & W. G. Miller
66. With a Tobacco Tin - Austin J. Randell
1. Extra photo page - The Dustbin of Dreams
68. Magic for Children - -Ridiculous Rupert - Francis White
69. Peterson's Magic - Allan Peterson
    • A Question of Cover
    • The Spinning Card
    • Bewildering Blocks
    • An Improved Cover
    • A Novel Appearing Card
74. The "Crystal" Tray - Dleisfen
76. The Dissolving Knot - Alec Bell
76. Special Bargain - silk for sale
77. The Sausage Machine - F. B. H. Marshall
78. Two Simple Card Effects - H. Fiddian
    • Lucky Thirteen
    • Where Do I Live?
80. Extraordinary! - Eric Widger
    • A Flap Slate Trick
81. If this be Magic - II - article by Charles Waller
84. Have You Ever? - Wilf. Huggins
85. Easy To Make Changing Cards - J. Whitehead
86. Impromptu Card Reading - S. H. Sharpe
87. The Morning Paper Mystery - Wm. G. Strickland
88. Red Stain for Wood - A. De Brett
89. The Use of the Wand - article by T. Westwood Bradley
90. New Apparatus
    • Gee Whiz! The Latest Card Mystery - offered by Mysticus
91. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • A Silkworm Trick - H. Latour
    • Duplex Coin Vanish - Allan Peterson
    • Divination of Liquids - Prof. Cyro
    • The Talking Tray - J. Whitehead
    • Burlesque Ideas - F. Jackson
    • A Good Turnover - Hubert L. Lea
    • A Coin Move - Harry Latour
    • Match-Box at Finger-Tips - Harry Latour
    • Renovating Playing Cards
94. A Comedy Alarm-Clock Effect - C. Ramsey
95. Book Reviews
    • Wessex Wizardry - Wm. G. Strickland
    • New and Improved Effects with Cards - Arthur H. Buckley
    • Magical Mentalism - John Booth
    • Manuscripts
      • Master Mentalism - Edwin A. French
      • Flap Slate Wrinkles - U. F. Grant & H. Adrian Smith
      • Tricks with Toys - De Vega
      • French's Mysteries - Edwin A. French
      • The Rupert Howard Magical Course
98. Correspondence
    • Re Sellers' Secrets
100. The Sphinx - review of supplement to March 1931 issue
100. The Affiliated Magical Societies - convention announcement
101. The Lemon and Note - Wilf. Huggins
102. A Conjurer Looks Back II - article by J. A. Esler
105. The Rope and Rings Again - Austin J. Randell
106. The Two Idols - Rupert H. Slater
108. Belles - Lettres - article by Frank Staff
109. The "Pipsagone" Mystery - Prof. Cyro
110. Programmes
     • Henry Hilton - Theatre Royal, Torquay
     • The Great Mystello - at the Lyceum, Ipswitch
111. Head Over Heels - S, H. Sharpe
112. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

113. Vol. 20, Number 151 October-November, 1931 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
113. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • High Jinks
     • Pros and Cons
     • Fountain Pens
     • Spiritualism
     • J. N. Hofzinser's Card Conjuring
116. Obituary
117. Bernard Irving
118. Frank Herbert
119. William Geoffrey
117. The Aquaglass Mystery - Prof. Cyro
118. Magic for Children - Ridiculous Rupert - Tom Bowyer
119. The Ghost Card - J. Whitehead & Wilf. Huggins
120. A Coin Transposition - J. A. Esler
121. A Study in Red and White - Silks and a Lighted Cigarette - Austin J. Randell
123. Between Two - Wilf. Huggins
124. A Handkerchief Lemon - A. De Brett
125. The Travelling Teddy Bear - A Stage Illusion in Miniature - A. De Brett
125. A Complimentary Entertainment - announcement
126. The Missing Card - Eric Widger
127. Programmes
     • Artemus - Theatre Royal, Torquay
     • Keith Clark - Empire Music Hall, Paris, June 18th, 1931
     • Guili-Guili - "Baghdad," Colonial Exposition, Paris, June 22nd, 1931
     • Paris Reviews
129. The Indian Rope Trick - Wilf. Huggins
131. The "Aajar" Colour-Change Fake - Austin J. Randell
     • The Handkerchief Pocket Servante
133. Peterson's Magic - Allen Peterson
     • The Magic Button
     • A Subtle Face Card Change
     • Production from the Wand
     • A Cluster Production
138. A Coin Move - Ernest Ward
139. If This Be Magic - III - article by Charles Waller
144. A Handy Coin Fake - A. De Brett
145. The Sand Pie - A. De Brett
146. Psychic Pockets - Roy Walker
147. Magic and Financial Recompense - article by Victor Farelli
156. That Conjurer's Wand - W. G. Weirer, Jr.
157. On a String - Jos. Ovette
158. Book Reviews
     • The "Book without a Name" - Theo Annemann
     • Try This One - Eric F. Impey
     • The Rupert Howard Magical Course
     • Silk Creations - Joseph Ovette
     • Grant's Counterfeit Card Miracles - U. F. Grant
     • Farelli's "Master Speller" - Victor Farelli
160. New Apparatus
     • Ring It
     • The Poster Effect
     • The Mat from Madagascar
161. The Spelling Bee - Wilfrid Jonson
162. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • The Ring and the Pencil - Tom Sellers
     • Sellers' Secrets Again - Austin J. Randell
     • Torn Paper and Glass of Water - Tom Sellers
     • A Human Battery - Wilf. Huggins
     • The Card and Book - Tom Sellers
     • Ridiclous Rupert - the editor
164. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

165. Vol. 20, Number 152 December, 1931 [64 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XX Index pages]
165. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Luminous Illusions
     • Changing Interests
     • To Our Good Companions
167. An Effective Opening Combination - A. De Brett
168. Rotatit - J. F. Orrin
172. A Magical Interlude - Tom Sellers
173. Between Two, II - Wilf. Huggins
175. Theories of the Indian Rope Trick - S. H. Sharpe
177. "Wallop" Again - Charles Eshelby
178. The Magic Incantation - article by Bertie White
178. The "Classic" Book Test - Roy Walker
180. Alleged Thought Transmission - Eric J. Williams
181. The "Spelling Bee" with a Borrowed Pack - The Most Complete Series - Victor Farelli
193. Some More Ideas - With a Billiard Ball - Rupert H. Slater
194. Daddy Christmas - Wilf. Huggins
196. Little Miss Muffet - Another Variation - Eric J. Williams
197. Peterson's Magic - Allan Peterson
     • A Sensational "Slave Bangle" Effect
     • The Levitation of Tissue
     • The Beads of Lung Foo
     • Ping!
     • Lighted Cigarette Production
     • A Perplexing Knot
     • The A.P. Wand
     • The A.P. Control Mystery
     • Paper Bag Magic
206. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • A Matchbox Trick - G. W. Hunter
     • Gocigar - Cee Dee
     • A New Handkerchief Matchbox - Allan Peterson
     • The Flying Note - Harold Bevir
     • A Cod Cut - F. Jackson
     • A Spring Flower Tip - Professor Edgar
     • A Finish for the Rope Trick - W. H. Eyles
209. Reminiscences of the Road - article by Arnold De Brett
213. Rising and Falling Wand - Harry H. Thomson
214. The Chameleon and the Silks - Prof. Cyro
215. Pepper and Salt - W. H.
216. Book Reviews
     • The Secrets of Houdini - J. C. Cannell
     • The Best Tricks and How to do Them - David Devant
     • 100 Tricks You Can Do - Howard Thurston
     • Controlled Coincidence - Victor Farelli
     • The Odin Rings - Victor Farelli
     • The Rupert Howard Magical Course
     • Twenty Practical Liquid and Chemical Effects - Dr. William M. Endlich
218. New Apparatus
     • Stanley Collins's Whisper Word
219. The Forceful Card - Charles E. Eshelby
220. Programme
     • Horace Goldin - at the Palladium
221. The Triple Turnover - Wilfrid Johnson
222. two pages missing
225. Correspondence
     • Coin Transposition - Slate Writing
     • Exposures - A Joke Pencil
     • Dealing Seconds
226. A Pack Reversal Idea - F. Jackson
227. An Opening Silk Effect - Eric J. Williams
228. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments