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The Magic Wand Volume 21 (1932)
by George Johnson

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The Magic Wand Volume 21 (1932) by George Johnson
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Numbers 153-156

253 pages

  1. Vol. 21, Number 153 March-May, 1932 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Twenty-One
    • Fire Kings
    • Variety from the U.S.A.
    • The Gentle Art of Disparagement
    • Hartz Mysteries
  3. A Week of Magic - report
  4. The Maskelyne Memorial Fund - auction of "Erdnase - His Book" by Mr. Graham Adams
  5. The Bead on the String - Vincent Dalban
  6. A Novel Wand Effect - T. Westwood Bradley
  7. Again the Spelling Bee - S. H. Sharpe
  8. Crystalogy - Wilf. Huggins
  9. Off Goes His - Nothing - J. F. Orrin
  10. The Rainbow Sticks - Tom Sellers
  11. Wicked Willie and Naughty Nancy - Will Blyth
  12. A Vanishing Wand - Tom Sellers
  13. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Goldfish and a Globe
    • Here to There
    • Ropes
    • Well, Well, Well!
  14. Cavil-cade - A Revue - Patric Playfair
  15. The Cap and Coins - George Johnson
  16. Magic Squares - A. De Brett
  17. Find the Packets - Roy Walker
  18. To the Magic Wand (On attaining the age of Twenty-one) - poem by G. C.
  19. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • The Whispering Balloons - Prof. Cyro
    • The Restored Glove - J. Whitehead
    • An Easy Card Reverse - A. De Brett
    • A Flash Silk Production - Cee Dee
    • The Stretching Candle - A. Peterson
    • My Lady's Slipper - Prof. Cyro
  20. The Vanishing Candle - A. De Brett
  21. Mister Matchbox - Rupert H. Slater
  22. A Simple Box Escape - A. De Brett
  23. J. N. Hofzinser - A Discussion - Wilf. Huggins
  24. Not the Four-Ace Trick - F. Jackson
  25. An Elastic Wand - Galley Hill
  26. The Jovial Spirit - David Lymer
  27. Correspondence
  28. Programme
    • Dr. Raymond at the Pavilion, Torquay
  29. A Magnetic Mystery - A. De Brett
  30. Ring, Rod and Flame - Tom Sellers
  31. Happy Magic - book announcement
  32. Book Reviews
    • Magical Pleasantries - Tom Sellers
    • Well I Never! - Eric C. Lewis
    • Hey Presto - Norman Hunter
    • The Rupert Howard Magical Course
    • Help Yourself - Frank Lane
    • Cigam - Walter Schwartz
  33. Simplicity Itself - A Card Trick - Prof. Day
  34. A List of Patent Specifications
  35. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 21, Number 154 June-September, 1932 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Magical Play
    • Degree
    • Gentle Criticism
    • Flamboyant or Finicky
    • Mercuric Tale
    • Society Notes
  3. The Guillotine Competition
    • Off with his - Nothing - J. F. Orrin
    • The Guillotine - Prof. Cyro
    • The Guillotine - George Blake
    • The Guillotine (Off Goes - The Performer) - Roy Walker
  4. Magic and Logic - article by W. G. Craigen
  5. Obituary
    • Adelaide Herrmann
    • C. De Vere [H. S. G. Williams]
    • Ormonde Penstone
  6. Owen Clark's Thought Transmission - Owen Clark
  7. Contemporary Soliloquies - humor
  8. Buy British - Prof. Cyro
  9. My Favourite Pocket Trick - Harry W. Thomson
  10. Maybe - article by Wilf. Huggins
  11. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Eggs
    • From One to Many
    • Vanishing the "Stodare"
    • With a Genuine Egg
    • Many More
    • A Sucker Vanish
    • The Plateful
    • Wax
    • If You Like It
    • Tasselled Trickery
    • The Tale of the Tube
  12. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • An Elaboration of the Eggs and Hat - E. Lewis Philpot
    • A Card Effect - A. De Brett
    • A Match Catch
    • Wax and Cotton - P. P.
    • A New Penetration - A. De Brett
    • Soup Plate and Handkerchiefs
    • Another Stodare Lemon - Rom Ll. Waterman
    • The Needle Through the Thumb - G. J.
  13. Little Tommy Green - W. G. Craigen
  14. The Magical Cartoon - Prof. Cyro
  15. J. N. Hofzinser - II - A Discussion - Wilf. Huggins
  16. The Four Ace Trick - Charles De Coti
  17. Thirty Years of Magic - article by A. C. P. Medrington
  18. Patter for "Sympathetic Silks" - Andrew Shivas
  19. A Coin Pass - from Harry Latour
  20. Peculiar Pot-Pourri - T. Westwood Bradley
  21. Book Reviews
    • Quicker than the Eye - John Mulholland
    • Frank Lane's Book of Patter, No. 2 - Frank Lane
    • The Rupert Howard Magical Course
    • Eggstraordinary Ways of Eggshibiting with Eggs - Joseph Ovette
  22. Programmes
    • Cingalee at the Canterbury
    • Kuang Tseng and Kuei Fei at Theatre Royal, Torquay
  23. Correspondence
  24. I Hear You Calling Me - Frank Staff
  25. Egg Bag Presentation - Nelson Denys
  26. Book Reviews (additional)
    • Houdini and Conan Doyle - Bernard M. L. Ernst
    • L'illusionniste Moderne - O'Rely
  27. Magical Variations - Rupert H. Slater
  28. An Afghan Band Dodge - Allan Peterson
  29. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 21, Number 155 October-November, 1932 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Convention
    • Magic in the Air
    • Early Winter
    • The Indian Magician
    • The New Season
  3. Betrayed by His Voice - Jules Danby
  4. Magic Squares - Tom Bowyer
  5. Hofzinser Jottings - article by S. H. Sharpe
  6. Ribbon and Rings Mystery - Tom Sellers
  7. The Complete Sharper - Wilfrid Jonson
  8. Programme
    • Out of the Bottle - performed at the Hippodrome
  9. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • An Egg Bag Tip - Prof. Edgar
    • A Pull Improvement - A. De Brett
    • A Stand for the Ribbon Through Block of Wood - Prof. Edgar
    • A Billiard Ball Vanish - Allan Peterson
    • Drac Det Celsea - Wilf. Huggins
    • A Sound Sleight - A. P.
    • A Patriotic Wand - Prof. Cyro
  10. Threading Beads with the Mouth - Chas. Ramsey
  11. Book Reviews
    • Spook Crooks - Julien J. Proskauer
    • More Miscellaneous Magic - Edward Bagshawe
    • Ireland Writes a Book - L. L. Ireland
    • Novel Magic - Lu Brent
    • 101 Methods of Forcing - Annemann
    • Magical Patter - Bert Douglas
    • Giant Card Magic - Sherman Ripley
  12. An Intriguing Interlude - Wilf. Huggins
  13. An Originality - Magini
  14. Joseph Fitzpatrick's Rope Escape - Rupert H. Slater
  15. The Psychology of the Conjurer - article by W. G. Aitchison Robertson
  16. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Ten Billiard Balls
    • The Phantom Ball
    • Display Deception
    • Hank Ring
    • The Tricky Tissues
  17. The Sprinting Snail - Charles Waller
  18. Costly Cards - from new of 1896
  19. Colour Extraction and Restoration - Will Blyth
  20. Trick of the Month Club - comments about Thayer's program
  21. Life's Little Tragedies - humor
  22. A Box of Soldiers - Rupert H. Slater
  23. An English Magician Sees America - article by Rupert Howard
  24. The Supreme Visible Vanish of a Glass of Water - Chas. Ramsey
  25. Pogo: the Adventures of a P.O. - Eric J. Williams
  26. Correspondence
  27. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 21, Number 156 December, 1932 [56 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXI Index pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Announcement
    • The Preface
    • A Lost Trick
  3. The Dancing Ladies - Mr. A. Hay Prestower
  4. A Real Flare Up! - Victor Farelli
  5. Dressing Dolly - Wilfrid Jonson
  6. Clock Patience - A Workable Solution - Mysto
  7. Lessons in Magic - J. F. Orrin
    • The Egg Bag
  8. The Silver Ball - Ronald Rice
  9. extra photo page - "Sticker's" Camp; The Burning Dump & The Tree of Ill Omen
  10. The Edgware Mystery - George Johnson
  11. The Coin Collector - Norman Hunter
  12. A Novel Production of a Glass OF Wine - Eric J. Williams
  13. Ribbon Through Hat - Magini
  14. Is Seeing Believing? - Wilf. Huggins
  15. Another Use for the "Shell" Penny - Vincent Dalban
  16. The Weather Test - Roy Walker
  17. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • The Blocks of Mariposa
    • Noah's Ark
    • A Silken Symphony
    • Mirth and Mystery with Matches
  18. Flights of Imagination - S. H. Sharpe
  19. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
    • The Cut and Restored Silks - J. Whitehead
    • The Disc of Divination - Rupert H. Slater
    • The "Ceebee" Card Miracle - Prof. Cyro
    • Betrayed Again - Bertie White
    • A New Three Card Mystery - Magini
    • A Card Effect - Nicholls Harley
    • A Speedy Card Item - Rupert H. Slater
  20. In the Next Number - announcement
  21. The Ace of Spades - Wilfrid Allan and Nicholas Harley
  22. Programmes
    • Li-Chang at the Palace Theatre, Walthamstow
    • Rolf Hansen at the London Pavilion
    • Billy O'Connor at Daly's Theatre
    • Lionel King. The "Bouquets" Concert Party
  23. Book Reviews
    • 100 More Tricks You Can Do - Howard Thurston
    • Melody Magic - Harry L. Clapham
    • Frank Lane's Book of Comedy Magic - Frank Lane
    • With Anyone's Deck - Frank Lane
    • Book of Original Card Tricks - Frank Lane
    • "Esbendun" or Magician's Tricks and How They Are Performed - Mudaliyar
  24. The Odin Rings - Ronald Rice
  25. Correspondence
    • J. F. Orrin's Guillotine Effect
  26. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

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