The Magic Wand Volume 23 (1934)
by George Johnson

Numbers 161-164

236 pages

1. Vol. 23, Number 161 March-May, 1934 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Conjuring Books of the Future
   • Treading on the Gas
   • The Dinner Trick
   • Modern Instruction
   • Youth at the Helm
   • The Ever Ingenious Magician
4. The Monster of Loch Ness - Jules Danby
6. The Prediction of Prospero - Roy Walker
9. A Slow Sleight - The Fadeaway Vanish
10. Splitting the Atom - Wilfred Huggins
12. The Wedding of Mr. Mickey Mouse - C. Barnard
13. Another Silk Vanish - Eric J. Williams
14. Chit-Chat - article by Fred Culpitt
16. Snipping Again - Joseph Fitzpatrick
17. Novel Impromptu Rising Cards - Tom Sellers
18. More "Conjuring for Conjurers" - Victor Farelli
20. A Levitating Appliance - Harry Fiddian
21. A Priopus Effect - Joseph Fitzpatrick
23. Knowledge and Price - article
24. A Pippy Problem - Charles Wicks
26. Programmes
    • Maskelynes at the Little Theatre
    • Frakson at the Grand, Croydon
28. Moonbeams - proverbs by Wilfred Huggins
29. Confederacy - article by Victor Farelli
32. Handkerchief, Cords and Matchbox - Arnold De Brett
33. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Blackboard Bewilderment
    • P O P
    • A New and Startling Card Discovery
    • Flowers of Darkness
    • A "Sleight" Interlude
    • Another A.P. Ball Move
39. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
    • A Hat Loading Device - Howard Max
    • A Vanishing Bran or Confetti Cup - Tom Sellers
    • Noted Card Flies to Performer's Pocket - J. Whitehead
    • A Tape and Block of Wood Effect - Tom Sellers
42. Book Notes
    • Farelli's Card Magic - Victor Farelli
    • 202 Methods of Forcing - Theo Annemann
    • Tricks for the Few - Lance Charles
    • The Magician's Manual - Walter B. Gibson
    • Futuristic Fantasies - Arthur Le Roy
    • Magic Worth Knowing - Bert Douglas
    • How to Draw Funny Pictures - E. C. Matthews
    • Flower Magic - Baffles
45. A Wonderful Memory - Carlo Rossetti
47. Correspondence
47. Em-Jay-O-Dee - Magic Wand promotion
48. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

49. Vol. 23, Number 162 June-September, 1934 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • More Indian Magic
    • The Humour of a Halfpenny
    • The Art of Humbug
    • Two Tales
    • Summer Soliloquies
52. An Eastern Idea - Rupert H. Slater
54. A Neat Hat Load - C. Barnard
55. In Town - The Other Night - Wilfred Huggins
56. The Coin Under the Glass
57. The Disagreeable Domino - contributed
59. Tromrion - A Novel Illusion - Prof. Cyro
62. The Roterberg Box - Roy Walker
64. A Coloured Tag Trick - Tom Sellers
65. The Pelican Handkerchief Box - J. F. Orrin
68. Walking Through a Table - C. Barnard
70. Rag Pictures - H. E. Mole
73. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Jack and Jill
    • A Cute Coin Stand
    • Ball Versus Silks
    • The Travelling Silk
81. Marvellous Thought Reading Cards - James Maxwell
83. Chit-Chat - article by Fredrick Culpitt
86. A Mechanical Spring Card - Tom Sellers
87. Irresponsibilities - ideas from A. C. P. Medrington
91. A Novel "Vent" Figure - Harry Latour
92. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
    • Cut and Restored Match - Frank St. Mars
    • A Note and Envelope Trick - John K. Bays
    • A Sleight of Foot Addition - Joseph Fitzpatrick
    • A Tambourine Load - C. Bernard
    • A Cigarette Discovery - John K. Bays
92. Note to "Tromrion" - see page 61
95. A Simple Lesson in Misdirection - Victor Farelli
97. Book Reviews
    • Super-Sensitive Finger-Tips - Howard P. Albright
    • Kard Keepers - Howard P. Albright
    • Super-Psychic Mental Effects - Howard P. Albright
    • Diachylon Deceptions - D. J. Lonergan
    • Magic for Magicians - Percy Abbott
    • Magic A to Z - A. Leroy
    • At Your Finger Tips - J. Shannon
    • Hs-s-s, It's a Secret - T. Annemann
100. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

101. Vol. 23, Number 163 October-November, 1934 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
101. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • New Season Prospects
     • The Dearth of Illusions
     • A Wishing Well Production
     • Press Cuttings
103. Arnold De Biere - Obituary
104. A Finish With "Fags" - Leslie R. King
109. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
     • Glasgow
     • The A.P. Colour Change
     • A Paper Perplexity
     • Will O' the Wisp
     • Spirited Away
117. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
     • A Basket of Flowers - David Lymer
     • Matchbox Promotion - Joseph Fitzpatrick
     • Red, White and Blue Thimbles - George Johnson
     • A Floating Ball - Harry Latour
119. Chit-Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
122. The Queen was in the Larder - A Bed-Time Story - W. G. Craigen
127. The Harrison Rings - Novel Moves with the Linking Rings - Victor Farelli
133. By Moonlight - S. H. Sharpe
136. Punch - Wilfred Huggins
138. Tug-of-War - Rupert H. Slater
140. Book Notes
     • Unlik Tricks that Click - Nelmar
     • Secrets of Sandu - Paul Stadleman (Nelmar)
     • Twenty Hypnotic Tricks - Nelmar
141. Washing Day at Grandview Flats - Charles Wicks
144. Correspondence
145. Solution to the Problem of the Three Silks - J. F. Orrin
146. Programmes
     • Cecil Lyle, Grand Theatre, Clapham
     • Keith Clark, Holborn Empire
147. Convention Notes - British Ring (I.B.M.), June 29 to July 1, Leamington Spa
148. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

149. Vol. 23, Number 164 December, 1934 [52 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXIII Index pages]
149. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Original Thumb-Tip
     • Recollections of Hartz
     • Secrets
     • That Parrot Again
     • Magical Epidemics
     • Drowning the Ladies
     • Christmas
152. Rapid Transit - Magini
153. Radio Magic - Wilfred Huggins
154. The "Mind Supreme" Card Effect - Prof. Cyro
155. Production and "Ghost" Tubes - George Johnson
158. The Spirit Cord - R. Mashford
159. A Little More Magic - Rupert H. Slater
     • A Ball Release
     • Novel Production
     • Aerial Spelling
163. Revealing Thoughts - Roy Walker
165. Three Tricks - Tom Sellers
     • Cut and Restored Handkerchief
     • A Red and Black Card Trick
     • Colour Changing Silks
167. The Magic Circle - report
168. A Slate Trick with a Climax - Charles Wicks
170. A Dove Presentation - Frank St. Mars
171. The Speciality Ball Vanish - E. Brian MacCarthy
172. Nothing New - Leslie R. King
     • Enchanted Embroidery
175. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
     • An Aerial Change
     • The Glass House
     • The Wonder Balls
     • A Box and a Ball
     • The Dairyman's Dilemma
     • Card Reading Extraordinary
181. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
     • The Spirit Raps - Ventor
     • The "Pairs" Card Effect - Prof. Cyro
     • For Ventriloquists - G. J.
     • Reversible Matches - Prof. Edgar
     • A Number Force - Rupert H. Slater
     • The Sugar Cube Trick - Prof. Cyro
184. Chit-Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
187. Find The Hanky - J. F. Orrin
190. Stage Illusions for Card Workers - Carlo Rossetti
192. Correspondence
     • The Indian Nose-Ring
193. Interlude - Rupert H. Slater
194. Book Notes
     • How to Become a Conjurer - Will Blyth
     • Magical Mentalism - Eric C. Lewis
     • The Calostro Mind Reading Act - Ralph W. Read
     • Thirteen Mysteries - U. F. Grant
     • Klever Kard Kodes - Howard P. Albright
     • Clever Card Tricks - Maxwell
     • Card Manipulations - Jean Hazard
196. New Apparatus
     • The Cribbage Peg Divination
     • The Enchanted Vase
197. The "Yopsy-Turvy Match - Vincent Dalban
198. A "Spelling Bee" Subtlety - Victor Farelli
199. My Note Trick - Leslie A. Winter
200. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments