The Magic Wand Volume 24 (1935)

Numbers 165-168

252 pages

1. Vol. 24, Number 165 March-May, 1935 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Specialty Acts
   • Newspaper Diversion
   • Television
   • Conjuring Publications
4. Another Flower Growing Idea - Arnold De Brett
5. Three Silks - Stanley Norton
7. Dove Pan Ideas - Bernard Carton
8. The Evolution of the Ghost Tube - S. H. Sharpe
9. A Nutty Notion - Wilfred Huggins
11. Scrybic - an Illusion - S. H. Sharpe
12. The Dissolving Sugar - Victor Farelli
14. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
16. Style - quotes
17. Jack in (and out of) a Box - Charles Waller
18. Word Wizardry - Tom Sellers
18. New Apparatus
    • Ventor Palm Coils
19. The Nightmare Chimney - Peter Alden
22. Confusing Culbertson - A Bridge Problem - Roy Walker
25. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Where, Oh Where?
    • The Colour Changing Strip of Paper
    • The Surprise Pocket Die-Box
    • A Wonderful Card Discovery
    • A Novel Smoke Effect
33. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
    • An Easter Egg Adaption - Wilfred Huggins
    • Note in Candle - Arnold De Brett
    • Match Tricks - Stanley Norton
    • A Card Trick Without A Pack of Cards - Prof. Cyro
36. A Card Trick that is Different - Arnold De Brett
37. Reductio ad Absurdum - W. G. Craigen
39. A Floating Flame and Candle Vanish - F. Jackson
    • The Lighted Candle Vanish
40. A "Utility" Tray - Vincent Dalban
41. Programmes
    • Maskelyne's - At the Little Theatre
    • The Royal Indian Entertainers - Pavilion, Torquay
    • Tomio and Val - Pavilion, Torquay
44. Correspondence
    • The Queen was in the Larder
45. Book Notes
    • Sh-h-h. It's a Secret - Theo Annemann
    • Expert Manipulative Magic - Chas. Eastman
    • Inspired Magical Effects - Chas. Eastman
    • A Short Cut to Ventriloquism - Maurice Hurling
    • Magic For You - Maurice Hurling
    • Close-up Magic - Jean Hugard
    • Card Creations, I - Jean Hugard
    • Card Creations, II - Jean Hugard
    • It's In The Bag - H. Adrian Smith
48. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

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49. Vol. 24, Number 166 June-September, 1935 [64 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • A Heath Unto Their Majesties
    • The Grand Séance of The Magic Circle
    • Aren't We All?
    • Sale By Auction
    • To New Readers
53. The Changing Paper Balls - E. Brian MacCarthy
55. A Forceful Move - Mysto (W. R. G. Mashford)
55. A Singular Force - Wilfred Huggins
57. Dynamite - Rupert H. Slater
59. The "Body-Load Box" - Victor Farelli
60. Cigarette Magic - John K. Bays
    • Lighted Cigarette Routine
    • Cigarette Monte
    • A Cigarette Card Effect
65. An Orchid Oddity - Stanley Norton
67. Some More Magic - Tom Sellers
    • A Memory Feat
    • Vanishing and Returning Cigarettes
    • A Neat Card Trick
70. New Apparatus
    • Frame and Ribbon Release - F. Moltz
71. A Magic in Revolution - J. F. Orrin
75. Patter - Its Construction and Delivery - article by Louis Nikola
81. Handkerchief Production - Joseph Fitzpatrick
82. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
85. After the Four Ace Trick - Billy O'Connor
86. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • A Startling Card Change
    • The A.P. Ball Box
    • A Floating Concern
93. The Charmed Watch - Charles Wicks
97. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
    • A Match Trick - correction to page 34
    • The Aerial Treasury - John K. Bays
98. Programmes
    • Frakson at the Hippodrome, Balham
    • D'Alba at the Hippodrome, Balham
    • Ling Foo at the South London
99. Correspondence
    • The Nightmare Chimney
    • The Queen Was in the Larder
100. A Convivial Conception - Rupert H. Slater
109. Book Notes
     • Magià Delle Carte - Carlo Rossetti
     • Magic As We Do It - Eric C. Lewis
     • The Jinx - magazine - Theo Annemann
     • One Man Mental and Psychic Routine - Theo Annemann
     • Double magic with Cards - U. F. Grant
     • 25 Rising Card Tricks - U. F. Grant
     • Illusion Secrets - U. F. Grant
     • John Mulholland's Story of Magic
112. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

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113. Vol. 24, Number 167 October-November, 1935 [58 numbered & 6 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
113. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The "Circle" Moves
     • Conventions and Court Cases
     • A Crying Need
     • The Future of Stage Illusion
     • Merchandise
     • Edward J. E. Wheeler [obituary]
117. The Spirits Regret--! - Stanly Norton
119. My Eggs From a Handkerchief - J. H. Steele
121. Some More Magic - Tom Sellers
     • A Cigarette Card Effect
     • The Vanishing Handkerchief
     • One Way Design Key Card
     • A Production or Exchange Tube
     • Sealed Message Reading
126. Rope Tricks - John K. Bays
     • Indian Fantasy
     • A Somewhat Different Rope Trick
129. Cigarette Magic - E. Brian MacCarthy
     • Thumb-Slide Vanish No. 1
     • Thumb-Slide Vanish No. 2
     • A Dodge for Cigarette Production
131. The Dissolving Coin - Charles Wicks
134. Dice - A Happy Ending - J. F. Orrin
135. The Le Dair Cut and Restored Rope - Jack Le Dair
136. A Useful Servante - Peter Alden
137. The "Thirty Card Trick" Without Palming - Charles Harrison
143. Devising or Displaying - article by Verrall Wass
145. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
     • The Magic Corkscrew - G.J.
     • Torn Strip to Tumbler- Prof. Cyro
146. More Modern Magical Methods- Allan Peterson
     • The Illusive Lady
     • A.P. Silk Production
150. The Wonder Card That Wanders - Rupert H. Slater
154. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
156. Obituary
     • Lord Ampthill
     • S. Willson Bailey
     • Arthur Besoni
157. Book Notes
     • They're Off - Frank Lane & U. F. Grant
     • Manuel Pratique D'Illusionnisme et de Prestigitation - Rémi Ceillier
     • Enthusiastic Magic - Chas. C. Eastman
     • Meet the Boys of the Pacific Coast - Lloyd E. Jones
     • Coin Magic - Jean Hugard
     • Leaves From J. N. Hilliard's Notebook
     • Card Prediction by Indexes - Hugh Mackay
159. New Apparatus
     • Fiddle and Rabbit Trick - Leslie A. Winter
159. The Magic Circle - news
160. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

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161. Vol. 24, Number 168 December, 1935 [56 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXIV Index pages]
161. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Restrospective And Prospective
     • Tricking the Magician
     • The Vexed Question
     • Yarns
     • Christmas
165. Inexpensive Mechanical Rising Cards - Lavilette
166. The Conjurer's Mirror - S. H. Sharpe
     • Finding a Pin in a Haystack
168. Many Happy Returns - J. F. Orrin
175. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
     • After the Four Ace Trick - correction to page 85
     • Midget Tambourine Trick - Ventor
     • Confetti Moments - Norman B. White
     • Cigarette Production - F. L. Taylor
177. Coin Clatter - E. Brian MacCarthy
     • Second Method
178. Conjurer's House - humor
179. Ali Baba's Cave - Peter Alden
182. The Obedient Beads - Stanley Norton
     • A Stage Version
186. A Novel Colour Change - Arnold De Brett
187. Infallible Prediction - Wilfrid Jonson
188. Back To The Land - Frank Staff
190. A Card Vanish in Slow Motion - Charles Wicks
192. Mickey Mouse Poster - Ventor
193. Economical Cuts - Joseph Fitzpatrick
     • To Cut a Playing Card in Half and Unite
194. Fantasies for the Children - John K. Bays
     • The Troubles of Smith Minor
     • The Spanish Price
     • From The Ashes
198. A Trifle With Toffees - Wilfred Huggins
199. A Quaint Move With Cards - Rupert H. Slater
200. More Modern Magical Moves - Allan Peterson
     • A Cork and a Card
     • The Pendulum Swings
     • The Shiftless Egg
     • Red Biddy
     • A Visible Glass Production
     • Another Production
207. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
209. A Floating Wand - Billy O'Connor
210. Programmes
     • Y'Sani, The Priestess, at the Picture House, Paignton
     • Maurice Fogel - A Recent Programme
     • The Great Lavilette at the Electric Theatre, Wisbech
     • Murray at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-On-Sea
213. Book Notes
     • Great Tricks Revealed - Will Goldston
     • More Club Magic - Bert Douglas
     • Tricks With a One-Way Deck - U. F. Grant
     • Looie's Magic Show - A. Harris & L. F. Preus
     • Patter in Rhyme - Bert Douglas
     • Table Badminton - E. E. Natali
215. New Apparatus
     • The Missing Film Star
     • The Magical Constructor
216. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

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