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The Magic Wand Volume 29 (1940)
by George Johnson

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The Magic Wand Volume 29 (1940) by George Johnson
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Numbers 185-188

236 pages

  1. Vol. 29, Number 185 March-May, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Newspaper News
    • "You Never Vary"
    • What's in a Name?
    • Scale and Price -- Again
    • The Sense of Humor
    • December Memories
  3. Cigarette Mentality - Cyril H. Dewey
  4. Shifting Sands - H. W. Ray
  5. Wine Production - comments
  6. The Ball Through Glass - H. W. Brehaut
  7. Tricks of Olden Days - by 'Eav' or W.W.
    • A Coin Move
    • Tissue in Water
    • Bertram's Ring and Handkerchief
  8. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
    • Prologue
    • Another Scene
  9. Memories of [Charles] Morritt - article by Charles Waller
  10. Making Money - Donald C. Smith
  11. A Pretty Penetration - John K. Bays
  12. Six Card Repeat Finale (O. Dellis) - C. Dudley Whitnall
  13. The Diptych - H. H. Saunders
  14. The Flying Silk - E. Brian MacCarthy
  15. A New Divination Effect - Donald C. Smith
  16. Lost and Found - C. W. Collier
  17. A Visible Double Colour Change - Dr. L. Rothbart
  18. Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
    • An Illusion
  19. The 'Kum-Bak' Ball
  20. Blindfold Card Coincidence - C. Dudley Whitnall
  21. Two Minor Effects with Flap Slates - S. P. Bowman
    • The Passe-Passe Bottle and Glass
    • The Pouring Milk Effect
  22. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • A Wild and Woolly Interlude
    • The Partisan Pips
  23. Dr. Phaze Again! - article by Rupert H. Slater
  24. Programmes
    • "Don Leonardo" in "Mexican Magic" - Coles Varieties - Perth (West Australia)
    • Howard De Courcy (Finsbury Park Empire)
  25. Book Note
    • Be Deceived - Louis Lam
  26. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
  27. Correspondence
  28. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 29, Number 186 June-September, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • A Magical Bee
    • Ventriloquism
    • Pons Asinorum
    • Oboth
    • His Apologies
    • Finger-Nail Magic
  3. Obituary
    • Henry Donn
    • Arthur Ainslie (Wellesley Pain)
    • Sydney Oldridge
    • Edward Bagshawe
  4. Three "Warlock" Moves - Peter Warlock
    • The Glide
    • Replacement of Palmed Cards
    • A Rope Move
  5. Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Pocket Divination
    • Married or Single
  6. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • Travelling Silks and Match Boxes
    • Candle, Bouquet and Silk Handkerchief
  7. Four Thimbles - Al. Koran
  8. Disappearance of a Penny (Under Test Conditions) - Victor Farelli
  9. Drinking-Straws to Bouquet - Harry Latour
  10. The Tom Sellers' cum Joseph Fitzpatrick's cum Rupert Slater's Great Card Mystery
  11. Flowers of Spring - Edmund Younger (Li-Chung-Soo)
  12. Some Notes on the Continuous Production of Card Fans - C. Dudley Whitnall
  13. A Comedy Card Trick - Allan Peterson
  14. Neck - or Nothing? - J. F. Orrin
  15. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
  16. The Riffle Force - hint
  17. An Arabian Legend - Geoffrey Scalbert
  18. An Opening Item - David Lymer
  19. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
  20. Old Wine - J. Potter
  21. Book Notes
    • And a Pack of Cards - Jack Merlin
    • Modern Magic Manual - Jean Hugard
    • Do That Again - R. Parrish & O. Weigle
    • A Magician in the House - Sid Lorraine
    • The Radio Vision Code - R. W. Doidge
    • Magi Magic - Len. J. Sewell
  22. Correspondence
    • The Ball Through Glass
    • Charles Morritt
    • Burt Cards - "Pack a Deck"
  23. Pearls by Post - Rupert H. Slater reporting on Dr. Phaze
  24. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 29, Number 187 October-November, 1940 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Circle and the Affiliation
    • Enlargement and Reduction
    • Spook Possibilities
    • A Heavy Body
    • By Way of a Joke
    • Appreciation and Promises
  3. The Spooky Card Box - Len. J. Sewell
  4. Wrong! (A Sequel to The Great Card Mystery) - Rupert H. Slater
  5. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • The Five Senses
    • A New "Twist" to an Old Friend
  6. You Find It - Al Koran
  7. Germaine's Pellet and Pencil - Harry Latour
  8. Copy of an Old Theatre Bill - Royal Aquarium Theatre - Programme of Dr. Onofroff's Psycho-Physiological Seance
  9. The Bridger Lewis Rope and Rings - Ernest Castro
  10. The Cascade of Silks
  11. Obituary of Sidney Wrangel Clarke
  12. Lambie's Super Frames Mystery - Allan Lambie
  13. The Simple Speller - Tom Sellers
  14. The Best Trick - humor from L.V.
  15. A Card and Cigarette Effect - Prof. Hercat
  16. Say It With Flowers - H. G. Sparks
  17. Regarding Charles Morritt - article by Frederic Culpitt
  18. A Tip for the "Arabian Beads" - H. G. Sparks
  19. A Naval Contingent - humor
  20. Programme
    • Levante - at the Kingston Empire
  21. New Magic - Allan Peterson
    • Humorous Silk Transference
    • Card Fan and Glass
  22. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
  23. Initial Memory - Les. Vincent
  24. Correspondence
  25. The Flying Initials - Leonard Ashton
  26. Book Notes
    • Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 1, Magazine Memorising - Bernad Zufall
    • Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 2, Mental File Index - Bernad Zufall
    • Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 3, Calendar Memorising - Bernad Zufall
    • Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 4, Memorising a Deck of Cards - Bernad Zufall
    • More Card Manipulations, No. 3 - Jean Hugard
    • The Magic Circle Library Catalogue
  27. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
  28. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

  1. Vol. 29, Number 188 December, 1940 [52 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXIX Index pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Some of the Fun
    • Sixty Sleights
    • Old Spellin'
    • Magical Weeklies
    • Conventions
    • The Ladies
    • The New Volume
  3. A Load from Nowhere - E. Brian McCarthy
  4. New Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Paper Tearing - A Chain of Office
    • Torn Strip Restored
    • Joined Up
  5. Mackay's Card Square - Hugh Mackay
  6. "Great Card Mystery" With Unfaked Cards - Victor Thorrnton
  7. Simplicity Prediction - Allan Lambie
  8. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
  9. The Master Clock - W. S. Hartley
  10. A Mechanical Shadow Fake - Prof. Edgar
  11. A New Magical Rope Restoration - C. W. Collier
  12. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • The Vanishing Concertina
    • A Deceptive "Chink" Pass
    • A "Marked Coin" Substitution
    • A Coin "Change"
  13. A Party Routine - Alfred Frangleton
  14. Linking Ring Manipulation - The Swinging Top Change - C. Dudley Whitnall
  15. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
  16. Convincing Card Penetration - H. Brehaut
  17. The Black Hole of the Cutter - J. F. Orrin
  18. The Shadow on the Blind - Charles Waller
  19. Sympathetic Candles - A Suggested Notion - G.J.
  20. Handkerchief History - H. G. Sparks
  21. A Match Box Silk Loader - Prof. Edgar
  22. The Wheel Turns - Roy Cowl
  23. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

word count: 92620 which is equivalent to 370 standard pages of text