The Magic Wand Volume 29 (1940)
by George Johnson

Numbers 185-188

236 pages

1. Vol. 29, Number 185 March-May, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. 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
4. Cigarette Mentality - Cyril H. Dewey
5. Shifting Sands - H. W. Ray
6. Wine Production - comments
7. The Ball Through Glass - H. W. Brehaut
8. Tricks of Olden Days - by 'Eav' or W.W.
   • A Coin Move
   • Tissue in Water
   • Bertram's Ring and Handkerchief
10. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
    • Prologue
    • Another Scene
12. Memories of [Charles] Morritt - article by Charles Waller
15. Making Money - Donald C. Smith
16. A Pretty Penetration - John K. Bays
17. Six Card Repeat Finale (O. Dellis) - C. Dudley Whitnall
18. The Diptych - H. H. Saunders
20. The Flying Silk - E. Brian MacCarthy
23. A New Divination Effect - Donald C. Smith
24. Lost and Found - C. W. Collier
27. A Visible Double Colour Change - Dr. L. Rothbart
28. Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
    • An Illusion
29. The 'Kum-Bak' Ball
30. Blindfold Card Coincidence - C. Dudley Whitnall
32. Two Minor Effects with Flap Slates - S. P. Bowman
    • The Passe-Passe Bottle and Glass
    • The Pouring Milk Effect
33. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • A Wild and Woolly Interlude
    • The Partisan Pips
39. Dr. Phaze Again! - article by Rupert H. Slater
41. Programmes
    • "Don Leonardo" in "Mexican Magic" - Coles Varieties - Perth (West Australia)
    • Howard De Courcy (Finsbury Park Empire)
42. Book Note
    • Be Deceived - Louis Lam
43. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
46. Correspondence
48. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

49. Vol. 29, Number 186 June-September, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • A Magical Bee
    • Ventriloquism
    • Pons Asinorum
    • Oboth
    • His Apologies
    • Finger-Nail Magic
52. Obituary
    • Henry Donn
    • Arthur Ainslie (Wellesley Pain)
    • Sydney Oldridge
    • Edward Bagshawe
53. Three "Warlock" Moves - Peter Warlock
    • The Glide
    • Replacement of Palmed Cards
    • A Rope Move
55. Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Pocket Divination
    • Married or Single
57. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • Travelling Silks and Match Boxes
    • Candle, Bouquet and Silk Handkerchief
61. Four Thimbles - Al. Koran
62. Disappearance of a Penny (Under Test Conditions) - Victor Farelli
64. Drinking-Straws to Bouquet - Harry Latour
65. The Tom Sellers' cum Joseph Fitzpatrick's cum Rupert Slater's Great Card Mystery
67. Flowers of Spring - Edmund Younger (Li-Chung-Soo)
70. Some Notes on the Continuous Production of Card Fans - C. Dudley Whitnall
72. A Comedy Card Trick - Allan Peterson
74. Neck - or Nothing? - J. F. Orrin
78. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
80. The Riffle Force - hint
81. An Arabian Legend - Geoffrey Scalbert
84. An Opening Item - David Lymer
86. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
89. Old Wine - J. Potter
91. 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
94. Correspondence
    • The Ball Through Glass
    • Charles Morritt
    • Burt Cards - "Pack a Deck"
95. Pearls by Post - Rupert H. Slater reporting on Dr. Phaze
96. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

97. Vol. 29, Number 187 October-November, 1940 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. 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
101. The Spooky Card Box - Len. J. Sewell
103. Wrong! (A Sequel to The Great Card Mystery) - Rupert H. Slater
104. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
     • The Five Senses
     • A New "Twist" to an Old Friend
110. You Find It - Al Koran
111. Germaine's Pellet and Pencil - Harry Latour
112. Copy of an Old Theatre Bill - Royal Aquarium Theatre - Programme of Dr. Onofroff's Psycho-Physiological Seance
113. The Bridger Lewis Rope and Rings - Ernest Castro
114. The Cascade of Silks
115. Obituary of Sidney Wrangel Clarke
116. Lambie's Super Frames Mystery - Allan Lambie
118. The Simple Speller - Tom Sellers
118. The Best Trick - humor from L.V.
119. A Card and Cigarette Effect - Prof. Hercat
120. Say It With Flowers - H. G. Sparks
124. Regarding Charles Morritt - article by Frederic Culpitt
127. A Tip for the "Arabian Beads" - H. G. Sparks
127. A Naval Contingent - humor
128. Programme
     • Levante - at the Kingston Empire
129. New Magic - Allan Peterson
     • Humorous Silk Transference
     • Card Fan and Glass
132. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
136. Initial Memory - Les. Vincent
138. Correspondence
140. The Flying Initials - Leonard Ashton
141. 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
143. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
148. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

149. Vol. 29, Number 188 December, 1940 [52 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXIX Index pages]
149. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Some of the Fun
     • Sixty Sleights
     • Old Spellin'
     • Magical Weeklies
     • Conventions
     • The Ladies
     • The New Volume
153. A Load from Nowhere - E. Brian McCarthy
155. New Magic - Tom Sellers
     • Paper Tearing - A Chain of Office
     • Torn Strip Restored
     • Joined Up
157. Mackay's Card Square - Hugh Mackay
158. "Great Card Mystery" With Unfaked Cards - Victor Thorrnton
160. Simplicity Prediction - Allan Lambie
161. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
163. The Master Clock - W. S. Hartley
165. A Mechanical Shadow Fake - Prof. Edgar
166. A New Magical Rope Restoration - C. W. Collier
168. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
     • The Vanishing Concertina
     • A Deceptive "Chink" Pass
     • A "Marked Coin" Substitution
     • A Coin "Change"
173. A Party Routine - Alfred Frangleton
175. Linking Ring Manipulation - The Swinging Top Change - C. Dudley Whitnall
176. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
181. Convincing Card Penetration - H. Brehaut
182. The Black Hole of the Cutter - J. F. Orrin
185. The Shadow on the Blind - Charles Waller
188. Sympathetic Candles - A Suggested Notion - G.J.
189. Handkerchief History - H. G. Sparks
196. A Match Box Silk Loader - Prof. Edgar
197. The Wheel Turns - Roy Cowl
200. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments