The Magic Wand Volume 30 (1941)
by George Johnson

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The Magic Wand (1910 - 1957)

Numbers 189-192

247 pages

Vol. 30, Number 189 March-May, 1941 [50 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- On Active Service
- Designs for Magic
- Aunt Kate
- Old Ideas
- Marketable Magic
- Chemicals
- Diachylon Deceptions
- Harking Back
Just Cheek - Lavilette
Getting the Bird - J. F. Orrin
The Tumble Pass - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
- The Shuffled Set-Up
Doublo and Treblo - C. W. Collier
Lighted Cigarette Production - Allan Lambie
Patriotic Silks - Cyril H. Dewey
The Card in the Balloon - Claude Chandler
Council Meeting - Tierra Del Fuego Magical Society - humor by H. A. M. Bone
Two into One will go - E. Brian McCarthty
Just Fun - Allan Lambie
The Elusive Stamp - Douglas Craggs
Ropes and Rings Again - S. P. Bowman
Further Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
Bits and Pieces
Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
- Cage and Canary Through a Mirror
Thank You, Mr. Anderson - Peter Warlock
The Magazines - held over
Thimbles - The Final Moves - Peter Warlock
Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
A Laugh and a Candle - H. Lavilette
Varied Versions - Rupert H. Slater
- With a Cigarette
- Vice Versa
- A Card Goes
For the Four Aces - Jack Le Dair
Memories - article by Jack Le Dair
Book Notes
- Memory Tricks No. 6 - Bernard Zufall
- Card Manipulations - Jean Hugard
Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

Vol. 30, Number 190 June-September, 1941 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Convention Comment
- Literary Courtesy
- Adhesive Cards
- Ghosts
- Out - In a Boiler Suit
More Old Wine - Rupert H. Slater
The Spelling Sphinx - J. F. Orrin
Mr. Einstein to the Rescue! - Peter Warlock
Three-Pence for Change - Rupert H. Slater
Through the Looking-Glass - W. S. Hartley
Inventing a Trick - article by George Johnson
Presentation for Peter Warlock's Rope and Ring Penetration - Fabian
Extra photo plate page - The Conjurer
Cut Ribbon and Cards - Cyril H. Dewey
Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
- Visible Change of Solid Balls to Silks
- The decapitated Knot
- "Silver to Copper" Sleight with Coins
Production Kettle for Silks - Prof. Edgar
The Sympathetic Coins (Downs "Art of Magic," page 235)
New Magic - Tom Sellers
- Cigarette to Cigar and Pipe
- Thimble and Pea
- Orange Through Plate
- The "Conqu" Ring
Winning a Wife - H. C. Mole
Cartoon Capers - Mystico
Programme
- Jack Le Dair at the Gaiety, Ayr.
Two Bridger Lewis Silk Discoveries - Ernest Castro
When Were You Born? - Prof. Day
A Card-Clip Sleight - Victor Thornton
The Owl Man - Rupert H. Slater
The Legend of Ling Toy - article by Les. Vincent
Allan Lambie's Magic
- Glass of Wine Production
- Improved "Percival" Lace Trick
Perennial Ponsin - article by S. H. Sharpe
References in Magical Literature - article by Nicholls Harley
Easy Does It - J. A. Esler
Impromptu Card Effects - Nicholls Harley
- I. The Permanence of Retinal Impressions
The Diving Duck - H. Lavilette
Book Notes
- More than a Trick - Jack Vosburgh
- Tele-Cardology - Si Stebbins
- Mental Multiplication - Charles Lipkin
- Magic as a Business - E. R. Springston & Horace Marshall
- Tips, Tricks and Gags - Santini
- Fifty Crazy Card Stunts - U. F. Grant
- Fifty Methods of Producing a Silk - U. F. Grant
- Fifty Cute Coin Tricks - U. F. Grant
- Tricks with hair - U. F. Grant
Amid the Magazines
- The Sphinx
- Genii
- The Tops
- The Linking Ring
- Jinx
- The Gimmick
- The Dragon
- The Magic Circular
- The Magi
Correspondence
- To Change a Card in a Person's Hand
- Subtlety and Impudence
Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

Vol. 30, Number 191 October-November, 1941 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Then and Now
- Master Key
- Giving Due Credit
- What Price Glory?
A Queer Card - J. F. Orrin
Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
- A Colour-Changing Knot
- Lost and Found
The Magic Circle - club news
The Frantic Pass - Leonard Ashton
Inventing a Trick - Again - article by Prof. Edgar
More Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
- The Witch-Doctor
- A Brush for Philistines
Extra photo plate page - "First of the Month"
Scattered Pips - Len. Vincent
Pinched - Rupert H. Slater
Bang Went Sixpence - Alfred Frangleton
A Production Tube - F. J. Whalley
An Old Idea - Rupert H. Slater
Pranks - Charles Waller
The Bands - Rupert H. Slater
- The Chameleon Band
Simplex Coin Gadget - Allan Lambie
Varied Magic - Allan Lambie
- Simplex Cards to Pocket
- Modern Finger Through Hat
Sand Frame Plus - Peter Warlock
Horace Spencer's Levitation of Tumblers - Arthur Hambling
The Thought Screen - Harry Thomson (Hookey Spookems)
Flash Candle to Bouquet - Tom Sellers
"Inebriate" Routine - Stuart Good
Ottokar Fischer - obituary/article by S. H. Sharpe
Book Notes
- Walk into My Parlour - Margaret Lane
- Studies in Mystery - Eric C. Lewis
- Our Mysteries (Collected Effects) - Sphinx Publishing
- After the Dessert - Martin Gardner
- Select Secrets - Dai Vernon
- More Card Manipulations - Jean Hugard
- Something Borrowed, Something New - Paul Curry
- Old Tricks Made New - Bert Douglas
Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
Paderewski was a Manipulator - article by Frederick Barlow
Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

Vol. 30, Number 192 December, 1941 [54 numbered; 14 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXX Index pages]
Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- 'All About It'
- Stage Illusions
- Tools of the Trade
- A Writer and a Book
- Finish with Fun
- Absent Friends
Book Notes
- The Amazing Memory Feat - Max Andrews
- The Book of Magic for the Amateur - Amazia
Joe in the Bottle - E. J. Higgins
David Devant - obituary
Transposition - Tom Sellers
Old Wine - H. L. Gandell
Stage Table Production - Ernest Castro
Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
- The Penetrating Tumbler
- Goodness . . . My Guiness
four pages missing
Extra photo page - Harry Sparks & Miss Margot Merlin
The Magical Painting Book - Stanley Thomas
A Cryptic Cross-Word Puzzle - Stanley Collins
Something Like a Magician - article by Frank Staff
Very Old Wine - MS dated 1783
Terse Tricks - Len. J. Sewell
- A Silken Mystery
- The Elusive Gem
An Emergency Card Stand - Stanley Thomas
a puzzle
Impromptu Card Effects - Nicholls Harley
- II. The Hand of Fate
A Pull Problem - Ivor Lewis
A Flower Production - Leslie Drake
"Krazy Kafe" Routine - Stuart Good
Sorry - No Cigarettes - Rupert H. Slater
A Juggling Feat
Think of a Page - J. F. Orrin
The Last Word - C. W. Collins
Water-Divining - A Trick for the Drawing Room - Douglas Craggs
Paper Balls - E. J. Higgins
Tricks with Numbers - poem by H. L. Gandell
Some thoughts on Magical Literature - Prof. Day
- The Urge to Write
- Importance of Presentation
- Choice of Style
- Good Writers and Good Magic
- Presentation Again
- The Reason for This
Pocket Tricks - adapted from a lecture by Frederick Barlow
- Converting a "Pocket Trick" into a Stage Effect
- A "Pocket Trick" from a Stage Effect
For the Hands - hints from C.W.C.
Presentation to Mr. Cecil Lyle (Gold Medal from The Magic Circle)
- The Cavalcade of Magic
Programme
- Erikson, Finsbury Park Empire
Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
Radio Review - humor by Eric C. Widger
Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments