The Magic Wand Volume 31 (1942)
by George Johnson

Numbers 193-196

256 pages

1. Vol. 31, Number 193 March-May, 1942 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Magic Circle
   • Fortunes and Misfortunes
   • Zodiastar
   • A Strange Book
   • Magical News
   • Professional Help
   • To Our Friends
5. A New Clock Dial - with Ratchet and Pawl Control - Tom Sellers
7. Hypnotic Influence - Max Andrews
9. Spots Before Your Eyes - Wilfred H. Tyler
11. Tricks, Notes and Notions - Alfred Frangleton
13. Slightly Different - Alf's Button
14. A New Ball Sleight
15. Levitation Extraordinary - by "One of the Boys"
16. Slow Motion Card Vanish - Allan Lambie
17. Thimble Work - E. Brian MacCarthy
    • Passing four thimbles from one hand to the other
    • A Thimble Steal
20. Horace Spencer - obituary
21. I Leave it to you Partner - Prof. Day
22. A Magician in the Forces - article by Cpl. G. A. McIntyre
24. Impromptu Card Effects - Nicholls Harley
    • III. Sympathetic Thought
26. Repeat Vanishing Wand - Frederick Lowe
27. Pocket Tricks - adapted from a lecture by Frederick Barlow - continued from number 192, page 202
    • Publicity with Agents and Clients
    • Presentation
    • The Best "Pocket Tricks"
    • A "Pocket Trick" Act
    • Complaints and Suggestions
33. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • Exchange of Prisoners
36. One in a Thousand - W. S. Hartley
40. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
41. Solution to the Puzzle on page 173 of the December 1941 Magic Wand
42. Colour Changing Match - Jack Donovan
43. Simplex Diminishing Card - Allan Lambie
44. The Broken Plate - Charles Waller
46. A Rough Reversal - Victor Thornton
49. A Name Found - Tom Sellers
50. Potted Presentations - Victor Thornton
51. Camp Shows - article by Eric D. Widger
52. Max Sterling - Magician - obituary
52. Theo Annemann - obituary
53. Single operator Mental Marvel - Joseph Ovette
54. Book Notes
    • Marvels of Mystery - John Booth
    • More Studies in Mystery - Eric C. Lewis, editor
    • Fast Ones - Joseph Ovette
56. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

57. Vol. 31, Number 194 June-September, 1942 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered advertising pages]
57. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • More About It
    • Dowsing
    • A Ball Problem
    • Museum Pieces
    • Preserved Snow
61. The Amazing Moth - J. F. Orrin
66. Pocket Tricks - Frederick Barlow
    • Coin Transit
    • A Coin Feat with Feet
70. Impromptu Card Effects - Nicholls Harley
    • IV. The Flight
72. The Magic Circle Grand Seance
73. A Torch Light - Ernest Webb
75. The Note - A New Old Idea - Rupert H. Slater
76. What! Egg-ain? - Eric D. Widger
77. A Coin Acquitment - E. Brian Magical Nerves - article by Frederick Lowe
80. The Magic Chest of Drawers - Harry H. Thomson
81. Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
    • Chinoiserie
83. Experimenting (with Rope and Ring) - Rupert H. Slater
    • Rope and Rings
    • To Split Thread
84. A Simple Speller - Roland Winder
85. Revelation - Les. Vincent
87. A Puzzle and a Climax - Cliff Osman
89. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
    • The "Beat 'Em" Colour Change
    • You Think that You Know
    • Ju Ju Arithmetic
97. Lament for Magic - poem by T.B.D.
98. The Dutchess's Diamonds - AN Original One-0Man Magical Sketch - Thomas B. Donovan
105. Three in One - Allan Lambie
106. Programme
     • Lucille - The Hippodrome, Golders Green
107. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
110. Book Notes
     • Miracle Methods - Stripper Deck
     • 1942 Annual, Leicester Magic Circle
111. The Spirit Knot - George Armstrong
112. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

113. Vol. 31, Number 195 October-November, 1942 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
113. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Home of New Magic
     • The Old Controversy
     • The Rod and Ring
     • Fort Worth
     • The Magic Circle
     • A Prophecy Fulfilled
     • A Real Magician
117. The Sellers' Quick Stocks Escape
118. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
     • The Night Has Eyes
     • The Merlin Memory
     • Ball Routine
125. A Slow Sleight with a Coin
126. Take a Card - Frank Staff
128. Heads You Win
129. Live Stock Vanishing Box - Tom Sellers
130. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
133. The Perfect Magical Effect - Jeffrey Norris
136. Gardening Made Easy - T. H. Donovan
140. A Juggling Knot - Leslie Drake
141. Programmes
     • Roy Carter - The Empire, Gateshead-on-Tyne
     • Holden with M.E.S.A.
143. Book Notes
     • Tricks of the Masters - Will Goldston
     • Silks Supreme - Keith Clark
     • The Tarbell Course in Magic - Harlan Tarbell
     • Magical Ways and Means - Al Baker
     • Expert Card Technique - Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
145. A Mutilated Book Problem - J. F. Orrin
149. Card Boxes - Montague Wynne
150. The Invisible Card - Reg. Wright
152. A Card Deal - Ivor Lewis
153. It Worked - Alfred Frangleton
154. Old Principles New Methods - Rupert H. Slater
     • The Analogical Cards
     • Second Version
156. A Rope Hitch - For the Ropes and Rings - Prof. Edgar
157. A Cunning Transposition - Wu Chang
160. For the Cigarette Act - Rupert H. Slater
161. "O-so-Easy" Rope and Ring Effect - Allan Lambie
162. Jottings by the Way - article by Fritz
164. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

165. Vol. 31, Number 196 December, 1942 [56 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXI Index pages]
165. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • A Magical Federation
     • That Little Twist
     • Howard--Dexter
     • Coin and Folder Papers
     • To Our Readers
167. To Contributors - guidelines
168. A Magical Cracker - John A. E. Goss
170. Visible 'Twentieth Century' - Tom Sellers
171. Professional Problems - Frederic Culpitt
     • A New "Palm Off"
     • £1,000 Reward
175. La Pilule Du Diable [The Pill of the Devil] - Modern Magic - poem
176. Shadow Appliance (Crushed Hat) - Prof. Edgar
176. It Could Be ... - Tony Taylor
177. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
181. Magical Notions - Allan Lambie
     • New Thumb Amputation
     • Simplex Prediction
     • New Thimble Production
183. A Card Deal - Correction to page 152 of the June Magic Wand
184. Faces Up - Tony Taylor
185. The Choo Choo Express - Reg. Wright
     • The Engine
191. The Net Ball Problem [ref: page 58 of the June Magic Wand]
     • I - Reg. White
     • II - Leonard Ashton
194. Balanced Coins
195. An Expanding Box Problem
197. A Move with the Chinese Rings - E. Brian MacCarthy
198. "Find the Picture" Tip - Sikandra
199. A Utility Prop - Stanley Thomas
200. Can I Borrow a Hat? - Prof. Day
     • A Glance Backward
     • The Method Alters
     • Hartz Again
     • Some Further Notions
204. All Pals Together (Old Song) - Frank Staff
206. Quelling the Mob - Wilfred H. Tyler
207. Tricks with Bricks - Norman Conquest
210. Mere Illusion - idea
211. My 'Penny' Collection - George Johnson [things that used to cost a pence]
213. The Poopartace - Rupert H. Slater
215. Colour Location - Len. Vincent
216. Cigarette Penetration - V. T. Bridle
218. Book Notes
     • Cut the Cards - Martin Gardner
     • Publicity Miracles (II) - Joseph Ovette
218. The Card Deal Again - more from page 183
219. Amid the Magazines
     • The Journal
     • The Magic Circular
     • The Mahatma Circular
     • The Magical Gazette
     • The Magi
     • The Wessex Magical Budget
     • The Thistle
     • The Sphinx
     • Genii
     • The Linking Ring
     • The Tops
     • The Cosir
     • The Dragon
     • The Demon Telegraph
220. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments