The Magic Wand Volume 39 (1950)
by George Armstrong

Numbers 225-228

226 pages

1. Vol. 39, Number 225, March, 1950 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Piddingtons
   • The Birthday Volume
   • The Competitions
   • N.A.M.S.
   • Roundabout
3. The 'Perfection' Card Rise - John Blunt
6. Pulse-Beat Mentalism - article by Roy Cowl
7. Do You Know? - quiz
8. Miranda Dives - Billie Francis
10. Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
    • The Ballot Box Colour Force
    • The Rising Cigarette
12. The Paper Napkins - Percy Bee
16. The Ring on String Loop - A. C. Newitt
17. Answers - to the quiz on page 7
18. Three Tricks - John K. Bays
    • 1. - Super Silk Penetration
    • 2. - The Travelling Coins
    • 3. - Two With Evaporated Milk
21. Slow Thimble Sleights - A. C. Newitt
    • The Slow Thimble Vanish
    • The Slow Thimble Colour Change
    • The Slow Double Colour Change
27. The Telemagic Pack - Percy James
    • The False Shuffle
    • The Set-Up
    • Adjunct
    • Brailing the Cards
31. Twentieth Century Penetration - Minar (Algeria)
33. Exposure - article by Eric Mason (The Great Mason)
36. Chiefly for Cardologists - series by A. F. G. Carter
    • The Aye-Cee "Count-Down" Location
38. All Square - Percy James
40. Card Through Box - Albert Green
41. Presentation - article by John R. Geddes
42. Talking Points - questions for readers to ponder
44. Going Down - J. Lockhart Davidson
45. The Sixteen Squares - George Joyce
47. The Morse Telephone Trick - George Joyce
48. Book Notes
    • Those Entertaining Years - H. C. Mole
    • Emergency Full Evening Show - Joseph E. Kemp

49. Vol. 39, Number 226, June, 1950 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Competition Results
      • First Prize - Magical Opening - Cyro
      • Second Prize - The Opening - "Hen" Fetsch
      • Third Prize - A Question of Vision - J. A. Esler
    • Apparatus Trick Competition
    • Mutual Admiration
51. Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy
    • A New Method for Invisible Suspension - The "Triple-Hair"
54. The Sinking Ping-Pong Ball - E. Brian MacCarthy
63. Chiefly for Cardologists - series by A. F. G. Carter
    • A Forgotten Move
64. An Extra Touch for "Touch" - the late H. G. Sparks
65. Rezvani's Serpent And Card - Rezvani
66. Talking Points - questions for readers to ponder
67. An Easy Card-Stabbing Miracle - Roy Cowl
68. Aid to Predictors - J. F. Orrin
70. The Care of Apparatus - article by John R. Geddes
71. On The Right Track - quote from John T. Brearley
72. The Girl in The Cube - George Joyce
74. Three More Tricks - John K. Bays
    • 1. - Silken Choice and Follow Thru
    • 2. - Flash Restoration
    • 3. - The Fruiterer's Dilemma - or, Apples for the Children
77. A Sort Cut to the Top - A. C. Newitt
78. The Rising and Floating Card - Peter McDonald
81. The (Lost) Art of Magic - article by Roy Cowl
84. The Robot Swan - Minar the Magician (Algeria)
86. The Improved Passe Passe Cards - Denis Dailey (Australia)
88. Matchbox Production - Don Maskell
89. Flash! A Revelation - De Vega
90. Psychic Colours - A Pocket Trick - Percy James
92. Telepathy - Or What? - serial by Verrall Wass
94. Book Notes
    • Mental Magic - Al Baker
    • Mainly Mental, Vol. 2, Book Tests - C. L. Boarde
    • Pokerism - Jack Yates
    • Conjuring with Christopher - Milbourne Christopher
    • Conjuring - Wilfred Jonson
    • Aces - Jack Vosburgh

97. Vol. 39, Number 227, October, 1950 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Another Year
    • Chamber's Encyclopædia
    • It Had to Come
    • National Day of Magic
    • And Now to Business
99. Chiefly for Cardologists - series by A. F. G. Carter
    • The Aye-Cee "Oh-Three" Card Trick
100. Four Thimbles under a Hat - A. C. Newitt
102. The Hi Presto Pack - Percy James (Tranvaal)
103. Forty Years Old - age of The Magic Wand
104. Minar's Watch Trick - Minar the Magician (Algeria)
106. Sawing "Thro" a Doll - An Audience Tested Effect for Children's Shows - Jimmy Flowers
108. Examined Production Box - Lawerenco
109. Apparatus Trick Competition - announcement
110. Wars and Rumors of Wars - A Modern Vent Act - William Beckham
113. A Theatre Tragedy Recalled - article by C. Victor MacEchern
114. Another Three Tricks - John K. Bays
     • 1. - Stretching a Cigarette
     • 2. - Just Chance Again
     • 3. - Element of Surprise
116. Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
     • The Rod and Rings
     • "Say When" Penetration
119. The Conjuring Compere - series of comedy bits by John R. Geddes
     • The Miser's Dream
     • The Card Expert
     • Silk-Go
     • What a Hat
121. The Aquatic Ball - George Johnson
122. Babes in the Wood - Denis Dailey (Australia)
124. Thimbles ... - Peter A. McDonald
126. The Triple Load Tube - Verrall Wass
128. Telepathy - Or What? - serial by Verrall Wass
130. Numerology - from Aladin Magazine
132. It's Immaterial - Verrall Wass
135. Haunts of Black Magic in Britain - Visits to Medmenham and West Wycombe that Conjured up Scenes of Two Centuries Ago - article by S. Jackson Coleman
     • In Search of the Occult
     • Cycling to Scenes of Diabolic Mysticism
     • Old Monastery Becomes Temple of Black Magic
     • Rabelaisian Haunts by Side of Thames
     • Archbishop's Son with Hell Fire Membership
     • Inventor of Sandwich was Prominent Friar
     • Hell Portrayed by Means of Sulphurous Fumes
     • Strange Rites of Fraternity
     • How the Devil was "Raised"
     • Golden Ball on Top of Church
     • Mourners Who Wore Fancy Dress at Member's Funeral
     • Realms of Pluto in Caves Under Church
     • When the "Friars" Crossed the "Styx"
142. Book Notes
     • The Card Magic of Le Paul - Paul Le Paul
     • The Great Houdini - Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein
     • Second Collectors Annual - 1950 - James B. Findlay
     • Scarne's Quartet - John Scarne
     • Dr. Q Speaks Again - Thayer Studios
     • The Memory Feat - The Penshaw Press
     • The Mind Mirror - Jack Vosburgh
     • Spellbound - Jack Vosburgh
     • Card Conjuring - Wilfrid Jonson

145. Vol. 39, Number 228, December, 1950 [48 numbered; 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
145. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Christmas Greetings
     • Magic Circle Grand Seance
147. The Devilish Dice - Wilf Huggins
148. Monkey Chase - An Unusual "Telephone" Card Trick - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
151. The Biter Bitten - A. C. Newitt
152. two pages missing
154. An Aid to Coinsters - J. F. Orrin
156. Coincidence - or--? - Jimmy Flowers
157. A Rose By Any Other Name - poem by Anon.
158. The Electra Card - S. P. Bowman
159. Telepathy - or What? - article by Verrall Wass
161. Two Threes to Finish - John K. Bays
     • The First Three
       • 1. Choice Cigarette
       • 2. Adventures of a Sixpence
       • 3. Dragon's Eyes
     • The Second Three
       • 1. The Cups and Balls for Children
       • 2. The Mesmerised Card
       • 3. The End
166. Copying Apparatus - method by S. Jackson Coleman
167. A Modern Card Act - Percy James (Transvaal)
     • Part I
     • Part II
     • Part III
169. The Chameleon Matches Again - Verrall Wass
171. Genie of the Teapot - A Stage Illusion for Pantomime - Minar the Magician (Algeria)
174. The Flowering Silks - Lawrenco
175. Painting Designs on Silk - method by S. Jackson Coleman
176. The Julia Vanishing Box - Edward H. Hopkinson
177. The Conjuring Compere Again - series of comedy bits by John R. Geddes
     • No Leaning
     • Free Choice!
     • The Ash Tray
     • The Empty Bag
178. Two Gems with Silks - the late Ottokar Fischer
     • The Magical Essences
     • The Acme of Magic
181. A Four Ace Trick - Without Handling the Pack - J. Hedolt
183. Forty Years Old - call for contributions
184. Gramophone Records - Solanis
185. The Seat of Magic - Julius Sundman (Finland)
186. Following Trevor Hall - A. C. Newitt
     • The Intelligence Quotient Test
     • Hall's Multiplication Effect
187. Imitation Frost - method by S. Jackson Coleman
188. My Twentieth Century - Len Belcher
189. Simplex Manipulating Coin - Allan Lambie (Canada)
190. A Telephone Card Trick - George Joyce
192. Book Notes
     • Short and Long Rope Mystery - Harold Sterling
     • Scarne on Card Tricks - John Scarne