The Magic Wand Volume 42 (1953)
by George Armstrong

Numbers 237-240

231 pages

1. Vol. 42, Number 237, March, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Extra photo plate page - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Foreword - by the editor
   • comments about the new format
   • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
2. Excelsior - article by George Johnson
3. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
   • Foreword
   • The Counting Down Principle
     • Card of the Zodiac
   • The Key Card Principle - I. The Merlini Key Card
     • Using the Merlini "Key"
     • Normal Location
     • Shuffling Off and Glimpsing
     • The Force
     • Discarding the Key
     • Convocational Jacks
7. A Pack of Cards- - and Three Predictions - E. Brian MacCarthy
10. Clip Board Mental Act - E. Malcolm Davison
12. Professional Magic - series by Douglas Francis
    • "Simplex" Cups and Balls Routine
    • The Key to the Problem
    • Five to a Pack
    • A "Shocking" Wand
14. Magic for the Very Young - Suggestions for the Children's Entertainer - Harry Carnegie
    • Old Mother Hubbard
    • Georgie Porgie
    • Humpty Dumpty
    • Little Miss Muffet
    • The Queen of Hearts
16. A Novel Ventriloquial Act ... The Maid Who Was Made - Graham Bailey
2. Extra photo plate page - The Maid Who Was Made
17. Stunts with "Stick to Silks" - series by Roy Green
    • Introduction
    • I. The Care of the Stick
    • II. Flourishes
      • The Spin
      • The Twist
      • The Magnetized Stick
      • Juggling Flourish
      • The Blondin Sphere
20. A Trick with Lexicon Cards - MUTO - W. S. Hartley
21. Magic! Bunny! - A Series of Sorcery Surprises - "Hen" Fetsch
22. A Card Trick for Mentalists - Just Think - "Do As I Do" - Kenneth Lang
23. Tricks and Sleights - series by Tom Sellers
    • Figure Sympathy
    • Change-Over Balls
    • Give Me Your Number
    • Just Chance Again
25. The "J.L." Bottom Deal - and Six Suggestions for Its Use - Jack Lamonte
    • The Sleight
    • Cutting the Aces
    • A Slick Flourish
    • A New Knife Force
    • Gambler's Deal
    • Another False Cut
    • The Ambitious Card
26. Tricks of the Trade - To Cause Friction - hint by W. S. Hartley
27. Comedy Without Cards - The Invisible Deck - Melvano
28. Three Rope Tricks - Edmund Rowland
    • 1. Cut and Restored
    • 2. The Mysterious Knot
    • 3. The Magic Square Knot
30. The Changeover Cards - T. M. Irvine
31. An Amazing Prediction - Roy Cowl
32. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
    • Speech on the Stage
      • There Must Be Good Enunciation
      • Reciting a Piece
      • Adding to and Improving "Patter"
      • Speech as a Means of Misdirection
33. Tricks of the Trade - Ghost Glass Tray - hint by W. S. Hartley
34. Lesser Magic - series by Peter A. McDonald
    • Simplissimo Card Stab
    • Grant's Chink Cans
    • The Ropes, Wand and Watches
    • Comedy Unrehearsed
    • A Coin Puzzle
    • That Handkerchief Gag
    • Thoughts on the Coffee Vase
36. Tricks of the Trade - To Avoid Friction - hint by W. S. Hartley
37. An Unusual Stage Trick - The Ghost Bottle - Charly Eperny (Austria)
38. A Close Up Routine - George Pigott
41. An Impromptu Miracle - Selective Choice - Francis Haxton
42. Intimate Card Magic - Koynini's Karpet - Toni Koynini
43. A Trick for Coronation Year - Milk to Stout - Capt. L. H. Slipper
    • Red, White and Blue - A Variation for Coronation Year
    • The Union Flag - Another Coronation Variation
45. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
46. Milk Stout - Lawrenco
47. The Magical Review
    • It's Easier Than You Think - Geoffrey Buckingham
    • Successful Conjuring for Amateurs - Norman Hunter
    • Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks - Keith Clark
    • Classic Secrets of Magic - Bruce Elliott
    • The Magicians Diary and Year Book, 1953 - J. C. Fraser Smyth, editor
    • The New Teacher & My Inquisitive Kidde - L. Davenport & Co.

49. Vol. 42, Number 238, June, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
50. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
    • The Key Card System - II. The Narrow Card
      • The Double Lift
      • Wrong but Right
    • The Key Card System - III. The Corner Short
      • The Card is Found
      • Impromptu Locator
    • The Key Card System - IV. The Reversed Card
      • A Most Unusual Discovery
      • The Turn-Over Card
      • Telepathic Vision
      • The Invisible Assistant
      • Your Lucky Card
56. An Unusual Thimble Act - The Dream of Thimbles - Charly Eperny
59. A Mental Card Trick - without Cards - The Diary of the Yogi - Arthur F. G. Carter
60. Quads in Transit - Jack Lamonte
61. Tricks of the Trade - Removing Rusty Screw - hint by S. Jackson Coleman
62. Tricks and Sleights - series by Tom Sellers
    • Triple Prediction
    • Cards and Cellophane Bag
    • The Transposing Silks
63. Would It Be Possible? - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
64. A Ventriloquial Novelty - The Talking Board - Frank E. Lindsey
3. Extra photo plate page - Frank E. Lindsey and his "Talking Board"
66. Miracle Pools Forecast - Raymond Maynard
68. Professional Magic - series by Douglas Francis
    • Something Borrowed
    • The Card Fan Table
    • Pocket Horticulture
71. Any Colour of the Rainbow - A Mental Miracle - David J. Bare
72. For the Children's Entertainer - Slippery Fish - Edmund Rowland
73. Stunts with "Stick to Silks" - series by Roy Green
    • III. New Tricks
      • Colour Changing Stick
      • Stick to Nylons
      • Stick to Rose Bush
      • Stick to Clothes Line
      • Two Bouquets
      • Visible Vanish from Newspaper
      • Shower of Confetti
      • Shower of Cigarettes
      • Stick to Parasol
      • Vanishing Umbrella
      • Good Night!
76. An Old Stunt in a New Guise - The Tumbling Blocks - Stanley Davis
79. The Rings on Ribbon - Lawrenco
80. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
    • The Stage Setting
      • Background Must be Right
      • Magic Tables an Asset
      • Angles Are Important
      • The Wand a Great Help
82. Lesser Magic - series by Peter A. McDonald
    • The Half-Card Force
    • The Not Quite Coin Vanish
    • Magician's Luck
    • A 'Quickie' for Card-Maniacs
85. A New Routine with Jack Hughes' "Crystal Screen" - Buying a Poppy = L. H. Slipper
86. Tricks of the Trade - Card Games - hint by Nelson Lyford
87. An Advanced Mental Item - Mental Sympathy - Kenneth Lang
88. Penetra-Milk - Ron Edwards
89. An Endless Number Force - Edmund Rowland
90. Professor Edgar - obituary by George Johnson
91. Magical Musings - John K. Bays
    • Sympathetic Two Silks
    • Mental Duet
    • Don't Smoke These!
    • A Pocket Trick Act
    • A Stage Act
    • Chinese Club Show Finale
92. Tricks of the Trade - Glass - hint by Harry Carnegie
93. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
94. With Borrowed Cards - "Ten To One" Card Miracle - Jack Yates
94. Tricks of the Trade - Magic Words - hint by Nelson Lyford
95. A Swindle Expounded - George Johnson
95. The Magical Review
    • Varied Deceptions - Milbourne Christopher
    • A Stab in the Pack - Douglas Francis
    • Dice Dexterity - Audley Walsh & Ed Mishell
    • Latest 100 Tips on Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
    • Davenport's Lists

97. Vol. 42, Number 239, October, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. On This and That - George Armstrong
    • It's the Latest Thing
    • A "Betcher"
98. Candle Balance - E. Brian MacCarthy
100. The Four Ace Trick (A New Method) - Edward Victor
102. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
     • Two Basic Sleights
       • The False Shuffle
       • The Switch
     • Other "Systems"
     • The Memory Test
     • And Now to "Name O' Card"
105. Three Novelty Card Tricks - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
     • Cherchez La Femme Moderne
     • Card from Hat
     • Black Jack
108. Professional Magic - series by Douglas Francis
     • Running Kunard
     • Strip-Tease Sally
     • Heads or Tails?
110. Two Cases of Clear Deception - Ken de Courcy
     • No. 1 Salt in Abundance
     • No. 2 Evaporated Wine
111. Before Orben - comments about Richard Neve by George Johnson
4. Extra photo plate page - details for Cherchez La Femme Moderne
113. Stunts with "Stick to Silks" - series by Roy Green
     • IV. Comedy Stunts
       • The Impaled Assistant
       • Comedy Table
       • The Hole in the Stage
       • Whew!
       • Comedy "Pop" Gun
     • Tricks of the Trade - Bakelite - hint by Brian Nye
116. For Coin Manipulators - Double Transposition - A. C. Newitt
118. A Card Trick for the Stage - The Spirit Cards - Charly Eperny
120. You Want the Best Laughs? - We Have Them! - Geddes' Gags - Johnny Geddes
     • The Dye Tube
     • Which One? This One?
     • The Gag
     • The Burmese Bird
     • Jo-Jo the Clever Clown
122. Sleightly Mental! - Jack Lamonte
123. A New Routine with Jack Hughes' "Royal Execution" and Max Andrews' "Soft Diamonds" - From Nowhere to Nowhere - L. H. Slipper
124. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
     • Music for the Magic Act
     • The Magician's Use of Lighting
     • The Handling of Magical Apparatus
     • Use of Special Apparatus
125. Away She Goes! - a short Devant story
126. Buatier de Kolta - article by Harry Lanconn (France)
5. Extra photo plate page - Buatier de Kolta
129. Quid Pro Quo - Swapping Secrets with an Indian Juggler - C. Victor A. MacEchern
130. Tricks and Sleights - series by Tom Sellers
     • Magic Welding
     • The Rainbow Slides
     • Rising Cards from Paper
133. Lesser Magic - series by Peter A. McDonald
     • Sympathy Foretold
     • Cutting Pennies
     • Sucker Silk
     • Novel Card Discovery
     • Another Sightless-Vision Effect
     • Before the Assembly
     • I Wonder Who ...
136. Competitive Television Has No Tricks - article by Ronald Simms
138. Two Card Miracles - Toni Koynini
     • Ojib Was
     • The Bearded Lady
139. The Coin Is Marked - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
140. A System for the "Spelling Bee" - Kenneth Lang
141. A Nightmare - poem by A. C. Newitt
142. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
143. The Magical Review
     • Hugard's Magic Monthly Vol. 9 (Book Edition) - Jean Hugard, editor
     • My Best Card Trick - Harry Baron, editor
     • Thought Reflection - Eddie Joseph
     • Message from Hades - Jack Avis
     • Your Book of Magic - Alexander van Rensselaer
     • The Magic Circular - John Young, editor for The Magic Circle

145. Vol. 42, Number 240, December, 1953 [48 numbered; 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
145. On This and That - George Armstrong
     • Out of Hand
     • How to Blow a Six-Pence out of Another Man's Hand
146. The Pixie Coins in Glass - Vivian St. John
147. On Magic as an Art - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
148. The Ultimate Version of "Date Sense" - Postscript to Christopher - Phil Conner
     • Postscript to Christopher (addendum)
150. On Humour and Originality - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
151. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
     • The Merlini Card System
       • The Merlini Set-Up
       • To Operate
       • The 'Break' Cards
154. New "Whispering Queen" - Edward Victor
155. Christmas Mixture - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
159. A Stage Routine - The Silks and Fish Bowls - Harry Latour
6. Extra photo plate page - The Silks and Fish Bowls
162. Instant Coin Switch - L. H. Slipper
163. The Prediction of the Yogi
164. An Illusion for Cabaret - Dissecta - Len Belcher
166. Professional Magic - series by Douglas Francis
     • Devilish Dice
     • Impromptu Version
169. Lesser Magic - series by Peter A. McDonald
     • Superstroboscopic Card Trick
     • Coin Through Cards
     • Psychic Alarm
173. The Rex False Cut - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
174. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
     • Developing the Routine
     • Opening and Closing the Act
     • Knowing When to Stop
     • The Closing Trick
     • What Do We Mean - Misdirection?
     • Assistants from the Audience
176. Publicity a la Sorcar - Jack Lamonte
7. Extra photo plate page - two Sorcar on stage photos
8. Extra photo plate page - two more Sorcar on stage photos
177. Publicity Card Trick - Jack Lamonte
178. The "Simple Card" Sleight - and a Trick Wherewith - B. Wilcox
179. Tricks of the Trade - Double Pockets - hint by Nelson Lyford
180. Impromptu Card Miracle - You Stab It - Roy Johnson
181. For Your Thimble Routine - The Rapid Thimble Vanish - A. C. Newitt
182. Tricks and Tips with Cigarettes - Jack Lamonte
     • The Hooked Cigarette
     • The Spinning Cigarette
     • The Floating Cigarette
183. Tricks of the Trade - Useful Clip - hint by Brian Nye
184. A New Routine with the Demon Note Tube and Brass Card Box - Frolicks with a Ten Shilling Note - L. H. SLipper
186. Billiards Ball and Silk - Roy Cowl
187. Tricks and Sleights - series by Tom Sellers
     • Admittance to The Magic Circle
     • One is Missing
     • The Cannisters of Fool Yu
     • The Ribbons and Flag
     • The Sticks of Typhoo
191. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
192. The Magical Review
     • Classic Secrets of Magic - Bruce Elliott
     • The Magicians Diary and Year Book, 1954 - J. C. Fraser Symth, editor
     • Catalogue of Jokes, Magic and Novelties - Ellisdons