The Magic Wand Volume 43 (1954)
by George Armstrong

Numbers 241-244

236 pages

1. Extra photo plate page 1 - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Vol. 43, Number 241, March, 1954 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Index pages]
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
   • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
2. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini - continued from V-42
   • "Name O'Card"
     • The Break Cards
     • The Spelling Cards
     • Special Spellers
   • Variations on a Theme
     • Divined by Spelling
     • The Card is Known
     • Behind the Back
6. For Sleight-of-Hand Enthusiasts - New Four Coin Production - E. Brian MacCarthy
7. The Conjurer's Table Cover - L. H. Slipper
8. Plotting Magic - series by Will Dexter
   • The Spell is Cast
10. A Mental Miracle - Thought Quartet - Raymond Maynard
12. For the Children's Entertainer - The Clock of the Yogi - Arthur F. G. Carter
13. For the Mentalist - The Chest of the Koran - Arthur F. G. Carter
14. The Story of Houdini The Greatest of all Magicians - biography
2. Extra photo plate page 2 - Scenes from the Paramount Film "Houdini"
17. Professional Magic - series by Douglas Francis
    • Watch for a Rabbit
    • Flighty Silk
19. Another Sucker Egg - Roy A. Johnson
12. Tricks of the Trade - Chair Back Covers - hint by Nelson Lyford
21. Secret Session - series by Len Belcher
    • Big Time Small
    • Pandora's Box
23. A "Load" in a Matchbox - Ron Edwards
24. Tricks and Sleights - series by Tom Sellers
    • Alternate Card Coincidence
    • The Hindu Thread Trick Made Easy
    • Self Contained Card Rise
26. A Mental Card Transformation - Think a Card - Raymond Cross
28. The Invisible Joker - Donald Bostock
30. A New Routine with J. F. Orrin's "Silhouettes" and the Envelope Changing Frame - Passing Through the Curtain - L. H. Slipper
31. That Ten Shilling Note Again - L. H. Slipper
32. A Production Routine - Flowers at the Fingertips - Harry Latour
3. Extra photo plate page 3 - Flowers at the Fingertips
34. Lesser Magic - series by Peter A. McDonald
    • What Colour?
    • Instant Card Rise
    • Hot News
    • The "Bird"
    • Penny Perception
    • Crazy Cigarette Case
37. Confessions of a Street Conjurer - old reprint from the 19th Century
39. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
    • The Magician's Dress or Costume
    • Routine Adapted to Audience
40. Card Manipulations - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
    • Torn and Restored Card
    • Cards to Pocket Sleight
    • Spelling Bee Set-Up
42. Tricks and Tips with Cigarettes - Jack Lamonte
    • Novel Cigarette Load and Production
    • Cards to Cigarettes
    • Houdini Cigarette
44. On Exposing - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
45. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
    • Pablo Diaz
    • New Publication
    • Palming Coins
    • The Collector
    • Traders' Mania
47. The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy - Summary of Judges' Reports and Announcement of Winner for 1953 - compiled by Will Dexter
    • Awarded to Harry Latour for "The Silks and Fishbowls"
    • Others mentioned by the judges:
      • Raymond Maynard for "Miracle Pools Forecast"
      • Frank E. Lindsey for "Talking Board"
      • Charly Eperny for "Dream of Thimbles"
      • Jim Merlini for his Merlini Card System" series
      • Len Belcher for "Disecta"
      • Douglas Francis for his "Professional Magic" series
      • Douglas Francis for "Card Fan Table"
      • Douglas Francis for "Hen Fetsch's Magic! Bunny!"
48. The Magical Review
    • Fifth Collector's Annual, 1953 - James B. Findlay, editor
    • A Lifetime of Deception - Major L. H. Branson
    • Vampire Mirror, No. 1 - Max Andrews, editor

49. Vol. 43, Number 242, June, 1954 [48 numbered & 7 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
49. On Television Magic - George Armstrong
50. Hand Made Magic - series by Edward Victor
    • The Crazy Matchbox
    • An Experimental Spirit Silk
    • Manipulator's Corner - The Back-Hand Palm Vanish
53. Plotting Magic - series by Will Dexter
    • Part II
      • Plotting the "Chinese Wands"
      • No. 1 Stuffelpump's Invention
      • No. 2 O Poo's Barometer
56. Coin Capers - Peter A. McDonald
59. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
    • The Merlini System in Action
      • The Lie Detector
      • The Lie Detector Again (Another Method)
      • Cards on the Table
      • Atomic Version
      • Streamlined Supreme Control
66. The Ultimate Spirit Handkerchief - J. Hedolt
67. Variations on a Mental Theme - Roy Cowl
    • Variation No. 1
    • Variation No. 2
    • Variation No. 3
70. The Jerk Coin Vanish - A. C. Newitt
71. Magical Mixture - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
    • La Reyne S'Avisera!
    • The Talkative Queen
    • Easy Card Prediction
    • The Sympathetic Silks
      • A Silk Holder
      • The Superlative Ghost Knot
    • Through the Record
76. A New Routine for an Old Favourite - The Ambitious Card - Travers Cooper
78. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
    • Constantly Changing the Routine is Not Good
    • Good Visibility Essential in a Metal Act
    • Length of Presentation vs. Value of Effect
79. Mentalism in 1633 - G.J.
80. How to Get Publicity - Jack Lamote
4. Extra photo plate page 4 - Joe & Kay Stuthard
81. A Stage Illusion - The Calico Cabinet - George Wade
84. Secret Session - series by Len Belcher
    • Dead Right
    • The Eyes Have It
    • Inverse Ratio
    • Rub It In
88. Confessions of a Street Conjurer - old reprint from the 19th Century - continued from page 38
    • The Pass
    • Pricked Cards
    • The Card Sword
    • Mind-Reading
    • Forcing
    • Side Slipping
    • The One Hand "Charlier" Pass
    • Passing the Sovereign
89. Infallible Pocket Indexes - Arthur F. G. Carter
91. Think a Word - Phil Conner
92. On Sleights - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
93. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
    • The Box of Tricks
    • Kalanag
    • Stage Money
    • Magazine Articles
    • A Unique Title
    • Traders' Media
94. On Television Magic - continued from page 49
95. The Magical Review
    • Successful Conjuring for Amateurs - Norman Hunter
    • Houdini on Magic - Walter B. Gibson, editor
    • Come a Little Closer - Peter Warlock, editor
    • A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph
    • Sleightly Sensational - Bill Simon
    • Magical Bibliographies - Victor Farelli
    • 'Vampire' Magic Catalogue - Max Andrews
    • Hughes News No. 1 - Bernard Hughes, editor
    • Hughes News No. 2 - Bernard Hughes, editor
    • Hughes News No. 3 - Bernard Hughes, editor

97. Vol. 43, Number 243, October, 1954 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. On This and That - George Armstrong
    • On Television Magic
    • On Comedy Magic
    • Income Tax Problems
98. Hand Made Magic - series by Edward Victor
    • The E.V. Vanishing Card Case
    • Red and Black Magic
    • A "Spectacular" Choice
    • Manipulator's Corner - The Back Hand Palm Production
102. Tricks of the Trade - Cleaner for Books - hint
103. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
     • The Merlini Card System in Action (continued)
       • A Game of Nap
       • Merlini's Pellets
       • The Twenty-One Card Trick or The Three Heaps
107. A Lesson in Presentation with Stockings and Gloves - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
110. Force of Mind - Phil Conner
112. Secret Session - series by Len Belcher
     • Especially for the Children's Entertainer
       • All The Trimmings
       • Easy as Pie - a Tragedy in Several Unkind Acts
       • Circus Pups
       • Running Colours
117. For Merlini Fans - and Others - The Mystic Card of Chung-Ling-Soo - Arthur F. G. Carter
118. Billet Switching - J. W. Lumley
119. Tricks and Sleights - series by Tom Sellers
     • Geometrical Prediction
     • A New Angle on the Zens Card Trick
     • The Transposing Dies
122. Think-A-Card - Tony [sic] Koynini
123. Lesser Magic - series by Peter A. McDonald
     • Finishing Touch
     • Vanishing Spots
     • Impromptu Card Rise
     • Idle Thought
     • The Chink-Cans Again
     • Siberian Chain Release
     • Coin Through the Hand
129. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
     • Dignity, Refinement and Comedy in Right Places
     • Leave the Stage as Little as Possible
     • Rehearsal Absolutely Essential
     • Practice Patter with Practice of the Tricks
     • The Usefulness of Prepared Clothing
131. Original "Motor Card Vanish" - A sensational Stage Illusion - Sorcar
132. The Vanishing Table Lamp - Harry Latour
134. Confessions of a Street Conjurer - old reprint from the 19th Century - continued from page 89
135. drawing: "The Street Conjurer, c 1840"
136. For Mentalists - In The News - Edmund Rowland
137. A Mental Stunt for Party-Time - A.E.I. Divination - Eddie Sharpe
139. A Routine for the Angling Club Annual Dinner - Phantom Angling - L. H. Slipper
     • For the Police Dinner
140. A New Mental Act with 'Depot' Effects - Radar Minds - L. H. Slipper
141. The Mindreading Machine - Johnny Geddes
142. A Card Puzzle - You Try It - Gerald Kosky
143. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
     • The New Conjurer's Magazine - An Appreciation - by James Alfredson
     • Scrapbooks
     • Catalogues "E"
144. The Magical Review
     • Les Tours de Cartes Montantes - Claude Isbecque
     • Artful Art and Breathless Brainwaves - Hubert Leslie

145. Vol. 43, Number 244, December, 1954 [48 numbered; 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
145. On This and That - George Armstrong
     • On Television Magic
     • Publicity for Magicians
     • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
146. Christmas Trio - Arthur F. G. Carter
     • Direct "Do-As-I-Do" - for the card man
     • Streamlined "Stung" - for the children's entertainer
     • The "Brainwave" Card - for the mentalist
149. Hand Made Magic - series by Edward Victor
     • Manipulator's Corner - A Front-Palm Production
     • An Original Continuous Fan Production
150. Magazine Mentalism - Ernest Singer
152. Secret Session - series by Len Belcher
     • Four Tricks with Silks
       • Totem Silks
       • Flight if the Humming Silks
       • Silkade
       • Parasol and Ribbons
156. The Observation Test - Phil Conner
158. Knock Coincidence - Toni Koynini
     • A One Pack Version
159. Another Version of a Classic - The Whispering Card - Jadugeer Aladen
5. Extra photo plate page 5 - Nelson Lyford's Box of Tricks
160. missing page - end of The Whispering Card & start of Nelson Lyford's Box of Tricks (continues on page 161)
     • Cadabra
     • The Screen
     • The Magic Mirror
     • A Move for the Card in Wallet
     • Roulette Forecast
165. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
     • The Monge Shuffle
       • To Make the Shuffle
       • The Monge Location
       • The Merlini System and Monge's Shuffle
       • To locate any Card Named After the Shuffle
       • Controlled Shuffling - A Complete Card Routine
         • Single Divination
         • Multiple Divination
         • Stop Me and Buy One
         • Four Packet Location
       • Psychometry Plus
         • A Variation
         • Snap
       • The Cards Will Tell
       • Variation on an Oldie
170. A Sensational Stage Illusion - The Flying Trapeze - George Wade
172. Satan's Glass - Arturo
174. Impromptu Comedy Card Magic - Spectatordigitation - Percy James
175. A Pocket Trick - Hanging the Joker - Ron Edwards
176. Stage Magic - Production of a Chandelier - Harry Latour
6. Extra photo plate page 6 - Production of a Chandelier
177. A New Routine with "Mindreader's Dream" - A Blank Mind - L. H. Slipper
178. Lesser Magic - series by Peter A. McDonald
     • Admission
     • I Wonder
     • Second Possibility
     • Writing in Chalk
     • Talking About Paint
     • French Beads
     • Alternative
     • Predictuet
     • Impromptu Book Test
     • £1,000 Card Challenge
182. Peter McDonald's "Instant Card Rise" used as a - Think-A-Card Trick - Ernest Singer
182. Found here - letter to the editor
183. New Light on the Torn Centre - Through the Centre - Edmund Rowland
184. Magical Stagecraft - series by W. C. Weber & John Henry Grossman, MD
     • Woofle Dust a Poor Substitute for Skill
     • A Last Few Words of Parting Advice
185. Tricks and Sleights - series by Tom Sellers
     • The Fifty-Fifty Kings and Queens
     • The Change-Over Ring
     • The Oriental Ribbon
187. Four Quaint Card Stunts - Jack Lamonte
     • Card Spelling
     • Comedy Rising Card
     • Up the Sleeve
     • Card Through the Handkerchief
188. Collecteana - series by James B. Findlay
     • The Magic Museum
     • Guides and Catalogues of Collections
     • Magical Curios
     • Traders' Media
     • Next Volume
190. The Magical Review
     • My Best Close-Up Trick - Harry Barron, editor
     • Expert Card Technique - Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
     • Teach Yourself Conjuring - J. Elsden Tuffs
     • Magic Simplified - Harry Baron
     • First Call to Cards - Stewart James
     • Effects with the Riffle Count - Mark Weston
     • Young Ideas in Magic - Jack Devlin
     • Hughes News No. 4 - Jack Hughes, publisher
     • Vampire Mirror Vol. 1, No. 2 - Max Andrews, publisher
     • Gamage Catalogue No. 6 - A. W. Gamage, Ltd., publisher