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  • No. 201
    • Tap Tap Tap [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Royal V. Heath
    • Sub Aqua (cards, coins) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Cy Endfield
    • Loaded (book test, mental effect) [Book, Magazine & Newspaper Tests] / John P. Hamilton
    • Cartoon artist: Ravielli, Anthony [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Optical Sensitivity (Cy Endfield) (b.r.) [Letters]
  • No. 202
    • Deanball (sleight) [Balls] / Wally Dean
    • Jokerneurosis [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Bert Fenn
    • Out! [Cards (Impromptu)] / Hugh Carroll
    • Victor Jory [Personalities]
  • No. 203
    • Jory's Verdict! [Mental Effects - One Person] / Victor Jory
    • Dagger in the Hand (mental) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Allexandro
    • Hamilton's Idea [Rope]
    • Magic sessions (Karger) [Improvements]
    • Paper Tear (J.P. Hamilton) [Letters]
    • Twist on Die Box [Miscellaneous]
    • The Ghost Tree [Spirit Effects]
  • No. 204
    • Battle of the Magicians (program) [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Vanish! (preparation) [Balls] / Roy Benson
    • Charles M. Hudson's Switch Back [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • Visit to Johnny Paul [Personalities]
    • Ambitious Transpo (short card) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
    • Art-istic (vanish) [Cigarettes]
    • Encore [Personalities]
    • Cartoon artist: Fitzgerald, Tom [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Billet Switch (mental) G. Schindler [Letters]
    • Billet Switch (Schindler) [Mental Effects - One Person]
  • No. 205
    • Sic Transit [Cards (Impromptu)] / F. V. Schoneck
    • Gloria Mundi [Cards (Impromptu)] / H. P. Graham
    • Coloss-Index [Mental Effects - Prediction] / Greer Marechal
    • Lucifers! [Matches] / Robert Lund
    • Party Prediction [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
    • Deck with different backs & odd colors [Gags]
    • The long pocket [Gags]
    • Party Prediction (Gerald Kosky) [Letters]
    • Party Prediction (card in envelope on ceiling) [Mental Effects - Prediction]
  • No. 206
    • Marlo's Janus (double face) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
    • Simplo [Cards (Impromptu)] / Woodfield
    • Dial [Mental Effects - Two Persons] / George Schindler
    • Sleepy Time Sorcery (sponge ball levitation) [Balls]
    • Amateur Hour (Ted Mack's) [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Different backed cards [Miscellanea]
    • Tiny Staplers (Jimmy Herpick) [Miscellanea]
    • Frank Joglar [Personalities]
    • Press clipping: Cy Endfield [Press Clippings]
    • Crawling bill [Gags]
    • "Coven" (pub. by Ted Messenger) [Miscellanea]
    • Puzzle: Lyons Den [Puzzles]
  • No. 207
    • Pocket It (short card) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / A. Deleport
    • A Worthwhile Tip [Bills] / Oke Strom
    • Grant's Card Trick (duplicate) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
    • Visible Invisible Thread (card reel) [Miscellaneous]
    • The Impossible Knot [Rope]
    • A New Coin Fold [Coins]
  • No. 208
    • Garcia's Gaff [Coins]
    • Bill Talent's Mirage [Coins]
    • Math (set up) [Cards (Arranged)] / Bruce Elliott
    • Press clipping: Richard Himber [Press Clippings]
    • "The Trixter" (Gen Grant) [Personalities]
    • Puzzle: Lyons Den [Puzzles]
    • "Reel Magic" (book, pub. by Tannen) [Reviews]
    • Thru The Door (lightning ring pull) [Rings]
  • No. 209
    • Retrospecs (mathematical) [Cards (Arranged)] / Royal V. Heath
    • Full! [Matches] / Bruce Elliott
    • H. P. Graham Peas [Balls]
    • Outmaneuvered (duplicates) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
    • Marlo's Janus (tip on) [Improvements]
    • Fred Keating on Leipzig [Personalities]
    • Press clipping: Tommy Hanlon [Press Clippings]
  • No. 210
    • Automatic Writing (mental, nail writer) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Bill Woodfield
    • A Close Up Indian Rope Trick (as told to Jaks) [Rope]
    • Howdy Knowit! (set up) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / James A. Fowler 3rd & L. Vosburgh Lyons
    • Swindle (cig. & bill) [Bills]
    • Bornstein, Mike (Kolmar) (bird cage gag) [Gags]
    • Bottom dealing, one liner (Jerry Lester) [Gags]
    • New Bird Cage (Haskell-Merv Taylor) [Miscellanea]
    • Painted Palms (side bars out of bird cage) [Miscellaneous]
    • "Tickets Please" (show) [Reviews]
  • No. 211
    • Variant / J. P. Hamilton
    • Johan Nepomuck Hofzinser, His Book Test [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Hairy Flame [Matches]
    • Poor Man's Svengali (spectator mirror writes) [Mental Effects - One Person]
    • Reader's Digest (magazine disguise) [Mental Effects - One Person]
    • Pip Pix (duplicate, miniature) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Cy Keller
    • Puzzle: Lyons Den (b.r.) [Puzzles]
    • Kort Card [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • Poison Contest (based on Oscar Weigle's idea) [Contest]
    • Coin Vanish (alnico magnets) (Jimmy Herpick) [Miscellanea]
  • No. 212
    • Linklater [Rope] / Elizabeth Warlock
    • Cartoon artist: Marshall, Jay [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Bill Nord's Purse [Silks]
    • Multi-Dime (preparation) [Coins]
    • Solution to Poison Contest [Contest]
    • Banger [Improvements]
    • Press clipping: Al Delage & Shirley [Press Clippings]
  • No. 213
    • Emsley's Puncture! (illusion of moving a hole) [Miscellaneous]
    • Bluff and Challenge [Cards (Impromptu)] / F. V. Schoneck
    • The Card and the Handkerchief [Cards (Impromptu)] / The Great Maurice
    • Levencenter (preparation, match book and coin) [Coins, Matches]
  • No. 214
    • Wormy Gags [Gags] / Ken Beale
    • Puzzle: Lyons Den [Puzzles]
    • Chameleon Sponge Ball [Balls]
    • Tiny Purse [Coins]
    • Al Bakers Purse [Gags]
    • Bosom! (from Rinn's book) [Gags]
    • Levencenter (adding larger coin) [Improvements]
  • No. 215
    • Given Goblet (solutions to Poison Contest) [Contest]
    • Half a Jit (preparation) [Coins]
    • Press clipping: Si Stebbins [Press Clippings]
  • No. 216
    • Problem in Prophecy (set up) [Cards (Arranged)] / Ron Edwards
    • Grant's Secret (mental) [Book, Magazine & Newspaper Tests]
    • Tombe [Coins] / Gerald R. Blount
    • Anecdota Magicana (Martin Gardner) [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Ballantine loused up! [Personalities]
    • The Helpful Drummer (Benson) [Personalities]
    • Jaks' Quandry [Personalities]
  • No. 217
    • Daley's Device [Mental Effects - One Person]
    • The Plot's the Thing (in chart form) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Gerald Kosky
    • Dr. Rhine [Dissertations of Special Interest]
  • No. 218
    • Sympathetic Clubs (double faced) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Herbert Milton
    • On the "Sympathethic Clubs" (Dr. Jack Daley) [Letters]
    • Jack Miller's Discless [Coins]
    • Dr. Rhine [Dissertations of Special Interest]
  • No. 219
    • Quinella [Cards (Impromptu)] / Harry Lorayne
    • On A Business Card [Mental Effects - One Person] / Don Tanner
    • An Amazing Demonstration [Mental Effects - One Person] / Cyril Marriott
    • Elliott In Haiti [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Multi-Magic Glass (trick) [Reviews]
    • "Stars of Magic" (featuring Dr. Daley) [Reviews]
    • "Expert Card Technique" (book) [Reviews]
  • No. 220
    • Daley's Delight [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • Jocko - The Great (hand puppet) [Miscellaneous] / J.G. Thompson Jr.
    • Death's Angel (impromptu) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Don Tanner
    • "The Devil Was Sick" [Elliott in Print]
    • Sid Lorraine's Patter Book [Reviews]
    • "Patter for Standard Tricks," by Orben (reviewed by Lee Noble) [Reviews]
  • No. 221
    • Puzzle of the Pages (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Fred Peterson
    • Changable [Cards (Impromptu)] / John Howie
    • Jack in the Box [Cards (Impromptu)] / Cy Endfield
    • "Some Colors Are Lonely" [Elliott in Print]
    • Big Skull [Gags]
    • Crooked Card [Gags]
    • Collar Stay (b.r.) [Gags]
    • Press clipping: Fred Keating [Press Clippings]
  • No. 222
    • Rip It [Rope] / John P. Hamilton
    • A. P. [Cards (Impromptu)] / Bruce Elliott
    • Puzzle of the Pages (#221, p. 882) (Two Fold Folderol) [Improvements]
    • Pins (impromptu) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Fred Peterson
    • Response to criticism (ethics) [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • "An Incident in the Fog" [Elliott in Print]
    • Plunger [Gags]
    • Daley' Delight [Improvements]
    • About "Daley's Delight" (Boyko) [Letters]
    • Murray's Muse (preparation) [Matches]
  • No. 223
    • Jaks' Subtlest Secret (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person]
    • Both Ways (double faced) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / P. W. Miller
    • Cartoon artist: Ravielli, Anthony [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Fred Fletcher's Eye Cue [Mental Effects - Two Persons]
    • Bill Nord's Purse [Improvements]
    • Coin in Purse (Ken Brooke) [Letters]
    • Murray's Muse (preparation) [Matches]
  • No. 224
    • Biddled [Cards (Impromptu)] / Bill Simon
    • Clubbed [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Orville Meyer
    • Interchange [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / George Blake
    • Act closing (Frank Lane gag) [Gags]
    • Sympathetic Clubs [Improvements]
    • Balloon Buster (confederates) [Miscellaneous]
    • Press clipping: Popularity of Numbers [Press Clippings]
    • Puzzle: Cigam [Puzzles]
  • No. 225
    • No Five [Bills] / Bruce Elliott
    • Cartoon artist: Murray, Johnny [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Puzzle of the Pages (Whose Hue) [Improvements]
    • About Puzzle of the Pages (Bob Somerfeld) [Letters]
    • Matchum [Matches]
    • Dancing Dollar [Miscellaneous]
    • Six-Sided Spirit (sugar cubes) [Miscellaneous]
    • New York the Pure [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Peek Deck (addition to) [Improvements]
  • No. 226
    • Lipop [Cards (Impromptu)] / Dr. Daley
    • Sitting Bull [Coins] / Bill Simon
    • On a needle, stunt in the "Sphinx." [Improvements]
    • Wet Cent (plastic bottle stopper) [Miscellaneous] / Nile Rothenbach
    • Postmarked (John Boyko) [Letters]
    • Postmarked [Miscellanea]
  • No. 227
    • Miller's Mighty Mite [Balls]
    • The Australian Deal [Cards (Impromptu)] / John P. Hamilton
    • Diary of a Magical Samuel Pepys [Dissertations of Special Interest]
  • No. 228
    • Thanks to Findley, Vernon and Widdop [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • Cavorting Coins [Coins] / John Howie
    • Thinking Horse [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • "The Devil Was Sick" [Elliott in Print]
    • No T.V. (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person]
  • No. 229
    • Milbourne Christopher's Popsicle (with bango device) [Miscellaneous]
    • Dr. Sack's Cent [Coins]
    • Stud [Cards (Impromptu)] / Bert Fenn
    • "Magic As A Hobby" [Elliott in Print]
    • Tiltable [Miscellaneous]
    • Press clipping: Modern Tribal Magic [Press Clippings]
  • No. 230
    • Bizarre Bag! (empty bag fills with eggs!) [Miscellaneous] / Roy Benson
    • Press clipping: Richard Himber [Press Clippings]
    • Palm to Palm [Coins] / Francis Carlyle
    • Cartoon artist: Rawson, Clayt [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Bar Trick Fooler (analine dry crystals) [Liquids] / Al Baker
    • Press clipping: Bruce Elliott [Press Clippings]
  • No. 231
    • Softy! [Cards (Impromptu)] / Vernon
    • Brrrrtttt! [Cards (Impromptu)] / Bruce Elliott
    • Shaker's Switch [Gags]
    • Press clipping: George Schindler [Press Clippings]
    • Press clipping: Wally Dean [Press Clippings]
    • Del Rey (at the Blue Angel) [Reviews]
    • Russell Swann (Cotillion Room -- Pierre) [Reviews]
  • No. 232
    • Off the Record [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Sid Lorraine
    • Silver Switch [Coins] / John Howie
    • Racing Aces [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / T. S. Ransom
    • Annemann's Diary [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Puzzle: The Girl With The Eggs [Puzzles]
  • No. 233
    • X-It! (Water's Ink) [Miscellaneous] / S. Leo Horowitz
    • New(er) View [Cards (Impromptu)] / T.S. Ransom
    • Brahman Bell (force deck) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Cy Keller
    • Practical Joke (trip to Bermuda) [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Press clipping: Card Cheats, How They Operate (by Floyd Moss) [Press Clippings]
  • No. 234
    • The Gambler [Cards (Impromptu)] / Rusduck
    • One in a Million (nail writer) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / George Schindler
    • You Do As Cy Do [Cards (Impromptu)] / Cy Keller
    • Cartoon artist: Jensen, Norman [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Ashes To Ashes (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Don Tanner
    • Review of Tommy Martin 9/20/35 (by Lee Noble) [Reviews]
    • Book Test (mental, preparation) [Book, Magazine & Newspaper Tests] / John P. Hamilton
    • Spectacular (revelation) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
    • "The Last Magician" [Elliott in Print]
  • No. 235
    • Reunion [Cigarettes] / Don Tanner
    • Nested [Coins] / John P. Hamilton
    • Cupro! [Coins] / J. W. Vanderschmidt
    • Press clipping: Jay Marshall [Press Clippings]
    • About Columnists [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Press clipping: Bruce Elliott [Press Clippings]
    • Press clipping: Ken Crossen [Press Clippings]
    • "Adventures in Tomorrow" (Science Fiction) [Reviews]
  • No. 236
    • Fetsch and Carry: Simulcrum(preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person]
    • Only the Magician Nose! (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Hen Fetsch
    • Betcha! / Hen Fetsch
    • On T.V. [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Magical Rorschack (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person]
  • No. 237
    • 10 to 1 [Coins] / Ross Bertram
    • I Win! [Cards (Arranged)] / Bert Fenn
    • 52 cards, back and front palmed (miniatures) [Gags]
    • Sealed Penetration (unprepared) [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • On T.V. [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • "Diversions With Dice" (book) [Reviews]
  • No. 238
    • C'mon and Shine! (shiner) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Herb Rungie
    • Tipsy Turvy [Cards (Impromptu)] / Bruce Elliott
    • Date Man Duplication (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Hen Fetsch
    • On T.V. [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Chicago news on magic (from Martin Gardner) [Letters]
  • No. 239
    • On a Tear [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Bruce Elliott
    • Up [Cards (Impromptu)] / M.B. Shulman
    • Rusduck's Solitaire [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • "The Classics of Magic" [Elliott in Print]
    • Press clipping: Fred Keating [Press Clippings]
    • Press clipping: Jay Marshall [Press Clippings]
    • Press clipping: Ade and Tru Duval (at the Palace) [Press Clippings]
    • Press clipping: Pvt. Mulroy [Press Clippings]
    • "Comedy Technique" (book) [Reviews]
  • No. 240
    • Carlo Rossetti's Rise [Thimbles]
    • Twist [Coins]
    • A $2.00 Trick [Coins] / Ron Edwards
    • Bill Pugley's Sight! (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person]
    • Hypnotists [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Incidental Intelligence ("New Yorker") (card on ceiling) [Miscellanea]
    • Press clipping: Incidental Intelligence (New Yorker) [Press Clippings]
  • No. 241
    • Similar Twins [Cards (Impromptu)] / Martin Gardner & Bill Simon
    • Two (duplicates) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Bert Allerton
    • Hoax (The Mindreader) [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Jim Walker, mindreader (Martin Gardner) [Letters]
  • No. 242
    • Your Flush [Cards (Impromptu)] / H. K. Becker
    • Predictor (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person] / Stylesmith
    • The Jokers (double faced) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Jack Avis
    • Super Fillip (duplicate) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
    • "The Classics of Magic" [Elliott in Print]
    • "Search for the Middle Deal" (in SAGA) [Elliott in Print]
    • Piser's Flaming Boutonniere (flash paper) [Miscellaneous]
  • No. 243
    • Color-I-Tus (color change of circles on cards) [Miscellaneous] / Gerald Kosky
    • The King [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / John P. Hamilton
    • "You'll Die Laughing" [Elliott in Print]
    • Theodore (monologist) [Reviews]
    • Bob Orben Lecture in Chicago [Reviews]
  • No. 244
    • The Ruler (revelation) [Miscellaneous]
    • Tele Teaser [Cards (Impromptu)] / Rusduck
    • To and Fro [Coins] / John Howie
    • A Few [Cards (Impromptu)] / Schoneck
    • On T.V. [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Card on ceiling [Letters]
  • No. 245
    • Cartoon artist: Ravielli, Anthony [Cartoons - Artists]
    • You Cross As I Cross (mental, book test, prep. nail writer) [Book, Magazine & Newspaper Tests] / Jaks
    • "Short Change Article" (SAGA) [Elliott in Print]
    • Hypnotist with no stooge [Miscellanea]
    • Wet Dime! [Coins] / F. V. Taylor
    • Himber's Challenge effect (Dr. Frank F. Huck) [Letters]
    • The Ruler (#244, p. 947) (using a yardstick) [Improvements]
    • The Ruler (J.P. Hamilton) [Letters]
    • Snakes Alive (preparation) [Mental Effects - One Person]
    • Atom Smasher (paper tear) [Miscellaneous]
  • No. 246
    • You're a Liar! [Cards (Impromptu)] / Paul Curry
    • The Sticky Steal [Bills] / Norman Jensen
    • Magic in Florida (Bill Simon) [Letters]
    • The Key (physical control) [Miscellaneous] / Jaks
    • Release (duplicate rings) [Miscellaneous]
    • About presentation (Ernest Heldman) [Letters]
  • No. 247
    • One Man's Opinion (comedy effect) [Miscellaneous] / Milbourne Christopher
    • Tisch-Trick [Coins] / Dr. Weyeneth
    • Folded [Coins] / Chanin
    • Saltless [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • Scarne's Magic Club [Miscellanea]
    • Jay Marshall Printing Co. [Miscellanea]
    • Press clipping: Tommy Hanlon [Press Clippings]
  • No. 248
    • B. D. V. (set up) [Cards (Impromptu)] / Dai Vernon
    • Mental Act, two persons (Jack Harper to Hubert Lambert) [Letters]
    • Jack Harper to Hubert Lambert [Mental Effects - Two Persons]
    • The Circle or Pass the Cards (letter) [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • Cartoon artist: Jaks [Cartoons - Artists]
    • Reprints [Elliott in Print]
    • Frank Joglar [Personalities]
  • No. 249
    • Motile! [Coins] / Dr. Daley
    • A Trick That Grows On You [Cards (Impromptu)] / Oscar Weigle
    • Torn Quartet, mental, one person [Letters] / George Schindler
    • Easy Aces (unprepared) [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • "Kindergarten" [Elliott in Print]
    • Tisch-Trick (#247, p. 987) (folding half) [Improvements]
    • Press clipping: Bruce Elliott [Press Clippings]
    • "Phoenix" [Reviews]
  • No. 250
    • Dr. Elliott [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Memoirs of Hecate County (excerpt) [Dissertations of Special Interest]
    • Dr. Elliott's Aquitment [Cards (Impromptu)]
    • Elliott's Last Lethargy (duplicate) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)]
  • Index

1st edition 1950, PDF 205 pages.
word count: 166886 which is equivalent to 667 standard pages of text