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VOLUME 15 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1916 | 1 |
Charles Neil Smith Bio | 3 |
The Value Of Patter By G.F. Schulte | 3 |
When The Magician Quit | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 4 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard | 4 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 5 |
- Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test | 5 |
- Leipzig In Providence, R.I. C. Fischer | 6 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians G. Warren Keane | 6 |
- Order Of The Magi Fred Measures | 6 |
- The Magicians' Club Of New York Louis Jaeger | 6 |
Antiquity Of The Word "Magician" By G.G. Laurens | 6 |
An Improved Handkerchief And Candle Trick Len Sewell | 7 |
Disintergration Of Life, Solids And Liquids By V. Dela Ronde Brown | 8 |
Amateur Department T.J. Crawford | 9 |
- Remember | 9 |
- Candle And Silk By Leroy Henderson | 9 |
- Water And Wine (You Can Drink It) By Chas. G. Shepherd | 9 |
- Obtaining Possession Of Card By Its Sound By Jesse A. Mueller | 9 |
Not An Ordinary Child | 9 |
Editor's Page | 10 |
De Land VS. S.A.M. Letters | 11 |
Literature | 12 |
Questions And Answers | 12 |
A Perplexing Pipe Phantasm By Clarence T. Hubbard | 12 |
The Mystic Sandwich By Len J. Sewell | 13 |
A Surprise By Len J. Sewell | 13 |
Uncle Feelix's Correspondence Column Satire | 14 |
Home Made Hash By Edward P. Conran | 14 |
- A Pardonable Mistake | 14 |
- Hot Stuff | 14 |
Gylleck's Challange Tape Tie | 15 |
Magical Suggestions By Amuso | 15 |
An Effective Interlude By Christianer | 15 |
Enchanted Cone And Liquid By Elmer Gylleck | 15 |
A Motion To Postpone | 15 |
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NO. 2: APRIL 1916 | 21 |
Thos. C. Worthington, Jr. Bio | 23 |
Fruit Transformation By Dr. E.G. Ervin | 23 |
The Difference Between A Trick And An Illusion By G.G. Laurens | 23 |
The World Of Magic | 24 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 24 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians By W.H. Domzalski | 24 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 24 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians | 25 |
- Russell's Flood | 25 |
- Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test | 25 |
- New York News Items | 25 |
- News From Indianapolis Clarence Duckworth | 25 |
Good Tricks By Christianer | 26 |
- The Vanishing Coins | 26 |
The Multiplying Five By Amuso | 26 |
Conjuring With A Sand Frame By Clarence T. Hubbard | 26 |
Two Suggestions For A Match Box By Amuso | 26 |
A New Fish Bowl Table By Russell | 26 |
New York Magicans Club | 27 |
- The Handkerchief Frame By Louis Jaeger | 27 |
My Favorite Conjuring Books By Schulte | 27 |
And What Do You Think Of This? | 27 |
Broadway Chatter By One Of The Boys | 27 |
Amateur Department T.J. Crawford | 28 |
- For Beginners | 28 |
- A Unique Color Change By William F. Hanna | 28 |
- Card, Egg And Spirit Slate By T.C. Bonney | 28 |
- Coffee And Milk By L. Henderson | 28 |
Schulte's Patter For The Perfection Coffee, Milk And Sugar Trick | 29 |
Two Vanished Silks Produced From A Nest Of Three Envelopes | 29 |
The Red, White And Blue Forever | 29 |
Success At Last | 29 |
Beat Beaten | 29 |
Editor's Page | 30 |
Magic Vs. Spirits, Or Scientific Fun H. J. Burlingame | 31 |
Ball Pull | 31 |
A Magical Tip | 31 |
Literature | 32 |
A Picturesque Billiard Ball Combination By Paul Lockwood | 32 |
Transposition Cards | 32 |
Suspicious | 32 |
Box Escape Trick By Harold Rasmussen | 33 |
A Trick With Some Coins And A Piece Of String Ishii Black | 33 |
Reading The Hand | 33 |
Uncle Feelix's Correspondence Column | 34 |
Between Ourselves By Schulte | 34 |
Multiplying (Finger) Rings | 34 |
Bouquet From Card | 34 |
Restored (Torn) Card | 34 |
Odds & Ends By Len J. Sewell | 35 |
- Vice-Versa | 35 |
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NO. 3: MAY 1916 | 41 |
The Die Box By Gibbs | 43 |
A Screen Used When Making Preparations For Palor Performances By R. Henderson | 43 |
Diminishing Half Dollar Clayton W. Rosencrance | 43 |
The World Of Magic | 44 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 44 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard | 44 |
- R.I. Local Notes C. Foster Fenner | 44 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery | 45 |
- That Robert Houdin Club Annual Dr. E. G. Ervin | 45 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W. H. Domzalski | 46 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 46 |
- Society Of Rochester Magicians F.G.M. | 46 |
- Magicians Club Of New York Louis Jaeger | 46 |
Magical Merriment By Schulte | 46 |
The Oldest Trick Of Which Records Exist Is Yet Performed This Day By G.G. Laurens | 47 |
The Magic Of Advertising By G.F. Schulte | 47 |
Magnus Coin Production By Hewitt Magnus | 47 |
Stanley Collins - His Tricks | 48 |
- The Magnetic Hat And Table | 48 |
A Haunted Cabinet By Russell | 48 |
The Ring And Wand By Amuso | 48 |
Good Tricks By Christianer | 49 |
- The Match Box And Smoke | 49 |
The Magnus Egg Production By Hewitt Magnus | 49 |
The Needle Trick By Russell Seaman | 49 |
Editor's Page | 50 |
J. P. Ornson Says | 50 |
Dr. Ellison says | 50 |
What Constitutes A Magician? By Floyd | 50 |
New Hat Loading Idea By Hewitt Magnus | 51 |
Improved Mind - Reading Stunt Edwardo | 51 |
Bobby's Babble By Robert H. Hegar | 51 |
Literature | 52 |
Twin Appearing Billiard Balls By L. Cohen | 52 |
A Marvelous Addition I. Trudel | 52 |
Slate, Numbered Cards And Dictionary By Breaunt | 52 |
The Man Who Fails Poem | 52 |
Evolution Of The Candle And Handkerchief Trick F.W. Warren | 53 |
Efficiency Black Art Table By R.S. McKinney | 54 |
That Clock Of Mine By A. Kellar Goodwin | 55 |
Keep Off The Grass | 55 |
An Easy Made Apparatus for Glass Through Hat By Hewitt Magnus | 55 |
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NO. 4: JUNE 1916 | 61 |
Harry Houdini Legalized His Name | 63 |
Card Cut In Half, Then Restored George A. Knabel | 63 |
The World Of Magic | 64 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 64 |
- Annual Banquet S.A.M. | 64 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery | 65 |
- Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test | 65 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W. H. Domzalski | 66 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 66 |
- News And Notes Of Minneapolis, Minn. Preston Langley | 66 |
- Order Of The Magi Fred Measures | 66 |
- R.I. Local Of National Conjurers' Association | 66 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 67 |
Stanley Collins His Tricks | 68 |
- "Esscee" Pencil And Peg Trick | 68 |
A Good Binder For The Sphinx By Norman Cummins | 68 |
The Novel Card Change | 68 |
Paper Tearing Trick H.A. Brooks | 68 |
S.A.M. Banquet Picture | 69 |
Uncle Feelix's Correspondence Column | 69 |
Editor's Page | 70 |
- Editor's Page Continued | 71 |
Literature | 72 |
Saram R. Ellison, M.D., Collection Additions | 72 |
Odds And Ends By Len Sewell | 73 |
- A Lightning Freak | 73 |
Opening Address Preston Langley | 73 |
The Traveling Confetti By Frederick F. Furman | 74 |
A Hungry Rabbit | 74 |
East Indian Yogi By Preston Langley | 74 |
Bobby's Babble By Robert H. Heger | 74 |
A Fable | 74 |
Paddles By F.W. Warren | 75 |
Water Bowl Production W.R. Walsh | 76 |
Improved Card Box By Wm. Resterer | 76 |
Canary Cage Transposition By Amuso | 76 |
Is Magic Dead? By David J. Lustig | 77 |
Good Tricks By Christianer | 77 |
- A New Card And Egg Trick | 77 |
Tell Me? Does It Pay- Preston Langley | 77 |
Watch The Watch By H. Syril Dusenbery | 78 |
Eggstra(ordinary) By Edward W. Puhl | 78 |
A Spirit Sack By Breaunt | 79 |
Langley's Soliloquies | 79 |
Worried? Poem | 79 |
The Value Of Perserverance By Schulte | 80 |
Line Logic By Henry Morgan | 80 |
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NO. 5: JULY 1916 | 85 |
Theodore S. Blakesley, M.D. Bio | 87 |
Good Tricks By Christianer | 87 |
- A Good Combination | 87 |
Takes Expertness | 87 |
The World Of Magic | 88 |
- Frank Ducrot's Route | 88 |
- News From Minneapolis Henry Morgan | 88 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 88 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery | 88 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 89 |
- National Conjurers Association | 89 |
Bobby's Babble By Robert H. Heger | 89 |
Stanley Collins-His Tricks | 90 |
- The Majestic Card And Wand Trick | 90 |
The Houdini Library Oscar S. Teale | 90 |
- Houdini Library Continued | 91 |
A Barrel Illusion By Clarence T. Hubbard | 92 |
Magical Symbology - Modern Versus Ancient By G.G. Laurens | 92 |
Postscripts By Schulte | 93 |
Editor's Page | 94 |
- I May Be Wrong | 94 |
Let Us Be Useful Poem | 95 |
How Is This For The Twentieth Century? | 95 |
The New York Public Library | 95 |
Literature | 95 |
Uncle Feelix Correspondence Column | 96 |
Card Locaters By H. Syril Dusenbery | 96 |
The Hindu Needle Trick, Using Different Colored Thread By Jesse A. Mueller | 97 |
Patterettes By Edwardo | 97 |
Magical Tips Russell | 98 |
A Borrowed Coin Is Changed Into A Chosen Card By Clayton W. Rosencrans | 99 |
Paragraphically Speaking By Schulte | 100 |
Passing Thoughts By Schulte | 100 |
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NO. 6: AUGUST 1916 | 105 |
E.G. Ervin, D.D.S. Bio | 107 |
Good Tricks By Christianer | 107 |
- An Impromtu Performance | 107 |
A Couple Of Suggestions By C.W. Stevenson | 107 |
The World Of Magic | 108 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 108 |
- Local No. 2 Of The National Conjurers Association | 109 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery | 109 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 109 |
- The Old Age Of Harry Kellar By Henry R. Evans | 110 |
- Harry Kellar Picture | 110 |
- Kellar Continued | 111 |
Stanley Collins - His Tricks | 112 |
- Two Methods For "Cone And Flowers" Trick | 112 |
Improved Glimpse By Edwardo | 112 |
Han Ping Chien By David P. Abbott | 113 |
Editor's Page | 114 |
- Among The Advertisers | 114 |
Literature | 115 |
The New York Public Library | 115 |
Paragraphs From Schulte Scrap Book | 116 |
A Definition Of An Exposer By Robert S. Bullock | 115 |
Han Ping Chien Concluded | 116 |
What Would You Do? By Len J. Sewell | 115 |
Petersons and Morgan's Super Magic | 116 |
Hypnotic Blood Test By Edward W. Puhl | 117 |
The Mysterious Palaquin By Clarence T. Hubbard | 117 |
Ring On The Wand By Elmer Johnson | 117 |
Twentieth Century Handkerchier Trick - A New Method By Harry B. Lowe | 118 |
That Handkerchief And Candle Again Len J. Sewell | 118 |
A Neat Card Detection By Charles J. Jordan | 118 |
Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 118 |
News From Baltimore Robert W. Test | 119 |
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NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1916 | 125 |
Donald Holmes Bio | 127 |
The Stabbed Card Paul Blickendoerfer | 127 |
Superbo Card Trick By Glenn G. Gravatt | 127 |
The World Of Magic | 128 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery | 128 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W. H. Domzalski | 128 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 128 |
- The New York Public Library | 129 |
Good Tricks By Christianer | 129 |
- A Move With The Shell Coin | 129 |
A New Way To Do The Egg To Handkerchief Trick With A Real Egg By Daniel G. Wright | 129 |
Literature | 130 |
Library Binders And Care Of Magazines By C.R. Mawe | 130 |
Ambition And Success By Schulte | 130 |
The Greatest Magician By Van K. Allison | 131 |
Just Tips Leslie P. Gestefeld | 131 |
Drop It (Poem) F.W. Warren | 131 |
Trucks F.W. Warren | 132 |
The Haunted Window, Or The Ghost House Breaunt | 133 |
Quibs And Quibbles Edwardo | 133 |
Editor's Page | 134 |
A Psalm Of Magic Poem | 134 |
The Card In The Nest Of Envelopes H. Syril Dusenbery | 135 |
A Card Location By LaVellma | 135 |
Uncle Feelix Correspondence Colum | 136 |
A Mirror Tube By Richard F. NcKinney | 136 |
Marked Glass Transportation By Morgan & Peterson | 137 |
The Legerdemaniacs By C.T. Jordan | 137 |
News From Advertisers | 138 |
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NO. 8: OCTOBER 1916 | 145 |
The Great Alexander Bio | 147 |
The Spirit Envelopes And Flying Cards By Dr. T.C. Bonney | 147 |
The Card From Pocket by Alfred Elting | 147 |
The World Of Magic | 148 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 148 |
- Newton's Route | 148 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 148 |
- Rhode Island Society Of Magicians Banquet C. Foster Fenner | 149 |
- Order Of The Magi | 149 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 150 |
- Chicago Conjuring Comments W.R. Walsh | 150 |
Color Combinations By John H. Percival | 151 |
Oriental Flag Trick By Lewis C. Duff | 151 |
One More Twentieth Century Effect By William R. Walsh | 151 |
The Black Art By Frederick J. Haskin | 152 |
The Ledgerdemaniacs By C.T. Jordan | 152 |
- Ledgerdemaniacs Continued | 153 |
Editor's Page | 154 |
- The Deadly Parallel | 154 |
From Elbow To Hand By Alfred Elting | 155 |
Stanley Collins - His Tricks | 156 |
- The Elusive Numbered Cubes | 156 |
Literature | 157 |
Magical Mirth By G. F. Schulte | 157 |
Good Tricks By Christianer | 158 |
- The Traveling Cards | 158 |
Paterson & Morgan's Super-Magic No. 2 | 158 |
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NO. 9: NOVEMBER 1916 | 165 |
Claude W. Pike Obit | 167 |
Thoughts Are Not Always Practical A. Kellar Goodwin | 167 |
Literature | 167 |
The World Of Magic | 168 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W. H. Domzalski | 168 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 169 |
- Spotlights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 169 |
- Philadelphia Association Of Magicians Howard F. Kenna | 169 |
- Minneapolis Notes | 170 |
- Scotch Items Morgan & Peterson | 170 |
Just For Fun By Schulte | 170 |
Uncle Feelix Correspondence Column | 171 |
Magically Speaking By G.F. Schulte | 171 |
Stanley Collins - His tricks | 172 |
- The Filtering Ink Trick | 172 |
Vanishing Trick | 172 |
The Sphinx By Dr. T.C. Bonney | 172 |
De Vegas Spheres From Space | 173 |
The Egg And Glass Trick By Karel Sekavec | 173 |
A Novel Method Of Vanishing Full Pack By Morgan & Peterson | 173 |
Editor's Page | 174 |
An Experience In The East By Horace Goldin | 175 |
The Evolution Of The Peacock By Paul R. Rockwood | 176 |
A Flipping Substitution By Clayton W. Rosecrans | 176 |
Edwardo's Changing Card Easel | 177 |
Packing Case Mystery By J.E. Pierce | 177 |
A Magical Library By Louis F. Christianer | 178 |
T. Nelson Downs In Omaha | 178 |
For Magicians To Laugh Over by David J. Lonergan | 178 |
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NO. 10: DECEMBER 1916 | 185 |
A Happy Quartette | 187 |
- Mohomed Kahn | 187 |
- A.M. Wilson | 187 |
- W.J. Hilliar | 187 |
- C.W. Hardman | 187 |
New Method Of Producing Billiard Balls By Morgan & Peterson | 187 |
A Novel Card Discovery By H. Syril Dusenbery | 187 |
The World Of Magic | 188 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 188 |
- Ray Newton's Route | 189 |
- National Conjurers Association | 189 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 190 |
- San Francisco S.A.M. H. Syril Dusenbery | 190 |
- Philadelphia Association Of Magicians Howard F. Kenna | 190 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 190 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 191 |
- Notes from Columbus, O. Rogers D. Rusk | 191 |
Somebody Tells Somebody By G.F. Schulte | 191 |
A New Silk Production By W. B. Gibson | 191 |
Burned And Restored Ribbon By Harry A. Lee | 191 |
Stanley Collins - His Tricks | 192 |
- Confetti And Selected Handkerchief Transposition | 192 |
A Good Ring Trick By G.C. Browen | 193 |
Editor's Page | 194 |
An Instantaneous Coin Vanish By L. Cohen | 195 |
Literature | 195 |
Memories Of Magic - A Christmas Fantasy By Henry Ridgely Evans | 196 |
Stop By Dr. T.C. Bonney | 197 |
Words Of A Wizard By Schulte | 197 |
A Little Stunt For A Hat Load Of Paper By H.M. Arrowsmith | 198 |
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NO. 11: JANUARY 1917 | 205 |
Guy M. Babst Bio | 207 |
The Note In The Pocket By H. Syril Dusenbery | 207 |
Continuation Of Billiard Ball Manipulation Without Shells Morgan & Peterson | 207 |
The World Of Magic | 208 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 208 |
- Ray Newton Route | 208 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 208 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 209 |
- Chicago Notes W. J. Hilliar | 209 |
- San Francisco Bay Cities Branch S.A.M. H. Syril Dusenbery | 209 |
- Yogi Club Reception To Francis J. Martinka C. Victor Dealy | 210 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 210 |
- Doings Of The Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test | 210 |
- Kodak City Notes Robert W. Hall | 210 |
- News From Scotland A.B. Harrington | 210 |
An Illusion | 211 |
Wilsonisms | 211 |
The Rainbow Ribbon by Harold Fackler | 211 |
Rising Cards For Comedy Work By Leslie P. Gestefeld | 211 |
Stanley Collins - His tricks | 212 |
- A Combined Table Top And Servante | 212 |
Memory And Magic By Harry J. Podmore | 212 |
Uncle Feelix Correspondence Column | 213 |
A Fanciful Celebration (Poem) By Charles Neil Smith | 213 |
An Original Wrinkle In The Cigarette Vanish By Max Holden | 213 |
Editor's Page | 214 |
Literature | 215 |
Ledgerdemain Logic By Schulte | 215 |
A Few Tips By Walter Gibson | 215 |
A New Effect With The Candle From The Pocket By Ladson Butler | 215 |
A Clever And Deceptive Card Trick By Dr. T.C. Bonney | 216 |
A Memory Of Signor Blitz | 216 |
The Wandering Aces By Paul R. Rockwood | 216 |
The Girl In The Blue Cloak By Glenn Gilmore Gravatt | 217 |
Schultegraphs | 217 |
A Wrinkle By E. Ludeman | 218 |
The Misdirection Pass By Walter Gibson | 218 |
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NO. 12: FEBRUARY 1917 | 225 |
J. Clyde Cooper Bio | 227 |
Reflections By Schulte | 227 |
Literature | 227 |
The World Of Magic | 228 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 228 |
- News From New York Winfield E. Decker | 228 |
- Doings Of The Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test | 228 |
- Knotes From The Kodak City R.W. Hoel | 229 |
- Edward Reno's Route | 229 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 229 |
- Ray Newton's Route | 230 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 230 |
- From Southland A.B. Harrington | 230 |
- Pittsburgh Association Of Magicians H. L. Becker | 231 |
- Golden Gate Assembly Of the S.A.M. H. Syril Dusenbery | 231 |
- Bloomsburg, Pa., Magical News Chas. A Gallon | 231 |
Dean's Dope By Hankie Dean | 231 |
A Transparent Trick By Elwin More | 231 |
Simple Methods For Working "Flag And Candle Trick" By G.C. Bowen | 231 |
A Glass Casket To Disappear Small Objects By Theodore Bamberg | 232 |
Rapid Change-Over With Thimble | 232 |
David Devant's Matinees At The Ambassadors Theatre Sidney Oldridge | 233 |
- Devant Continued | 234 |
The Value Of Skill By J.T. Crawford | 235 |
A Book Value Above Par By Clarence T. Hubbard | 235 |
An Amateur's Magical Note Book By Paul R. Rockwood | 235 |
The Invisible Table Pass By J.E. Walsh | 235 |
Editor's Page | 236 |
Grumpy Is Grouching Again | 236 |
From Ray Newton | 237 |
Your Choice by L. Cohen | 238 |
The Weaverton Benefit By C.T. Jordan | 239 |
- Weaverton Continued | 240 |
The Buoyancy And Cleaving Pack Of Cards By Clayton W. Rosencrance | 241 |
Three Card Monte Variation By H. Syril Dusenbery | 241 |
A Little Comedy Stunt With A Deck Of Cards E.M. Lipka | 241 |
Schulte Paragraphs | 242 |
A Paraphrase On Masons' "Loyalty." | 242 |