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| VOLUME 2 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1903 | 1 |
| Chicago, Mar. 15, 1903 | 2 |
| The Magician of the Month Ching Ling Soo | 3 |
| Why It Was by Xavier | 3 |
| An Interesting Letter T. Nelson Downs | 3 |
| Novel Sleights | 4 |
| - Modern Thimble Manipulation By Lee Stewart | 4 |
| - An Original Cigarette Trick Merle F. Willis | 4 |
| - New Vanishing Canary Mora | 4 |
| - Rice and Handkerchief Trick Prof. McIntosh | 4 |
| - An Old Kite With A New Tail Louis N. Miller | 4 |
| - Novel Egg Sleight Lawrence Stone | 4 |
| Stories Retold A Magician Among Aborigines | 5 |
| Ninty On The Dollar | 5 |
| Magic and Magicians Ellison Library | 5 |
| Our Letter Box | 6 |
| Magicians Doings | 7 |
| - Chicago | 7 |
| - New York | 7 |
| - Boston | 7 |
| - Washington | 7 |
| - Kansas City | 7 |
| - Detroit | 8 |
| - Pittsburg | 8 |
| - New Zealand and Australian Notes | 8 |
| Book Notes | 9 |
| Herrmann Grave Picture | 9 |
| En Route | 9 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 9 |
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| NO. 2: APRIL 1903 | 13 |
| Chicago, Apr. 15, 1903 | 14 |
| The Magician of the Month Adelaide Herrmann | 15 |
| Book Notes | 15 |
| Magicians Doings | 16 |
| - Chicago | 16 |
| - New York | 16 |
| - Boston | 16 |
| - Kansas City | 16 |
| - Detroit | 16 |
| - St. Louis | 16 |
| - New Zealand and Australian Notes | 16 |
| - Foreign Notes | 17 |
| - Here and There | 17 |
| - Spiritual Chit Chat | 17 |
| Novel Sleights | 18 |
| - Modern Thimble Manipulation By Lee Stewart | 18 |
| - A New Effect in Rising Cards Louis N. Miller | 18 |
| - The Hypnotized Handkerchief Prof. McIntosh | 18 |
| - Four Ace Illusion H.E. Kaiser | 18 |
| - Production of Full Pack of Cards Prof. Burns | 18 |
| - The Spiritualistic Cigarette Paper T. Nelson Downs | 18 |
| - The Downs Billiard Ball Vanish T. Nelson Downs | 18 |
| Spiritualism An Interesting Letter | 19 |
| - Spiritualism It Stands forth as the Great Revealer | 19 |
| - Spiritualism Growing | 19 |
| Stories Retold The Conjurer's Revenge | 20 |
| Magician Visits Bonsecours Market Herrmanns Tricks Caused Amusement and Astonishment | 20 |
| Magic Mirrors | 20 |
| The Fire Walkers of Japan by W.C. Jameson reid | 21 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 22 |
| En Route | 22 |
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| NO. 3: MAY 1903 | 25 |
| Chicago, May 15, 1903 | 26 |
| The Magician of the Month Alexander Herrmann | 27 |
| Men of Today Who Make the World Laugh | 27 |
| Magicians Doings | 28 |
| - Boston | 28 |
| - Detroit | 28 |
| - Kansas City | 28 |
| - New Zealand Notes | 28 |
| - Foreign Notes | 29 |
| Stories Retold | 30 |
| Ching Ling Foo Picture | 30 |
| Herrmann Bullet Catch Picture | 30 |
| Book Notes | 30 |
| Servais Le Roy & Company Picture | 31 |
| Downs at Monte Carlo-Systems of Play Illusions Pro and Con-Foreign Notes | 32 |
| Houdini Comments on Exposers Experiences in Germany-Magic Libraries | 33 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 34 |
| En Route | 34 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1903 | 37 |
| Chicago, June 15, 1903 | 38 |
| Queer Stories | 38 |
| The Magician of the Month E. M. Vernelo | 39 |
| Predestination A Card Trick | 39 |
| The Magician's Philosophy | 39 |
| Magicians Doings | 40 |
| - Boston | 40 |
| - Cleveland | 40 |
| - Detroit | 40 |
| - Kansas City | 40 |
| - Pittsburg | 40 |
| Forsaw His Own Death in Strange Dream | 40 |
| Foreign Notes | 41 |
| New Coin Trick Thos. J. Peters | 41 |
| Our Letter Box | 41 |
| Here and There | 42 |
| Slept Twenty Years Marguerite Boyenval, French Woman who was in Trance Since 1883 is Dead | 42 |
| Mr. Jerome's "Disappearing" Feet. | 42 |
| Book Notes | 43 |
| The Inexaustible Fairy Tumbler T. Nelson Downs | 43 |
| The Funnel Trick | 43 |
| The Mesmeric Ball by Amature Burkly | 44 |
| A New Ching Ling Foo Bowl Irving R. Allyn | 44 |
| Up-To_Date Flag Production | 44 |
| My Original Pass Louis N. Miller | 45 |
| "Ycarion, The Golden Star." | 45 |
| The Sociery of American Magicians | 46 |
| En Route | 46 |
| Thos. J. Peters Picture | 46 |
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| NO. 5: JULY 1903 | 49 |
| Chicago | 50 |
| Encourage Good deeds, But Don't Flatter | 50 |
| Imported | 50 |
| A Ghost Story | 50 |
| A New Occupation for Girls | 50 |
| Magicians Doings | 51 |
| - Chicago | 51 |
| - Mme. Herrmann's Magic | 51 |
| - Detroit | 51 |
| - Cleveland | 51 |
| - Boston | 51 |
| - Omaha | 52 |
| - Foreign Notes | 52 |
| - New Zealand | 52 |
| - Here and There | 52 |
| Our Letter Box | 53 |
| Marshall P. Wilder Weds Marriage Takes Place in a New York Studio | 53 |
| Secrets of Ching Ling Foo's Marvelous Feats Exposed The Magic Water Bowl | 54 |
| - The Three Plates | 55 |
| - Wonderful Fire | 55 |
| Manipulation with five Coins Thos. J. Peters | 55 |
| Original Aerial Treasury Louis N. Miller | 56 |
| Panic in Cafe Over Shooting Guests Gowed by Man Who Shot Another in Chinese Restaurant | 56 |
| The Magician of the Month E.S. Burns | 56 |
| The Baby's Reflections | 57 |
| The Age of Glass | 57 |
| Last Night of Historic Playhouse | 57 |
| En Route | 57 |
| Dr. Ellison's Library Columbia University Wants It When He Pegs Out. | 58 |
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| NO. 6: AUGUST 1903 | 61 |
| Chicago, Aug. 15, 1903 | 62 |
| A Wise Girl | 63 |
| Montgomery Ward Blushes | 63 |
| Magicians Doings | 63 |
| - Chicago | 63 |
| - Boston | 63 |
| - Kansas City | 63 |
| - Detroit | 64 |
| - Foreign Notes | 64 |
| - Australia | 64 |
| - From a Melbourne, Australia, Paper | 64 |
| - Here and There | 65 |
| Novel Sleights | 65 |
| - The Hindoo Needle Effect Louis N. Miller | 65 |
| - Catching Five Different Colored Balls from the Air Thos. J. Peters | 65 |
| Our Letter Box | 66 |
| The Spirit of the Home | 66 |
| Cohen's Vice Vesa Coin Trick | 67 |
| L. Cohen's Coins and Flag Trick | 67 |
| L. Cohen's New Aerial Treasury | 67 |
| Cohen's Kling Klang Trick | 67 |
| Knew His Value | 67 |
| What We Waste. | 67 |
| The Magician of the Month Ottokar Fischer | 68 |
| Queen of the Circus. Died Recently Almost in Poverty in New orleans. | 68 |
| Entirely New Servante Idea | 68 |
| Book News | 69 |
| "Ezra's Sleight O' Hand" Poem | 69 |
| En Route | 70 |
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| NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1903 | 73 |
| Chicago, Sept. 15, 1903 | 74 |
| Magicians Doings | 75 |
| - Chicago | 75 |
| - Boston | 75 |
| - Detroit | 75 |
| - Cleveland | 76 |
| - San Francisco | 76 |
| - New York City | 76 |
| - Savannah, Ga | 76 |
| - Kansas City | 77 |
| - Foreign Notes | 77 |
| - Here and There | 77 |
| Novel Sleights | 78 |
| - L. Cohen's Transformed Cards and Handkerchief. | 78 |
| - Mysterious Handkerchief Tube | 78 |
| - The Deluge | 78 |
| - Improvement on the Chameleon Ball Trick Thos. J. Peters | 78 |
| The Society of American magicians | 78 |
| The Magician of the Month A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 79 |
| Magic as a Fine Art | 79 |
| An Unusual Diversion | 79 |
| Book Notes | 80 |
| Clivette, Mystic Dealer Figuratively Ties Carload of School Teachers in a Knot | 80 |
| What We Read | 80 |
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| NO. 8: OCTOBER 1903 | 85 |
| Chicago, Oct. 15, 1903 | 86 |
| Magicians Doings | 87 |
| - Chicago | 87 |
| - Boston From the Land of the Russian Bear | 87 |
| - New York | 87 |
| - Cleveland | 87 |
| - Omaha | 87 |
| - San Francisco | 87 |
| - Foreign Notes | 88 |
| - News from the Society of Detroit Magicians | 88 |
| - Here and There | 89 |
| De Kolta,The Magician Is Dead | 89 |
| Our Letter Box | 90 |
| Novel Sleights | 91 |
| - The Bewitched Hook Clayton Wyatt | 91 |
| - The Flying Cards Clayton wyatt | 91 |
| - A New finish to the Sliding Dice Box Robert Gifford | 91 |
| - New Coin Sleight Back and Front Palm | 91 |
| - Chinese Ring Trick Thos. J. Peters | 91 |
| - A Few Suggestions Louis N. Miller | 91 |
| The Magician of the Month Allan Shaw | 92 |
| On the Exposing of Tricks Lee Stewart | 92 |
| Book Notes | 92 |
| To Correspondence | 92 |
| En Route | 93 |
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| NO. 9: NOVEMBER 1903 | 097 |
| Chicago, Nov. 15, 1903 To Correspondence | 98 |
| Magicians Doings | 99 |
| - Chicago | 99 |
| - Boston | 99 |
| - Cleveland | 99 |
| - Detroit | 99 |
| - News From The Society of Detroit Magicians | 99 |
| - Kansas City | 100 |
| - New York | 100 |
| - Omaha | 100 |
| - Philadelphia | 100 |
| - San Francisco | 101 |
| - Savannah, Ga | 101 |
| - Foreign Notes | 101 |
| - Here and There | 101 |
| Death of Waljalba Frinkell Finnish conjurer | 102 |
| Wonderful Indian Magic | 102 |
| Novel Sleights | 103 |
| - Handkerchief and Flag Trick Thos. J. Peters | 103 |
| - The Chameleon and Vanishing Gloves Clayton Wyatt | 103 |
| - The Vanishing Pack of Cards Clayton Wyatt | 103 |
| - A New Card Wrinkle Clayton Wyatt | 103 |
| Secret of Oriental Juggling | 103 |
| The Magician of the Month Mr. Elbert M. Morey | 104 |
| About Magic in General L.H. Stewart | 104 |
| Book Notes | 104 |
| Magic for Columbia The Library of Dr. Ellison will go to University | 104 |
| Our Boys Should Learn | 105 |
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| NO. 10: DECEMBER 1903 | 109 |
| Chicago, Dec. 15, 1903 | 110 |
| To Correspondents | 110 |
| The Magician of the Month Don Turley | 111 |
| Ghosts Have No Thickness E.H Thorton | 111 |
| A Mysterious Dead City Vast Ruins of the Past Yet Found in Mexico Are Contona | 112 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism By F.W. King | 113 |
| Marie Herrmann Picture | 113 |
| Magicians Doings | 114 |
| - Chicago | 114 |
| - Philadelphia | 114 |
| - Detroit | 114 |
| - Fon Du Lac, Wis. | 115 |
| - Cleveland | 115 |
| - St. Louis | 115 |
| - Omaha | 115 |
| - Auburn, N.Y. | 115 |
| - Boston | 115 |
| - Here and There | 116 |
| An Acrostic on Mgic, Unity, Might by A.M. Wison, M.D. | 116 |
| A. Roterberg Picture | 116 |
| Items of Interest | 117 |
| Russian Notes by Harry Houdini | 117 |
| West Indies Association Wants To Learn Tricks With Cards | 117 |
| Our Letter Box | 117 |
| The Curse of Neglect | 118 |
| Coon Hypnotized Clivette, the Magician, Scares Orpheum Porter | 118 |
| Fred W. King Picture | 118 |
| The Ne Plus Ultra Cabinet H. Kellar | 119 |
| His Flowers Not For Sale Youngster Had Gathered Them for His Mother. and Was Loyal | 119 |
| Novel Sleights | 120 |
| - Just Cards C.J. Hicks | 120 |
| - Vanishing Handkerchief from Bare Hands T. Nelson Downs | 120 |
| - Original Tube and Handkerchief Trick Louis N. Miller | 120 |
| - Down's Vanishing Glass of Water T. Nelson Downs | 120 |
| - Self Lighting Cigar Thos. J. Peters | 120 |
| - Wyatt's New Card Pass Clayton Wyatt | 120 |
| - Cigar From the Ear Thos. J. Peters | 120 |
| - Unkind | 120 |
| Magic Among Indians Weird Marvels Performed by the Wizards of the Chippewa and Other Indian Tribes-Geo. B. Bedky | 121 |
| Downs Pleases and Mystifies His Work Has Become an Art, and Large Audiences Sees Excellent Entertainment | 121 |
| Book Notes | 122 |
| My Programme A. M. Wilson, M.D. | 122 |
| Lee Stewart Picture | 123 |
| Originality in Magic Lee Stewart | 123 |
| A Chance for the Thirsty Herrmann Gives Drinks from Whisky to Champagne as One of His Tricks. - His Magic Art Applauded. | 123 |
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| NO. 11: JANUARY 1904 | 129 |
| Chicago, Jan. 15,1904 | 130 |
| The Magician of the Month Eugene Powell | 131 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism-By F.W.King Chapter II | 131 |
| In Addition to the "Aerial Treasury." Leonzo | 131 |
| Magicians Doings | 132 |
| - Chicago | 132 |
| - New York | 132 |
| - Kansas City | 132 |
| - Auburn, N.Y. | 132 |
| - San Francisco | 132 |
| - Boston | 133 |
| - New Zealand | 133 |
| - Detroit | 133 |
| - St. Louis | 134 |
| - Lawrence, Kans. | 134 |
| - Milwaukee | 134 |
| - Cleveland | 134 |
| - Omaha | 134 |
| - Here and There | 134 |
| - English Notes | 135 |
| - Book Notes | 136 |
| Veno. | 136 |
| Our Letter Box | 137 |
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| NO. 12: FEBRUARY 1904 | 141 |
| Chicago, Feb. 15, 1904 | 142 |
| The Magician of the Month Fred J. Peters | 143 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism-by F.W.King Chapter III | 143 |
| Shakespear on Magic | 143 |
| Magicians Doings | 144 |
| - Chicago | 144 |
| - New York | 144 |
| - Detroit | 144 |
| - Cleveland | 145 |
| - Auburn, N.Y. | 145 |
| - Omaha | 145 |
| - Philadelphia | 145 |
| - St. Louis | 146 |
| - Milwaukee | 146 |
| - Lawrence, Kans. | 146 |
| - Kansas City | 146 |
| - Mt. Vernon, Ill. | 146 |
| - Seattle, Washington | 146 |
| - Boston | 147 |
| - Manchester, England Notes | 147 |
| Book Notes | 147 |
| Magic in England by Harry Houdini | 148 |
| Foreign Notes | 149 |
| Here and There | 149 |
| The Pig Turned to Roses | 149 |
| The Origin of Cards | 149 |
| Our Letter Box | 150 |
| Novel Sleights | 151 |
| - Coin Glass Fred J. Peters | 151 |
| - Wine and Water Clayton Wyatt | 151 |
| - Own Original Flag Conception W. Eshe | 151 |
| - Levitation of a Paper Ball Clayton Wyatt | 152 |
| - Handkerchief and Glass Cylinder Improvement | 152 |
| - A Coin Idea T.J. Crawford | 152 |
| - George Ade's Trick | 152 |
| Vaudeville | 152 |
| Stewart's Column Lee Stewart Magic From the Front | 153 |
| - Just for Fun | 153 |
