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| VOLUME 3 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1904 | 1 |
| Chicago, Mar. 15, 1904 | 2 |
| The Magician of the Month M. Inez | 3 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism By F.W. King Chapter IV | 3 |
| Magicians Doings | 4 |
| - Chicago | 4 |
| - New York | 4 |
| - Philadelphia | 5 |
| - Detroit | 5 |
| - St. Louis | 6 |
| - Kansas City | 6 |
| - Milwaukee | 6 |
| - San Francisco | 6 |
| - Omaha | 6 |
| - Sioux City | 7 |
| - Seattle | 7 |
| - Los Angeles, Cal. | 7 |
| - Cleveland | 7 |
| - Auburn, N.Y. | 7 |
| - Here and There | 7 |
| - English Notes | 8 |
| - Australia | 8 |
| - Bengal, India | 8 |
| Wrecks, Floods and Fires These With Steamboat Disasters Give Leon Herrmann an Exciting Tour | 9 |
| The Subject of Talk Geo. H. Stippe | 9 |
| Novel Sleights Old Tricks Made New | 9 |
| - New Color Changing Handkerchief | 9 |
| - The Mysterious Production Yogi Girindrashekhur | 9 |
| - My Original Vest Servante Louis N. Miller | 10 |
| - The full Dress Shirt L. Cohen | 10 |
| - L. Cohen's Wand Production | 10 |
| - Penetrating Billiard Ball Prof. C.J. Hicks | 10 |
| - Manipulation with Ten Cards Thos. J. Peters | 10 |
| - Rising Card Trick Eugene Rosenblatt | 10 |
| F. J. Peters Column | 11 |
| - A Novel and Mystifying Cabinet | 11 |
| To Vanish Many Coins L. Cohen | 11 |
| Book Notes A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 11 |
| An Item of Interest International Vaudeville Agency | 12 |
| A Good Catch | 12 |
| Our Letter Box | 12 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 13 |
| Stewart's Column Magic As A Pastime. | 14 |
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| NO. 2: APRIL 1904 | 17 |
| Chicago, April 15, 1904 | 18 |
| Jumblets Edw. F. Conran | 18 |
| The Magician of the Month Carl Herrmann | 19 |
| - Carl Herrman Picture | 19 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism-by F.W.King Chapter V | 20 |
| The Size of the St. Louis Exposition | 20 |
| Magicians Doings | 21 |
| - Chicago | 21 |
| - New York | 21 |
| - Boston | 21 |
| - San Francisco | 21 |
| - Cleveland | 21 |
| - St. Louis | 22 |
| - Fond Du Lac, Wis. | 22 |
| - Philadelphia | 22 |
| - Omaha | 22 |
| - Detroit | 23 |
| - Seattle, Washington | 23 |
| - Lawrence, Kans. | 23 |
| - Denver, Col | 23 |
| - New Zealand | 23 |
| - Foreign Notes | 24 |
| - English Notes | 24 |
| - Here and There | 24 |
| Stewart's Column Magic as a Profession | 25 |
| Novel Sleights | 25 |
| - Modern Match Manipulation Leonzo | 25 |
| - Improved Hand Box Emil F. Schnaubelt, Amature Magician | 25 |
| - Cohen's Twin Vanishing Handkerchiefs | 26 |
| - A New Second Sight Walter P. Werheim | 26 |
| Modern Magic Geo. H. Stipp | 26 |
| F.J. Peters Column | 27 |
| - Incomparable Conjuring Box | 27 |
| Some of the Superstitions Common to Stage Folks | 27 |
| Book Notes A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 27 |
| This Bell A Foe To Sleep | 27 |
| Our Letter Box | 28 |
| Antidote for Exposers Louis N. Miller | 28 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 28 |
| - S.A.M. Continued | 29 |
| - S.A.M/ Continued | 30 |
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| NO. 3: MAY 1904 | 33 |
| Chicago, May 15, 1904 | 34 |
| Prestigiatory H.L. Davis | 34 |
| One Exposer Converted | 34 |
| An Amateurs' Exchange Wanted | 34 |
| Relieving Her Mind | 34 |
| Eggsasperating | 34 |
| The Magician of the Month L. Cohen | 35 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism-by F.W.King Chapter VI | 35 |
| What He Really Didn't See Emmett,The Mystic | 35 |
| Magicians Doings | 36 |
| - Chicago | 36 |
| - Kansas City | 36 |
| - Denver, Col. | 36 |
| - San Francisco | 36 |
| - Detroit | 36 |
| - Cleveland | 37 |
| - Philadelphia | 37 |
| - Seattle | 37 |
| - Boston | 37 |
| - New Zealand | 37 |
| - St. Louis | 38 |
| - English Notes | 38 |
| - Foreign Notes | 38 |
| - Here and There | 38 |
| Book Notes A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 39 |
| Magic Among the Navajo and Pueblo Indians By the "Only" Valensin (Thos. J. Hope) | 39 |
| What Constitutes an Expose Eugene P. Lecher | 39 |
| Novel Sleights | 40 |
| - Handkerchief Dyeing-A New Wrinkle T.J.Crawford | 40 |
| - A New wrinkle for an Old Trick By Harry Whitely | 40 |
| - New Card Production Clayton Wyatt | 40 |
| - The Color Change Plume Victor, Emperor of Magic | 40 |
| - The Changing Die L.N. Miller | 40 |
| Our Letter Box | 41 |
| An Australian Amateur's Program J. Davis | 41 |
| F.J. Peters Column | 42 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1904 | 45 |
| Chicago, June 15, 1904 | 46 |
| Jack Burch A Bankrupt | 46 |
| The Magician of the Month Will Goldston | 47 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 47 |
| Spirit Photography | 47 |
| Magicians Doings | 48 |
| - Chicago | 48 |
| - St. Louis | 48 |
| - Seattle | 48 |
| - Boston | 48 |
| - New Zealand | 49 |
| - Detroit | 49 |
| - Philadelphia | 49 |
| - Denver, Col. | 49 |
| - Lawrence, Kans. | 49 |
| - Here and There | 49 |
| - English Notes | 50 |
| - Foreign Notes | 50 |
| The "Story" or "Plot" in Magic Max Sterling | 50 |
| Book Notes A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 51 |
| It Was Dead East | 51 |
| Our Letter Box | 52 |
| Novel Sleights | 52 |
| - Van Der Koor's Hat Fake | 52 |
| - The Journeying Card Emil F. Schnaubelt, Amateur magician | 52 |
| - L. Cohen's Goblet of Mystery | 53 |
| - The Flying Block of Wood Robert Gifford | 53 |
| F.J. Peters Column | 53 |
| - "K"nobby Flag Production | 53 |
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| NO. 5: JULY 1904 | 57 |
| Chicago, July 15, 1904 | 58 |
| The Magician of the Month Harrison B. Davies | 59 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism-By F.W. King Chapter VII | 59 |
| One About Bancroft | 59 |
| Magicians Doings | 60 |
| - Chicago | 60 |
| - Kansas City | 60 |
| - Denver, Col. | 60 |
| - Seattle, Wash. | 60 |
| - Detroit | 61 |
| - Boston | 61 |
| - New Zealand | 61 |
| - St. Louis | 61 |
| - Houston, Texas | 61 |
| - Philadelphia | 61 |
| - Here and There | 61 |
| Book Notes A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 62 |
| Notes From the Society of Detroit Magicians | 62 |
| Strange Voices from the Grip Sack Matthew Dougans | 62 |
| Keep A-Going | 62 |
| Our Letter Box | 63 |
| "No Sir, You're Not the Man" Walter Meikeljohn Get a Shot When He Keeps and Engagement | 63 |
| A Pack of Cards | 63 |
| Re: Honest Criticism | 63 |
| Novel Sleights | 64 |
| - A Mysterious Card Effect John N.Hilliard | 64 |
| - A New "Coin Through the Knee" Pass Leonzo | 64 |
| - Card Through Hat Henry Whitely | 64 |
| - To Pass a Coin from One Hand to Another C. Pearson Scott | 64 |
| - Cohen's Vanishing Coin | 64 |
| Taken for a Shoplifter A Fine-Looking Old Man with a Score of Full Pockets | 65 |
| Houdini's Difficult Task Extraoridinary Scene at the Palace | 65 |
| F.J. Peters Column | 65 |
| - Magnetic Cards | 65 |
| - Three Coin Pocket Trick | 65 |
| Stewart's Column | 66 |
| - The Specialists of Magic | 66 |
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| NO. 6: AUGUST 1904 | 69 |
| Chicago, Aug. 15, 1904 | 70 |
| The Magician of the Month Prof. Chas. F. Hiestand | 71 |
| Stewart's Column | 71 |
| - Magicians as Artists | 71 |
| Notes from the Society of Detroit Magicians | 71 |
| Magicians Doings | 72 |
| - Chicago | 72 |
| - Kansas City | 72 |
| - Boston | 72 |
| - St. Louis | 72 |
| - Philadelphia | 72 |
| - Denver, Col. | 72 |
| - Australia | 73 |
| - Detroit | 73 |
| - Here and There | 73 |
| - English Notes | 73 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 74 |
| Book Notes A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 75 |
| Amateur's Column F.R. Ogden | 76 |
| - Three Ball Combination Russell "The Mystifier" | 76 |
| - Now Watch Me Very Closely, Please Napsac | 76 |
| Novel Sleights | 76 |
| - Card from the Air-New Method C. Pearson Scott | 76 |
| - A New Back Hand Palm Trick John Allen | 77 |
| - A Step-Ladder Illusion Wm. Austin Russell, "The Mystifier" | 77 |
| - L. Cohen's New Crystal Target | 77 |
| F.J. Peters Column | 77 |
| Why People Buy Books | 78 |
| Our Letter Box | 78 |
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| NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1904 | 81 |
| Chicago, Sept. 15, 1904 | 82 |
| The Magician of the Month Marshall P. Wilder | 83 |
| Has The Unlucky Thirteen It Figures Thirteen Times on a Quarter With Some Strange Combinations | 83 |
| How Mark Twain Proposed | 83 |
| A Magician's Warning Fred J. Peters | 83 |
| Magicians Doings | 84 |
| - Chicago | 84 |
| - St. Louis | 84 |
| - Detroit | 84 |
| - Philadelphia | 84 |
| - Boston | 84 |
| - Lawrence, Kans | 85 |
| - Denver, Col. | 85 |
| - Herre and There | 85 |
| - Australia | 85 |
| - New Zealand | 85 |
| - English Notes | 86 |
| Book Notes A.M. Wilson, M.D. | 86 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 87 |
| Stage Wardrobe Woman | 97 |
| Amateur's Column F.R. Ogden | 88 |
| - Poem J.C. Daniels | 88 |
| - One From the "King of Kerchiefs" G.R. Waterman | 88 |
| - Coin Change Gistave A. Domitz | 88 |
| - To Produce a Quantity of Handkerchiefs T. Calvin Manor | 88 |
| - Daniels' Flying Handkerchief J.C. Daniels | 88 |
| Novel Sleights | 88 |
| - New Kling Klang Laurence H. Stone, Boy Conjurer | 88 |
| - The Thorn Cards | 88 |
| - The Card Clip | 88 |
| - Yarn Clayton Wyatt | 88 |
| - Vanish Fourt Coins by Sleight of Hand Lorenzo | 89 |
| - Goodbye, Marshall! (Poem) James Barton Adams | 90 |
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| NO. 8: OCTOBER 1904 | 93 |
| Kansas City, Oct. 15,1904 | 94 |
| - Salutory | 94 |
| Mansfield A Magician | 94 |
| The Magician of the Month Charles O. Williams | 95 |
| The Ring and Coin Trick C.O. Williams | 95 |
| C.O. Williams' Original Thimble Moves | 95 |
| Magicians Doings | 96 |
| - Chicago | 96 |
| - New Zealand | 96 |
| - Boston Items | 96 |
| - Detroit | 96 |
| - Philadelphia | 97 |
| - Foreign Notes | 97 |
| - Kansas City | 97 |
| - Denver, Colo. | 97 |
| - St. Louis | 97 |
| - English Notes | 98 |
| "The Holy-Holie-Linen." C. Pearson Scott | 98 |
| A Few Hints on Books to Buy | 98 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 99 |
| Amateur's Column F.O.Ogden | 100 |
| - Notes by "Crawford, the Mysterious" | 100 |
| - Forcing T.H.P.L. | 100 |
| - The New Flying Coin Ed-The "Kardells"-Lew, Amateurs | 100 |
| - A Simple But Mystifing Card trick Hugh G. Cross | 100 |
| - The Traveling Balls Karlemann | 100 |
| Seattle | 101 |
| Book Notes | 101 |
| Variation on an Old Theme John N. Hilliard | 102 |
| L.N. Miller's Card Trick | 102 |
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| NO. 9: NOVEMBER 1904 | 105 |
| Kansas City, Nov. 15,1904 | 106 |
| The Magician of the Month "Zennia"-W.H. Adams | 107 |
| Spring and Pull Fred J. Peters | 107 |
| Magicians Doings | 108 |
| - Chicago | 108 |
| - New York City | 108 |
| - Seattle News | 108 |
| - Boston Items | 108 |
| - St. Louis News | 108 |
| - Detroit | 109 |
| - Philadelphia | 109 |
| - Kansas City | 109 |
| - Here and There | 109 |
| - English Notes | 110 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 110 |
| Book Notes | 111 |
| The Pro and Con of Spiritualism-by F.W. King Chapter VIII | 111 |
| Amatuer's Column T.J. Crawford | 112 |
| - Rising Card Trick | 112 |
| - Billiard Ball Production Knaus, Wizard | 112 |
| - A "Sure Cure" Sleight J.C.D. | 112 |
| Kellar and Valadon By John N. Hilliard | 112 |
| The Trained Half Dollar Translated from Die Zauberwelt by Hohn N. Hilliard | 114 |
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| NO. 10: DECEMBER 1904 | 117 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 15, 1904 | 118 |
| Program of De Biere at the Regent, Salford, Eng | 118 |
| The Magician of the Month Frank Herrmann Keller | 119 |
| Something About Playing Cards By Clement de Leon, King of Billiard Balls | 119 |
| Bran and Water Trick By Harry Whiteley | 119 |
| Magicians Doings | 120 |
| - Magic Shows | 120 |
| - Society Entertainers | 120 |
| - In Vaudeville | 120 |
| Wrinkles for Conjurers | 121 |
| A New Idea for the Watch Bag Chas. O. Williams | 121 |
| English Notes | 122 |
| Le Clair Zelleno Picture | 122 |
| A New Form of Duck Tub L.C. Zelleno | 122 |
| The Society of American Magicinas | 123 |
| The Billiard Match-Adventures of a Traveling Magician Translated From the French of Auguste Meyner by John N. Hilliard | 123 |
| Gauling Limerick- J.C.D. | 124 |
| Our Letter Box | 124 |
| The Mystic Sphere Fred J. Peters | 125 |
| Amateur's Column T.J. Crawford | 126 |
| - A Color Change T.J.C. | 126 |
| - Dismoreski G.R. Waterman | 126 |
| - A Billiard Ball Change Ed-The "Kardells"-Lew,Amateurs | 126 |
| Book Notes | 126 |
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| NO. 11: JANUARY 1905 | 129 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15,1905 | 130 |
| The Magician of the Month Herr Paul Valadon | 131 |
| Pro and Con of Spiritualism-by Fred W. King Chapter IX | 131 |
| Magicians Doings | 132 |
| - New York Notes | 132 |
| - San Francisco | 132 |
| - In Vaudeville | 132 |
| - Philadelphia | 132 |
| - Magic Shows | 132 |
| - Entertainers | 133 |
| - New Zealand Notes | 133 |
| Glass of Water Trick By Louis N. Miller | 133 |
| English Notes | 134 |
| Foreign | 134 |
| Some Illusions of the Past Year | 134 |
| Book Notes | 135 |
| Moreau Translated from the French of E. Raynally, by John N. Hilliard | 136 |
| The Status of Vaudeville Magic in Australia By Robert Kudarz | 137 |
| Horace Goldin's Program By Henry Whiteley | 138 |
| Kellar and Valdon Hugh Mulloy | 138 |
| Amateur's Column T. J. Crawford | 139 |
| - The Amateur | 139 |
| - Original Ribbon Production By Joe B. Sublett | 139 |
| - "The Kardells" | 139 |
| - Coin Vanishes That Are Not Well Known Ed-The "Kardells"-Lew | 139 |
| - Brain Trick Imporved By L.W. Gavett | 139 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 140 |
| Our Letter Box | 140 |
| C.O. Williams' Original Card and Envelope Trick By Chas. O. Williams | 141 |
| New Billiard Ball Move Chas. P. Medrington | 141 |
| The Russian-Japanese War By John N. Hilliard | 142 |
| Pass Two Selected Cards Through A Plate By Fred Peters | 142 |
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| NO. 12: FEBRUARY 1905 | 145 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 15, 1905 | 146 |
| Obituary | 146 |
| - Chas. Lee | 146 |
| - Harry Lathrop | 146 |
| - Harry Sparrow | 146 |
| The Magician of the Month The Zancigs | 147 |
| The Magic Kettle By G. Elwood Towns | 147 |
| Billiard Ball Production By Waterman | 147 |
| A Finish to the Rice Bowl Trick G. Elwood Towns | 147 |
| Magicians Doings | 148 |
| - Magic Shows | 148 |
| - In Vaudeville | 148 |
| - Boston | 149 |
| - Philadelphia | 149 |
| - Seattle | 149 |
| - Detroit | 149 |
| - Entertainers | 149 |
| - In the Lyceum Field | 149 |
| Twentieth Century Telepathy By John N. Hilliard | 150 |
| Book Notes | 151 |
| Card Trick By Louis N. Miller | 151 |
| To Snap A Coin Visibly Through The Top Of A Silk Hat By H.E. Van Der Koor | 151 |
| The Society of American Magicians | 152 |
| An Impromptu Trick By John N. Hilliard | 152 |
| Amateur's Column T.J. Crawford | 153 |
| - Don't Repeat. | 153 |
| - A Mystifying Card Trick By Karlemann | 153 |
| A Substantial Support For Magicians Tables By Dr. W.S. Walters | 153 |
| Laudette's Torn Card and Envelope By Albert Laudette | 153 |
| English Notes | 154 |
