Tops Volume 2 (1937)
by Percy Abbott

January 1937 - December 1937
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor

649 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 1 - January 1937 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. New Magic Club - The Keystone Ring of Harrisburg
5. Harlan Tarbell's Health
6. The "Tops" Policy
6. Is This A Pipe Dream? - letter from Julius Hopkins
7. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Thoughts About a Year of Tops
   • Questions and Answers
9. Variation of Rope Trick - Erwin Forsythe
10. The Drop Cigarette Move - Percy Abbott
10. Continuous Front and Back Palm With Lighted Cigarette - Percy Abbott
11. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Happy New Year; Happy Birthday!
13. In Explanation - Don Sweet
14. Magic Waves from the Lake - Lester Lake
14. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Jules Abbott
15. Vents - G. McAthy
    15. Personality of the Doll - William S. Hume
    16. Observations - I Saw - Revello Petee
17. Three Sets of Twins - William Meyers
18. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
20. Liquids Contest
    20. Mysterious Tube of Water - Joseph Rukus
    21. Passe Passe Variety - Senor V. Morales
21. Silks Contest Winners
22. Phantom Balls and Cord Box - P. Verto
23. Reno in the Spotlight
24. My Pet Color Change - Ward the Magician
24. reports of Birch in Ohio
25. letter from George Newmann
25. Give Us Flowers Now - poem - C.A. George Newmann
26. The Psychic Circle - Ormond McGill
    • 3000 Years of Mental Magic - Powers of the Orientals
27. Card Table Fun - Virdis Richards
29. W. I. Joy in Sharon, Pennsylvania
29. Al Gates of Jacksonville, Florida
29. Martin Marionettes at Dayton
29. Al Saal at the Fox Theatre, Detroit
29. Jack Gwynne in Detroit
30. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Robert-Houdin
33. Moxo the Clown (Mark Barker)
34. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    34. The New Magician's Manual - Walter B. Gibson
    35. Sermons in Magic - Rev. Charles T. Grant
    35. Sponge Ball Manipulation - Audley V. Walsh
    35. Interesting Tricks - William G. Strickland
    35. Good Conjuring, in Practice and Theory - S. H. Sharpe
    36. Hyler's Stunt Bulletin, Number One - Oscar Hyler
    36. Live Magic - W. O. Turner
    36. The Jinx, No. 27, December, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    36. The Magic Wand, No. 172, December, 1936 - George Johnson
    36. The Spirit of St. Louis, Vol. 3, No. 5 - I.B.M. No. 1
    36. The Gimmic - Hanky Panky Club
    37. The Linking Ring, November, 1936 - I.B.M.
    37. The Magie, November & December Issues, 1936 - Helmut Schreiber
    37. The Sphinx, December, 1936
    37. The Genii, December, 1936 - William Larsen
    37. The Dragon, November, 1936 - Vernon Lux
    37. The Imp, October, 1936
    37. Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurer's Chronicle, May-June, 1936
    37. Davenport's Demon Telegraph, November, 1936
    37. E.M.C.A. Magic News - Collins Pentz [Equality Magicians Club of America]
    38. Giant Card Magic (Ripley's Routine, No. 1) - Sherman Ripley (Mazdah)
    38. Jogesta, Living and Dead Test - Stewart James
    38. Lack Lite - Stewart James
    38. Scoop 'Em - Stewart James
    38. Jasonn's Bill-in-Cig - Eddie Joseph
    38. The Big Three, A Chinaman's Chance, Cardomatic, Spell of Mystery - Stewart James
    38. The Evolution of a Dream - Stewart James
39. The "Tops" Trading Center
43. Next Month

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 2 - February 1937 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Interesting Tricks - Strickland
   • Questions and Answers
8. Medium Routine - R. M. Jamison
9. Marked Cards Meanderings - R. H. Parrish
10. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • On Entertaining Children
    • Dont's
13. Magic Waves from the Lake - Lester Lake
14. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • "Bill" Dornfield
14. Lighted Match Production - Monte Harris
15. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • 3000 Years of Mental Magic - Animal Magnetism
17. Next Month
17. New Club Organized in Michigan
17. Passing of Will Blyth
18. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Frank Flint
    • chosen card(s) being inverted in the middle of a deck
19. A Sizzler - letter from Patricola
21. Want Ad Column
21. G. A. Holly Honored by Magician's Association of Cleveland
22. Vents - G. McAthy
    • How To Make A Head For A Vent Figure Out Of Plastic Wood - Revello Petee
23. Next Month
24. Liquids Contest
    24. Aquaette - J, Francis Pratt III
    25. The Comedy Water In Hat - Arthur Roberts
    26. Cute Glass of Wine Production - Edward Reese
27. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Very Old - And American
29. A Wrinkle re: Eggs
29. Torture Board Torture
29. Tip for Phantom Balls and Cord Box - Dr. J. Wheeler
30. Keith Clark
30. Good News I.B.M. Members
31. The Wonder Box - Joseph Rukus
32. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    32. Forty Years of Psychic Research - Hamlin Garland
    33. Inside the Medium's Cabinet - Joseph Dunninger
    33. How to Make a Ghost Walk - Joseph Dunninger
    33. Confessions of a Ghost Hunter - Harry Price
    33. En Rapport - Theo. Annemann
    34. Six Bits and Another Six Bits - Frank Chapman
    34. The Jinx, Winter Extra, 1936-37 - Theo. Annemann
    34. The Jinx, No. 28, January, 1937 - Theo. Annemann
    34. Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurer's Chronicle, July-Aug., 1936
    35. The Spirit of St. Louis, Vol. 4 No. 1
    35. Magie, January, 1937 - Helmut Schreiber
    35. The Dragon, December, 1936, Vol. 5, No. 12 - Vernon Lux
    35. The Genii, Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 1, No. 5 - William Larsen
    35. Stage Magic, Junior Folios, 4a, b, and c - Burling Hull
36. The "Tops" Trading Center

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 3 - March 1937 - 60 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
6. Frank Ogden now in hotel business in Kalamazoo, Michigan
7. A Boost For Magic
8. An Effective Combination - Howard, the Magician
9. A Reply to Patricola - The Editor
10. Magic Waves from the Lake - Lester Lake
11. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Dr. Lee DeForrest
11. Paul Rosini at the Palmer House in Chicago
11. The Twin Cities Mystics - newly organized
12. Fretres Sincipitis Mystici [Brothers of the Mystic Skull] - newly organized in Harrisonburg
12. Stewart James & Charles Colville - trip around the world
12. For "Burning Cigarette in Hank" - Dr. J. Wheeler
13. Capitol Magic Club in Michigan
13. W.P.A. [Windsor Plus Anders - aka Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Lowry]
13. Want Ads
14. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    • Crossing The Bar - Tennyson
    • Services for William W. Durbin
17. An Open Letter - from Marvello
17. Justo Hijo Magic Club in Des Moines, Iowa
17. Vents - G. McAthy
    • Vent Dialogue - Richard Haldane
    • Hanky Panky Club (Minneapolis) - Don Ward
19. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • On "Entertaining Children" - Part II
21. Indian Rope Secret Revealed
22. Mystic Vase - George LeLaney
    • Routine for Mystic Vase of the Orient
    • Patter for Routine
24. Death of Mrs. M. F. Zens
25. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • More about American Rarities
27. The Phantom Cigarette - Erwin Forsythe
28. Picking Locks - Gysel
30. Finis - Egyptian Hall in Kenton, Ohio is closed - Robert C. Anderson
31. photo of W. W. Durbin
32. Liquids Contest
    32. Milko - Alvin M. Arndt
    33. Improved Liquor Tube - Monte Harris
    33. The Magic Punchbowl - Sam Stern
    35. Oh, Pop! What Flavor Do You Like? - Dan C. Bay
        • Optional Patter
    37. Confetti Water Glass - William Meyers
    37. Possible Extension of Time for Liquids Contest
38. "Tops" Stops - Gene Gordon
39. Keystone Ring No. 20 of Pennsylvania
39. Imps Club of Ottawa, Canada
40. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • 3000 Years of Mental Magic - Braidism - Artificial Nervous Sleep
    • Next Month - Suggestion
42. The Youngstown Magic Club
42. Lester Lake has contract with the Hollywood Daredevils
43. Keith Clark photo
43. The Four Aces - Melville Ross
43. Sydney Clubs to Unite
44. Magician's Programs Series
    • De Vere's Modern Marvels (1876)
    • Windsor the Wizard
    • Colta & Colta, The Merry Magicians
46. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    46. Card Manipulations, Series No. 5 - Jean Hugard
    46. Programmes of Famous Magicians - Max Holden
    47. Jarrett - Guy Jarrett
    47. Six Bits More - Frank Chapman
    47. Practical Hypnotism - Ed Wolff
    48. The Skull Speaks - Marvelo
    48. Fascinating Tricks with Ghostlite Luminous Paint - S. W. Reilly
    48. Card System DeLuxe - H. Adrian Smith
    48. The Magic of the Hands - Edward Victor
    48. The Story of Prophecy - Henry James Forman
    49. Katie Fox and the Making of the Fox-Taylor Record - W. G. Longworthy Taylor
    49. Fox-Taylor Automatic Writing 1869-1892 - Sarah E. L. Taylor, editor
    49. The Jinx, February, 1937, No. 29 - Theo. Annemann
    49. The Imp Magazine, December, 1936 - The Imps Magical Society
    49. Davenport's Demon Telegraph, Dec.-Jan. Bol. 4
    50. Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers Chronicle, Vol. 18, No. 3, Sept.-Dec., 1936
    50. Goldston's Magical Quarterly, September, 1936, Vol. 3, No. 2
    50. Magic Unmasked - with The Wizard
    50. The Linking Ring, Vol. XV!, No. 11, January, 1937 - I.B.M.
    50. The Dragon, January, 1937, Vol. 6, No. 1 - Vernon Lux
51. Special Notice - The "Tops" Trading Center Discontinued
51. The "Tops" Trading Center

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 4 - April 1937 - 56 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Ramblin' Aroun' - Eddie Clever
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
8. New Talent at Magic Capitol - Sydney James Abbott is born
8. Two More Contests
8. Tony Erandino visits Colon
8. Gwynne - Jack Gwynne and Company going to Nassau
9. Gambol of the Ghosts - Harold Sterling
9. All Work for George Marquis
10. Magic Waves from the Lake - Lester Lake
11. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Long Tack Sam
11. Harry Hunsinger helps with flood
11. Lesta in Nassau
11. Better Late than Never - letter from Cuba, the Magician
12. We Stand Corrected - letter from C. A. George Newmann
13. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
14. Paging Mr. Edward Reese - letter from John Snyder, Jr.
15. Ed Little is Versatile Magician
15. Ted Banks, from the Blackstone Show, on vacation
16. Thoughts That Bloom In The Spring. Tra! La! - Convention News
17. Producers and Magical Shows - Harry R. Hauptmann
18. Cincinnati News
19. The Surprising Thimble - Adolph Ferber
21. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • On Entertaining Children - Part III
23. A Card Mystery - Edward Novack
24. Vents - G. McAthy
    24. Short Dialogue - Howard Kingley
    25. Ventriloquial Dont's - C. A. Brethen
    26. Article on Edgar Bergen in Collier's
    26. Vent Contest
26. To Cure the Curious
27. Liquids Contest
    27. A Water Combination - Erwin F. Forsythe
    28. New Version of Comedy Bottles - Jack Leick
    30. Whisky Glass Production - J. Dobrovolski
    31. Elusive Bowl of Water - I. W. Roberts
    32. Contest Closes April 30th
33. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Mr. Dick and Mr. Fitzgerald
36. A Holder Holder - Alvin M. Arndt
37. A Follow-up Cut and Restored Rope Trick - R. H. Parrish
38. A Quieting Card Effect - William Meyers
39. Just My Opinion of The Expose - letter from C. E. Willis
40. Magician's Programs Series
    • Howard Thurston (1920-1921)
41. Capitol Magic Club
41. Cleveland Club
42. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • 3000 Years of Mental Magic - Suggestion
    • Next Month - Hypnotism
45. Flash Foulard Production - Edward Reese
45. Classified - ads
46. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    46. Maskelyne's Book of Magic - Jasper Maskelyne
    47. Cards, Astound Your Audience Volume 1 - Verrall Wass
    47. Simplicity Swindles, Astound Your Audience - Vol. 2 - Verrall Wass
    47. More Tips and Gags - U. F. Grant
    47. The Simple Simon Speller - Stewart James
    48. The Double-Header - Stewart James
    48. Television Mind Reading - Stewart James
    48. Fantastic Facsimile - Stewart James
    48. 120 Magic Trick and Puzzles - Whitman Publishing
    48. The Jinx, March, 1937, No. 30 - Theo. Annemann
    48. The Magic Wand, March- May, 1937 - George Johnson
    49. The Genii, February, 1937, Vol. 1, No. 6 - William Larsen
    49. The Imp, Vol. 2, No. 9, January, 1937 - Imps Magical Society
    49. The Dragon, February, 1937, Vol. 6, No. 2 - Vernon Lux
    49. The Linking Ring, Vol. 16, No. 12, February, 1937 - I.B.M.
    49. Magie, March, 1937 - Helmut Schreiber

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 5 - May 1937 - 60 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Madame Rumor Is Again At Large
7. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • Echo - Joe Ovette
     • Jarrett
9. Car "Tube" Pet - Joseph Rukus
10. The Southern California Japanese Amateur Magicians Society Presents Its First Annual Show - Carly S. Fleming
11. Ultra-Violet and Strobelite Idea Is Dall's
12. Magic Waves from the Lake - Lester Lake
13. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • A. H. Crum, M.D.
13. Lester Lake Wants
13. Guy Stanley
13. Percy Abbott conveys appreciation to the Indiana Society of Magicians
14. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    • Tricks Of Trade
15. Capitol Magic News
15. Greg Rouleau
16. Pocket Servantes - Bert Douglas
    • Metal Band Type of Pocket Servante
17. [Rajah] Raboid and Jean Foley
18. An Amateur's Reply To Patricola - Charles M. Thorn
19. Sympathetic Concentration - Edward Reese
20. Greystroke & Spook Shows
21. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Oh - Doctor
23. Indian Rope In Limelight Again
24. Magical Libraries - Earl F. Rybolt
27. Tony Brandino Show
27. The Mystic 7-11
28. Silks [sic - Liquids] Contest
    28. Water To Wine - To Beer - To Milk - Samuel (Mystical Sam) Shapiro
    29. Water Through Glass - Dale Brondyke
    31. Two-In-One Milk Glass Vanish - Adolph Ferber
    32. Cupfull - Arthur C. Nelson
    33. The patriotic Liquids - Joe Berg
    33. Funnel Fun - Tom Bowyer
    34. "Squash" And The "Inexhaustible Box" - William Meyers
35. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Evaluating a Collection
38. Willis is "Out of Line" - letter from Oscar Kamleiter
39. Vents - G. McAthy
    39. How to Construct a Mouth Movement for the Plastic Wood Vent Head Described in the February Issue of "Tops" - Revello Petee
42. Cigarette Through Coat - Joe Scott
43. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • 3000 Years of Mental Magic - Hypnotism
45. Coin Trick - J. S. Wheeler
46. Fu Manchu
47. Classified - ads
47. Otis Manning
47. N. J. Magicians Society
48. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    48. Aftermath - Sir James George Frazer
    49. With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet - Alexandra David-Neal
    49. Lighted Cigarettes Act6 - Don Greenwood
    49. The Magic Show Book - Alexander the Magician
    49. Ireland's Manipulative Series, in three parts - L. L. Ireland
    49. Magic for Moderns - Eric C. Lewis
    50. The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin - Dariel Fitzkee
    50. Silken Sorcery - Jean Hugard
    50. The Jinx, No. 31, April, 1937 - Theo. Annemann
    50. The Dragon, March, 1937, Vol. 6, No. 3 - Vernon Lux
    50. Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurer's Chronicle, January-February, 1937, Vol. 19, No. 4
    51. E.M.C.A. Magic News, Vol. 1, No. 10, March, 1937 - Collins Pentz
    51. Davenport's Demon Telegraph, February and March, 1937, Bol. 4, No. 38
    51. The Linking Ring, Vol. VII, No. 1, Match, 1937 - I.B.M.
    51. The Imp, February, 1937, Vol. 2, No. 10
    51. Magie, April, 1937 - Helmut Schreiber
    51. Genii and Pacific Coast Magic News, April and March, 1937, Vol. 1, Nos. 7 and 8 - William Larsen
58. Additional News Notes
    • Idelle Esther born to Barbara and "Mystical Sam" Shapiro
    • Chief Medrano Blackstar and Lucille Bailey will be on tour
    • Mr. James' world tour postponed
    • Bob Gysel suffers broken arm
58. Peoria Invites Midwest Magicians
58. Nicola

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 6 - June 1937 - 68 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • On The Subject of Magic Clubs
5. All Aboard For High Point, N.C. - Frank Bunker
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
8. Deck Switch Contest
   8. The Covered Deck Switch - Oscar Weigle, Jr.
   9. The "John Hancock" Deck Change - Edward Reese
10. Continuous Cigarette Vanish - Bert Douglas
11. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
12. A Thimble Series - John Goodrum - Part I
    • A Lesson in Color Changes
    • The Easy One Hand Change
    • The Holiday Change
    • The Duo Change
    • The Superior One-Hand Color Change
    • Two Hand Changes - The Toss Change
    • Perpetual Motion
    • Number 1
15. Ray Stadleman is Witch-Doctor
16. Beware Magical Judas - AN Open Letter - from "C.T." editor "Ribbins" - The Genii
17. Phantomia - Fred Spindler
18. News - Capitol Magic Club
18. Fratres Sincipitis Mystici - new organization in Harrisburg, Pa.
18. Sam Mayer purchased W. W. Durbin's library
18. Karl, the Magician, injured
19. A Silk Trick - A Repeat 20th Century with a Visible Finish - Ormond McGill
21. P.C.A.M. Reno Convention
22. Levante - Australian Wonder-Worker
23. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Oh - Doctor - Part II
25. Fever Medicine - V. H. Webb
26. New Presentation for Ribbon Illusion - George Paxton
27. Patricola Replies
29. Recent visitor to Abbott's
30. Patter - Maurice Lenser
    • Patter - Section I
    • Girls I Have Known
    • Patter - Section II
    • The Bottle Story
    • Patter - Section III
    • Great Snakes!
32. Poem - Jean Hugard
33. Liquids Contest
    33. Flight From Reality - Hyman Appel
    34. Penetration - Virdis Richards
    35. Tip-See Milk Bottle Routine - E. C> French
    36. Mirage - Edward Reese
    39. The Coffee Sugar Tube - William Meyers
    40. Spirits Tube - G. McAthy
    42. The Thirsty Silk Mill - Frank J. Herman
    42. What'll Ya Have? - Frank J. Herman
44. Rheumatism Too - re: Grady Nicholson
44. Federal Playing Card Tax receipts
45. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • The Rosenbach of the Magic World
47. [T.J.] Crawford
47. The Sterlings in Wisconsin
48. Vents - G. McAthy
    49. Dialogue - Revello Petee
    50. Ventriloquial Dialogue - Jay Marshall
51. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Thee Thousand Years of Mental Magic - Telepathy
53. Coin Moves - Alvin M. Arndt
    • Production from Front Thumb Palm
    • Continuous Back and Front Palm of a Coin
54. News Notes - "error" in last month's "Tops"
54. The Hanky Panky Clud - Don Ward
54. Fort Wayne Club
55. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    55. We Live Outside Our Bodies - Wilson Gill Bailey
    56. Odds and Ends in Cardology - Joseph Ovette
    56. Catalog No. 4 - Abbott's Novelty Company
    56. Ventriloquism, How It Is Done - Howard Kingsley
    56. Tricks and Fakes - Ventor
    57. The Jinx, May, 1937, No. 22 - Theo. Annemann
    57. The Linking Ring, Vol. XVII, No. 2, April, 1937 - I.B.M.
    57. The Dragon, Vol. 6, No. 4, April, 1937 - Vernon Lux
    57. Davenport's Demon Telegraph, Coronation Number, Vol. 4, No. 39, April-May, 1937
    57. The Imp Magazine, Vol. @, No. 12, April, 1937
    57. The Genii, Pacific Coast News, Vol. 1, No. 9, May, 1937 - William Larsen
    58. Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers Chronicle, Vol. 18, No. 5, March-April, 1937
58. Classified - ads
58. Two New Contests

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 7 - July 1937 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. News Notes - Capitol Magic News
5. Wedding Bells - Recil Bordner marries Donna Lesnet
5. Knights of Magic (Brooklyn)
5. Liquids Contest Winners
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • I Thought You'd Like to Know Dept.
   • Questions and Answers
8. Thimble Series - John Goodrum - Part II
   • Change-Over Moves
   • The Second Finger Change
   • Where, Oh Where!
   • Invisibility Minus
10. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
12. L. J. Hoffman - death
12. Tony Brandino in Missouri
12. P.C.A.M. Reno Convention
13. Silk Vanish Contest
    13. Silk Vanish - J. B. Bobo
    13. A Silk Vanish - William Meyers
14. La Follette in Massachusetts
14. John Booth in Detroit
15. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Oh - Doctor - Part III
18. Novel Die and Frame - Monte Harris
19. Stop The Waste - letter from R. B. Thomas
20. Choice of Items to Revive Magic
21. Newmann Replies to Rybolt & Smith
23. Justo Hijo - Magic Club of Des Moines
24. Deck Switch Contest
    24. Johnny's Easy Deck Switch - John Goodrum
    25. The Upright Panel Deck Switch - William Meyers
    26. B.A.W. Switch - Herb Rungie
    26. Ever-Ready Switch - K. L. Grunwald "Leon"
    27. "Well" I'll Be "Switched" - Herb Rungie
28. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Magical Histories
30. The Aladdin Magic Club
30. Shock for Dieticians
31. Vents - G. McAthy
    31. Who's A Dummy? - Richard Haldane
    32. Vent Dialogue - Herb Rungie
34. R. R. Miller of Clarksburg, W. Va.
35. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Thee Thousand Years of Mental Magic - Another Viewpoint on Telepathy
37. Leo Leipzig performs
37. Patting Pat [Patricola] on the Back
37. [Leonard] Hall's Opinion
38. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    38. Edward Proudlock's Version of the Sympathetic Silks - Edward Bagshawe
    38. Len Me Your Pack - Victor Farelli
    39. The Art of Make-Up - Serge Strenkovsky
    39. Ireland's Year Book, 1937 - L. L. Ireland
    39. Money Magic - Jean Hugard
    39. Practical Hypnotism - Ed Wolff
    40. A Pocket Book of Patter - James T. Stoppard
    40. Magic That Perks - Harry E. Cecil
    40. Cups and Balls Magic - Tom Osborne
    40. Fifteen Minutes with a Piece of Rope - R. W. Hull
    41. Cutting the Corners on Current Contributions
        • Homing Ball - R. W. Hull
        • Smart Magic - R. W. Hull
        • The Goofy Dice - R. W. Hull
        • Coo Coo Cards - R. W. Hull
        • Nudist Cards - R. W. Hull
        • Jinx, Number 33 - Ted Annemann
        • Jinx, Summer Extra - Ted Annemann
        • The Ghost - Dr. Edward McGlynn
        • Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers Chronicle
        • "Limit" Wizard's Pack - Stripper Pack - Ellis Stanyon
        • Dragon, May
        • Genii, June
        • Imp, May
        • The Linking Ring, May
        • Magie, May and June
42. Classified - ads
42. The Great Virgil

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 8 - August 1937 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
7. Record Magic Libraries - Dr. Edward Saint
8. Pillory Escape - Guy L. Gerber
9. Re: George Staples
10. The Great Leon Show
10. The Demons - club in Illinois
10. Capitol Magic News (Michigan)
10. Knights of Magic (Brooklyn)
11. Thimble Series - John Goodrum - Part III
    • Penetration Novelties
    • There and Back
    • Double Value
12. cartoon - Ozz Karr - by Doug Anderson
12. Easteners Will Picnic (Pennsylavania)
13. Silk Vanish Contest
    13. The Easy Vanish - Robert O. Ellis, Jr.
    13. A Visible Vanish - Sam Stern
    14. Visible Vanish - G. R. Rinehart
    15. A Summer Silk Vanish - R. Montandon
16. Peoria Conclave
16. John Kaestner (Rensteak, the Magician) killed
17. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Roamin' Aroun'
18. re: Alberto
18. Colta and Colta Anniversary
19. Magischer Zirkel - Jubilee Convention
19. Hanky Pany Club
19. re: De Lenz
20. Deck Switch Contest
    20. The "Magician's Coat" Switch - Herb Rungie
    21. Dit-In; Dit-Out - Don C. Bay
    22. The Sniff Switch - Ormond McGill
    22. Shell Case Switch - Jack Vosburgh
    24. The Change-Over Deck Switch - Charlie Roe
    24. The Hero Switch - Harvey E. Bair
    25. The Bag Switch - Herb Rungie
    26. Card Deck Switch Idea - Charles W. Fricke
26. Twelfth Annual Central States Magicians' Picnic
27. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Thomas Frost and His "Lives"
28. re: Ed Little
29. Vents - G. McAthy
    29. A Vent Dialogue - Herb Rungie
    31. A Dialogue - Revello Petee
    32. Short Dialogue - W. M. Harrison
33. What's in a Name?
34. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Thee Thousand Years of Mental Magic - Clairvoyance
36. "Amateur" Racket - George Johnston
37. Rat-Tonia - Tot O'Regan
37. Germany bans use of foodstuffs in magic performances
38. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    38. Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - Jean Hugard, editor
    38. Here's New Magic - Joe Berg
    39. Tricklets - Ventor F. Molz
    39. The Jinx, July, 1937, No. 34 - Annemann
    39. The Genii, July, 1937
    39. The E.M.C.A. News
    39. The Linking Ring, June, 1937
    39. The Dragon. June
    39. Magie, July
40. Piff Paff Poof - Conclave
40. Classified - ads

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 9 - September 1937 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Three Cheers Department
     • The Word's Fair - Brunel White periodical
     • Ink-Ubator - trick - Eddie Joseph
     • Lu Brent
   • I Thought You'd Like to Know Department
   • Questions and Answers
6. The San Diego Magicains Club
6. [San Diego] Magician's Club Elects
6. Ted Banks joins Abbott's
8. Thimble Series - John Goodrum - Part IV
   • The Passing Thimbles
   • From Hand to Hand
   • The "tops" Method
9. re: Richiardi Show
9. Crash! - Lester Lake
9. re: Greg Rouleau
9. re: Doc Zander
10. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Dr. Evans - An Appreciation
14. Abbott Branch in Chicago
15. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Gimmicks and Gadgets
17. An Open Letter to the Amateur Magicians - G. R. Rinehart
18. Silk Vanish Contest
    18. Silktubwa - G. McAthy
    19. The Fan from the Far East - Harvey M. Powers, Jr.
    20. Smooth as Silk - Ormond McGill
    20. Handkerchief Vanish - Donald M. Medley
    21. The Handkerchief Scimitar - Edward A. Reese
    22. Twentieth Century Vanish - John C. McNamara
    22. Pocket Hide-Out - A. Midey, Jr.
    23. Vanish of Single Silk - Ronald M. Boffenmyer
    23. The Non-Apparatus Vanish - Ed Wolff
25. Watch Catching - Guy L. Gerber
26. cartoon - The Old Timer Sez - by Doug Anderson
26. Bell Witch (Adams, Tennessee)
26. Deck Switch Contest Award
26. Blackstone in Battle Creek
27. Gentlemen, Name Your Hand - Mariano Palhinha
27. Haskell was first purchaser at Chicago Branch
28. A Chinese Cocktail - Richard Haldane
29. Vents - G. McAthy
    29. Adventures of Professor Chicko the Explorer - W. S. Berger
    32. Vent Dialogue - Ormond McGill
35. Impromptu Life Savers - Charles A. Leedy
36. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Thee Thousand Years of Mental Magic - Spiritualism
38. A Color Change - William Meyers
39. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    40. 17 Simple But Mystifying Tricks, Series No. 2 - The Great Zam (Carl E. Zamloch)
    40. The Voice from the Attic, August, 1937, Vol. 9, No. 8 - Harry Opel
    40. The Magic Wand, June-September, 1937, No. 174 - George Johnson
    41. The Linking Ring, July, 1937, Vol. XVII, No. 5 - I.B.M.
    41. Genii, Pacific Coast Magic News, August, 1937, Vol. 1, No. 12 - William Larsen
    41. The Imp Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, July, 1937 - H. R. Hauptmann
    41. The Dragon, July, 1937, Vol. 6, No. 7 - Vernon Lux
    41. Davenport's Demon Telegraph, Vol. 4, No. 40, June-July, 1937
    41. Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers Chronicle, Vol. 18, No. 6, May, 1937
    42. The Jinx, August, 1937, No. 35 - Annemann
42. Classified - ads

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 10 - October 1937 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Appreciation
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Things I'll Remember About the 1937 Abbott Get-Together
7. Turn The Bird Loose - R. S> Glover
8. Thimble Series - John Goodrum - Part V
   • Some Novelties
9. re: Frank Allen and Alberto
9. Clubs
9. Capitol Magic Club
10. A Warning - re: Kaufman (stage name Woods) - letter from R. L. Sheets
10. An Explanation is in Order
10. [Loring] Campbell's Show Stolen
11. Fourtold - Stewart James
12. Across the Atlantic - The Invisible Flight of a Magic Dirigible - Gerber, the Magician
13. Multiplying Coin Tray Dirigible - Gerber, the Magician
13. Smoke Dreams Dirigible - Gerber, the Magician
13. re: Ricardo & Cleo, Magicians
13. The Two Extremes [Relue and Daniels]
14. Abbott's Fourth Annual Magic Get-Together
15. Added Wrinkles - Wayne Van Zandt
16. cartoon - High Kantell - by Doug Anderson
16. Sucker Egg Bag - Arthur H. Roberts
17. Some Thoughts on Magic - Hugo, the Magician
18. Production Box - G. R. Rinehart
18. The "Queries" - club
19. News
    • Tony Brandino
    • Cecil Lyle
    • Horace Goldin
    • Allen Shaw
    • Greg Rouleau
    • Doc Rowe
    • Fanchon and Marco
    • Alberto of Australia
    • Gerber, the Magician
20. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Later Magical Histories
22. Sandu [Peter Stadelman] Visits the Bell Witch
22. Good Old Black Art
23. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Ride - Broomstick - Ride
25. A Red Hot - George Paxton
26. Harry Houdini - memorial page
27. Timing - Ormond McGill
29. C.O.D. - letter from Herbert D. Schneyer
    • Response from Abbott's
    • Response from Herbert D. Schneyer
    • Response from Abbott's
30. Production of Wand - Edgar Peters
31. Silk Vanish Contest
    31. Vanish of a Single Silk - Robert E. Haynes
    32. An Easy Silk Vanish - Werner W. Pritz
    32. Vanish Via Servante - Harvey E. Bair
32. Winner of Silk Vanish Contest
33. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Thee Thousand Years of Mental Magic - Mental Healing
36. Patriotic Pencils - Chief Great Blackstar
36. Six women competed at the Central States Magicians Convention
37. Vents - G. McAthy
    37. "I" "SY" for "HY" Speed - Charlie Roe
    38. Vents Dialogue - The Evolution of "It" - Dan C. Bay
    39. The Senator and the Congressman - Herb Rungie
41. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    42. Jap Box Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
    42. You'd Be Surprised - R. H. Parrish
    42. My Best Trix - Sr. William (William M. Garrison)
    42. The Trix Club Presents: Vest-Pocket and Impromptu Magic - Wayne F. Van Zandt
    43. Cigar Manipulations, J. C. Cigar Magic - Jack Chanin
    43. Kandle Magik - Joseph Ovette
    43. The Wicked Uncle - Rex, the Ace Magician
    43. Hyler's Stunt Bulletin, Number T1o - Oscar Hyler
    44. More Magic For You - Leeds Inner Magic Circle
    44. The Jinx, No. 36, September, 1937 - Theo. Annemann
    44. Cutting the Corners on the Contemporaries
        • The Imp, August
        • The Linking Ring, August
        • Dragon, August
        • The Genii, September
        • The Conjurers Chronicle, June
        • X-Jargon - Wallace Lee
        • Fakerithmetic
        • Wizard Pack of Cards - Ellis Stanyon
        • Tricks with the Self-Forcing Pack - Ellis Stanyon
        • The Indian Magician
        • Magie, September
        • Davenport's Demon Telegraph
        • Donald Holmes - sheets of specials
        • Continental Lithograph Corporation of Cleveland - color chart
45. Classified - ads

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 11 - November 1937 - 44 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks - Keith Clark
   • Questions and Answers
9. Mickey and Minnie - J. M. Whitburn (Chung Toy Sun)
11. Libraries vs Collections - Carl W. Jones
12. A Rising Card Climax - Mel Stover
13. Midwest Conclave - letter from Charles M. Thorn
14. Military Magic - Bert Douglas
15. Capitol Magic Club
16. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • The Frost is on the Pumpkin
    • There's Magic in the Air
18. Back to Kenton - Magic Party
19. C.O.D.
    • letter from Ned Asbury
    • letter from Dr. Truman J. Seller
    • letter from Charles E. Smith
22. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • A Collector's Elysium
24. Slick Tricks Series - Gerber, the Magician
    • The Pocket-Picking Trick
25. Vents - G. McAthy
    25. Dialogue - Ed Reese
    27. Twenty Laughs in Fifteen Minutes - John Gambling
29. A Magic Marathon - Mariano Palhinha
30. News From Chicago - Joe Berg
30. Paper Trix Contest
31. Digging 'Em Up - Harvey E. Bair
31. "It's A Pip" Contest
31. Watch For Next Month's "Tops"
32. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Thee Thousand Years of Mental Magic - Philosophic Mysticism
34. cartoon - The Old Timer Sez - by Doug Anderson
34. In Regard to Change of Address
35. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    35. Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks - Keith Clark
    35. The Psychic World - Hareward Carrington
    36. Tricks, Toys, and Tim - Kreigh Collins
    36. The Oriental Temple of Magic - Wu-Fang-Sing
    36. The Jinx, No. 37, October, 1937 - Ted Annemann
    36. Kasual Komment Koncerning Kontemporaries
        • Genii, October
        • The Linking Ring, September
        • L. L. Ireland Catalog No. 8
        • Davenport's Telegram, August-September
        • The Imp, September
        • Dragon, September
        • Magie, October
        • Max Spohr lists
        • National Magic Company lists
        • U. F. Grant lists
        • Thayer's Ballygram No. 61
        • Donald Holmes sheets
        • Nelson Enterprises Catalog 17
        • Hellstromism - Nelson Enterprises
37. There's Many a Magician - quips - Alvin Richard Plough
38. Classified - ads

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 2, Number 12 - December 1937 - 64 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • The Great Purse - trick - Al Baker
   • Seeing's Believing - book
   • Questions and Answers
8. The Goofus
9. Voodoo - Eddie Clever
12. Patter for the Rice Bowls - Stewart Judah
12. Lloyd E. Jones becomes proprietor of the Loma Vista Pharmacy (Oakland)
13. Cotton Weaving - Joseph Bukus
13. Beer - fake recipe
14. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • "How'd Ja Do That?"
18. Have One On Me - Greg Rouleau
19. Jean Hugard Speaks
20. A Shaving Problem - Bert Douglas
21. Capitol Magic Club
21. Indianapolis News
21. Levante in England
22. The Duke Experiments
22. Wizard's Show at Chicago
23. Psychic Selection - R. H. Parrish
23. Allen Shaw reported to be in poor health
24. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Tricks at Yuletide
26. Ball-and-Tube Variations - Charles A. Leedy
27. Sympathetic Cards - Wayne Huff
31. carton - Bill Yerdbol - by Doug Anderson
31. Peoria News - C. M. Thorn
32. "It's A Pip" Contest
    32. Deuces Wild - Stephen G. Simpson
    33. It's A Pip - Alvin R. Plough
    33. Pip Sucker Gag - Edward (Marko) Malkowski
34. Escaped Convict's Dexterity
34. Watch the Youngsters
35. Exposing, Exposers, and Exposed - R. S. Glover
37. Paper Trix Contest
    37. The Silhouette Artiste - Ed Burchell
    38. The Sucker Torn Paper and Ribbon Trick - W. Van Zandt
        • Yours With a Bang!
    40. Drawing Lots for Heaven - Joy
    41. A Paper Tree - Garold Gilbert
41. W. W. Larsen Recovers
42. Magic Marathon - Wayne F. Van Zandt
    • The Charity Coin Gag
    • The Color-Changing Thimble Sleight
42. letter to Mariano Palhinha from VeeZee
43. Vents - G. McAthy
    43. The Three Bears - Herb Rungie
    46. Vent Contest Awards
46. Continuous Vanish and Production - Len James
47. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Thee Thousand Years of Mental Magic - Cosmic Consciousness
50. Triple Card Mystery - Edward Novack
51. Knick-Knacks from the Garrett - Teral Garrett
52. The Feud [professional vs Amateur] Goes On
53. Classified - ads

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