Tops Volume 4 (1939)
by Percy Abbott

January 1939 - December 1939
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor

621 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 1 - January 1939 - 60 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • WE Give Thanks
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • A Few Questions and Answers
7. "Majah", Indian Mystic
7. re: Will Rock
7. "Greater Magic"
7. New York State Conclave
8. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The Travelling Coins - Joseph's Routine
10. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
12. Corrections - for December Issue of "Potpourri"
12. Fleming Trophy Goes to [Hubert] Brill
12. Nicola Opens in Blaze of Glory
12. Plan to Attend - Columbus Magi-Fest
13. Magic Pie - Francis Cain
15. Vanishing Silk Effects - R. C. Buff
16. Magicians' Guild of America
16. Los Magicos Elects
16. Will Rock, The Magician
16. John Booth
17. Character Reading - R. S. Glover
    • The Impractical Man (Part Five)
      • Orpheus Drake
20. The Society of American Magicians - National Council - S.A.M. Acts to Stop Exposing - letter from Nate Leipzig, National President
    • Letter from Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
    • Letter from National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
    • Resolution - National Council Society of American Magicians
23. Shopping Around with Dracstein
25. New Contest Coming Up
262. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
     • Salutation to the New Year
     • The Bridge-Builder - poem
29. Magideas - Karlin, The Magician
    • Routine for Walsh's Cane
30. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Sleight of Hand in 1584
37. Magic News from Nova Scotia - Karl, The Magician
37. Tommy Martin Feted in Texas
38. Impromptu Pocket Tricks [Contest]
    38. Effects with Cigarettes - W. Van Zandt
        • Pouring Smoke
        • Cigarette Balancing
        • Smoke Rings
        • Bending a Cigarette
        • The Phantom Cigarette
        • The Three Wise Men
        • Smoking a Cigarette in Alaska - Also, One At the Equator
    39. Passing Coin - Virdis Richards
40. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • Elmer and the Earthquake
41. Within the Crystal Sphere - M. S. Mahendra
43. New Officers Elected at Knights of Magic Meeting [New York] - Lew Dick
43. New "Stern" Trick Announced - birth announcement
44. It Pays to Advertise - Sid Fleischman
45. The Psychic Circle - conducted by [Ormond] McGill
    • Fallacies of Psychic Research - Cranston Seymour -
47. re: Jim Miller "Majah"
47. Note to Contributors
48. Knick Kancks from the Garrett - Teral Garrett
50. Home Town Welcomes Max Terhune
50. G. C. George Presenting Good Act
51. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    51. general comments
        • The Voice from the Attic - Harry Opel
        • Ireland's Year Books
        • Three Shell Game - Tom Osborne
        • Ventriloquism as a Hobby - Sydney Vereker
        • Tips on Flash Paper - Stuart Robson
        • Jinx & Index (Issues 1-50)
        • Lucille (Daphne Lucille Barnett) - two catalogues
        • Genii, November
        • Double Talk
        • Conjurers Chronicle
        • Nelson Enterprises - lists
        • National Magic Company, Supplement No. 4
        • Chap's Scrapbook
        • Emerico performance
53. re: Al Saal
53. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 2 - February 1939 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
8. The Spectator Spells - Maurice Lenser
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • Piff Paff Poof
10. New Club in Detroit
10. [Alex] Ferrell to Work in Films
11. Character Reading - R. S. Glover
    • The Impractical Man - continued
14. Coming Up: April Issue
15. "Indian Rope" Challenge - A. C. Kroeger Bids for $35,000 Prize Awards
16. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • The Judah Slap Shift
17. Of Interest to Magicians Overseas
17. re: Encore Trick Contest
18. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Some Rambling Thoughts
    • Just Saw Wood - poem
20. Wizard Club [of Chicago] Announces Annual Show
21. The Magic Marathon - Mariano Palhinha
    • Another Card Trick
22. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • The Drinking Stunt - Revello Petee
23. Saginaw Valley [MI] Mystics Hold Annual Ladies' Night
24. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • The Bibliography of Scot's Discovery
27. Justo Hijo Jottings - Hugh Riley
28. Impromptu Pocket Tricks [Contest]
    28. Impromptu Routine - G. McAthy
    29. Lo! The Vanishing Silk - Clem, The Magic Man
    30. Match Routine - Carl Wentworth
    31. Cigarette from Nowhere - W. Van Zandt
    32. Silk Production - Charles Lecett, Jr.
    33. Match This - Don Dod
    33. You Do As I Do - Edward Novack
34. New Contest at Hand
34. News from Twin Cities
35. Magic Pie - Francis Cain
36. The Magicians Guild of America
36. re: March Issue
37. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    37. Part I
        • Beware of Familiar Spirits - John Mulholland
        • Book of Time - Gerald Lynton Kaufman
        • Book One - Al Baker
        • Book Two - Al Baker
        • Are You Seein' Things - Ross A. Burley
        • Chap's Scrapbook, November
        • Frank Lane's Funny Talk
        • Genii
        • The Linking Ring
        • Davenport's Demon Telegraph
        • Magie
        • Talisman - Carl Thiene
        • Double Talk
        • The Hungarian Amateur Magical Society
        • Nelmar - lists
        • Patter for Tom Bowyer's Repeat Bill Trick - Wallace Lee
    38. Part II
        • Proudlock's Egg Bag - Edward Proudlock
        • Four Ace Presentations - Edward Proudlock
        • Cheerful Conjuring - Dan Bellman
        • Subtle Sorcery - Tom Sellers
        • Jinx, December
        • Chap's Scrapbook, December & January
        • Genii
        • Goldston's Magical Quarterly, final 1938 issue
        • Magic Fan [Malaya]
        • Davenport's Demon Telegraph, July to December
        • Dragon, December
        • Magie
        • L. L. Ireland Catalogue Number 7
        • Lucille - catalogs
        • C. A. George Newmann - lists
        • Donald Holmes - list
40. It's A Girl - for the Abbotts
40. Next Month
41. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 3 - March 1939 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • I.B.M. 1939 Convention News
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • How to Routine Magic - Rex, the Ace Magician
   • The Spirit - newsletter
   • Questions and Answers
8. Next Month
9. Character Reading - R. S. Glover
   • The Impractical Man - Conclusion
12. Match Magic Series - Donald Hendricks
    • Paper Matches
    • The Jumping Spots
    • Bouncing Heads
13. Sidney or Yendis - re: Sidney Jones "Yendis, the Magician"
14. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • The color Changing Pack - Once Again!
16. The Sleepy Magician
18. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Gleanings - Magical and Otherwise
      • Princeton Plans Radio Scare Study
      • Taking the Poison Out of Hypnotic Control
      • The Great Crisp
      • IS Girl's Strange Power Magic or Just Plain Hooey!
      • Mother's Dream is "Break" for Boy
      • Code of Robert Lewis Stevenson
22. Dis-Cords
23. [Ted] Colteaux
24. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
24. Books I Treasure - And Why - Earl Rybolt
29. Four Card Force - William Meyers
30. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • The Mental Marvel
32. Review of Nicola's New Show - and News from the Southern Hemisphere - George C. Tollerton
34. Wine and Milk Trick - Joseph Rukus
34. re: Russell Swan
35. Wizard Club of Chicago
36. New Idea for Chafing Dish
36. An Answer to "Unknown" - H. Adrian Smith
37. Keller's Practical Joke
38. Magicians' Alliance of Eastern States
38. Magical News from Southern California - Rudy Miller
38. re: Frakson
40. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • How to Routine Magic - Rex, the Ace Magician
      • The Jinx
      • Funny Talk
      • Double Talk
      • Conjurer's Chronicle
      • The Dragon
      • Berland's Exclusive Secrets
      • Magic Fan, January
      • Genii
      • Magie
      • Hungarian Amateur Magicians, January & February
      • Lucille
      • Max Spohr - lists
      • Stanley Collins
41. New Magic Store in Detroit [Sterling Magic Co.]
41. A Personal Message to Subscribers - Percy Abbott
41. re: April Issue
42. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 4 - April 1939 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • It's A Mystery to Me - Alvin Plough
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
9. Magicians Guild of America
9. re: Mystic Craig
10. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • Mind Pictures
14. Character Reading - R. S. Glover
    • That Boy Jones
17. Cockeyed Coincidence
18. The Carl Jones Testimonial Supper - H. Adrian Plate
19. Birch Showing in South
20. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • The "Slip" Vanish of a Card
22. Torn and Restored Papers - Morales
23. In Sympathy - Eddie clever's Mother passed away
24. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Books I Treasure and Why - Earl F. Rybolt
26. Knots of Zanzibar
27. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Flowers By ...
28. Match Magic Series - Donald Hendricks
    • The Brain Trust
    • The Mystic Heads
30. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • The Miser
32. Simplex Card Transposition - Edward "Marko" Malkowski
32. Just received "Te Tohunga", Vol. 1, No. 1 - New Zealand magazine
34. Al Page Show
34. Canvas Prison - Al Benart
37. Magic News from Karl, The Magician
37. Justo Hijo Jottings - Hugh Riley
38. The Wizard Club
38. "Impromptu" Prize Awards
38. Of Interest to Magicians Article on Charles Larsen in the Saturday Evening Post
39. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • Gambler's Don't Gamble - Michael McDougall & J. C. Furnas
      • Mental Mysteries with Cards - Campbell & Garrett
      • Funny Talk, March
      • Jinx, No. 54 & Winter Extra
      • Genii
      • Double Talk, January & February
      • The Dragon
      • Talisman, number 2
      • Thayer Ballygram No. 67
      • C. A. George Newmann - list
      • Donald Holmes - list
      • Hungarian Amateur Magicians Society
      • American Boy, March - expose
      • Scientific American, March
      • The Spirit Rides Again - magazine
41. 1939 World Convention in Paris
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1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 5 - May 1939 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Conventions - Eddie Clever
6. Magicians Guild
7. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
11. Calvert & Co. in Nashville
12. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • Giant Memory in Disguise
12. re: exposers and the concrete blocks in Abbott's new building - Teral Garrett
13. Character Reading - R. S. Glover
    • That Boy Jones - continued
16. Charles Larson in San Francisco
16. re: Bud Hughes
16. re: Battle Creek Convention
17. Devaporized Humidity
18. [Jimmy] Trimble is Outstanding Showman
19. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • A Reversed Card Routine - Sam M. Mayer
21. C. H. Larson Feted in Hollywood
22. The Pedigreed Silk-Worm
23. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Unsubdued - poem - S. E. Kiser
25. "Surprise" Thimble
26. Convention News - Percy Abbott
27. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Books I Treasure and Why - Earl F. Rybolt
30. Marlo's Coin Pass
30. Make Your Plans Now - I.B.M. Convention in Battle Creek
31. Match Magic Series - Donald Hendricks
    • Dorny's Sheep
    • Matches to Thimbles
32. A Word to the Wives - P.C.A.M. News - Marcia Fitzkee
33. Justo Hijo Jottings - Hugh Riley
33. Old Issues of "Tops"
34. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • B.V.D. News - G. McAthy
      • Flash!
      • Flesh!
      • With the Inventors!
      • Fish!
      • Attention!
    • Phantom Belt
    • re: Mysterious Lawrence
    • I Am An Exposer - And I'm Proud of It! - Colin Kerr Cameron
    • A Record Attendance is Expected - Battle Creek
    • Los Magicos Meeting
    • John Booth on Ocean Cruise
    • Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
      • general comments
        • Forging Ahead in Magic - John Booth
        • Presentation of Magic - Maurice C. Newell
        • Impromptu Card Routine - Sid Lorraine
        • Selected Magical Mysteries - Arthur Belmont
        • Frank Chapman - Scrapbook, February & march
        • Magie
        • Genii
        • Goldston's Magical Quarterly, March
        • Dragon, March
        • Double Talk
        • Frank Lane - auction list
    • He Stole My Act - George C. Hanneman
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1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 6 - June 1939 - 56 pages
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Oh Boy! Convention Time Is Here
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
8. Handkerchief Production Idea - Alvin Richard Plough
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The Penny and Dime
9. Is There a "Ladies Only" Magic Club?
10. Character Reading - R. S. Glover
    • That Boy Jones - conclusion
13. Rice Bowls with Hats
14. Cig-O-Bill - Elray
14. re: Don Sweet recovering
15. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • With a Paper Match
17. Magicians Guild of America
19. Color-Changing Neckties
20. Wizard Club of Chicago
21. Pantomime and Patter - Ormond McGill
24. I.B.M. - Convention - 1939
25. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • So I Am a Red
    • letter from Caryl S. Fleming, Pres. PCAM-IAM
28. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • The Zufall Collections
32. Match Magic Series - Donald Hendricks
    • Cups and Balls - with Thimbles and Paper Matches
    • Lighted Match Production
32. Playing Card Collectors Club - M. S. Mahendra
34. The Magic Marathon - Mariano Palhinha
    • Hail the Columnists!
35. J-K Barrel Escape - Jon Kirby
37. Calling All Magicians - re: Decatur [IL] Demons' Club Picnic
38. Evolution of National Magic Day - Edward Saint
39. re: Paul Goss illness
40. Magideas - Karlin
40. Teral Garrett Says
40. Wisconsin Mid-Summer Conclave
41. Simplified Card Control - Hyman Appel
41. Justo Hijo Jottings - Hugh Riley
42. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • How to Eat While Figure Talks - G. McAthy
43. "Twist" Thimble Vanish - Dr. Edwin Roberts
44. I.A.P. [It's A Pip] Uses in Billiard Ball Manipulation - R. S. Sweetwater
44. Primitive Sword Swallowing - Rex, The Ace Magician
45. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • Hugard's Annual of Magic 1938-1939 - Jean Hugard
      • Handbook of Chemical Magic - Earl C. Lemmon
      • Institutional Sight - Eddie Joseph
      • Strictly Magic - Eddie Joseph
      • Footprints on the Ceiling - Clayton Rawson
      • Funny Talk
      • Jinx, April
      • Davenport's Demon Telegraph
      • Hungarian Amateur Magicians Society
      • Magie, May
      • Thayer's Ballygram No. 68
      • The Dragon, April
      • Conjuror's Chronicle
      • Lyle Douglas - two catalogs, one for standard effects and "Professional Magic"
      • Spirit
47. Texas Assembly No. 19, S.A.M.
48. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 7 - July 1939 - 56 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial Comment - Guest Editor - Lloyd E. Jones
5. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • To Friends of "Tops"
5. Magicians, Ideas, Tricks - Oakland Magic Circle
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • 1939 IBM Convention - Battle Creek
   • Questions and Answers
11. West Coast Magicians, Their Ideas and Tricks
    11. Magicians, Ideas and Tricks From the West Coast - Clarence Cain
        Flimsy Fins
    12. Fred Braue
        • The Mene-Gali Pack - Fred Braue
    14. Murray Rosenthal
        • Subtle Location
        • Memory Supreme
    16. Billie Coady
    16. Frank Chapman
        • Wrapped in Black
    18. Revello Petee
        • An Advertising Stunt
    19. Bert Hansen
        • School Boy Rabbit
    19. Francisco, the Magician (Arthur Bull)
        • Spirit Help
        • Great Number Test
    21. Harold Agnew
        • Coin Routine
    22. Henry Griffin
    25. Earl Wheeler
        • Nest of Boxes Routine
    26. Caryl mFleming
        • It Isn't What You Do
    30. Bill Alstrand
        • Card Triplets
    31. Ray Gamble
        • O.K. Prediction
    33. Walter Adrian
        • A Unique Card Revelation
    34. Kenneth Bull
        • There is Money in Magic
    39. Earl Rybolt
        • A New Use for the Locked-Flap Card Box
    40. Bob Bailey
        • Impromptu Silk Penetration
    42. James Hamilton [Jimmy] Muir
        • Nuts - From the "Cracker"
    44. Clayton Burke
        • From the Notebook of Claude Burke [vent dialogue]
    44. Ormond McGill
        • The Devil's Ladder Again
    47. Lloyd Jones
        • Dai Vernon's Brain Wave Deck
        • A Magician Goes to the World's Fair
        • Harry Canar
    50. R. S. Glover
        • Thought Reception
        • And So Long
32. Magic Guild
38. Hat lost at Abbott's
43. re: Magigals
51. Club News
    51. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
    52. Otago Magicial Society [New Zealand]
    53. Justo Hijo Jottings - Hugh Riley
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1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 8 - August 1939 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
7. Paging Sid Lorraine - An Open Letter from Haskell
7. Pantomime and Patter - Ormond McGill - continued
10. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • Question Reading Act
10. Dracstein Comments
11. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • The Spectator's Choice Card Discovery
13. News From The Great Nicola
14. The "Chang" Show - George C. Tollerton
16. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • Death from a Top Hat - Clayton Rawson - to be released as a film: Miracles for Sale
      • Footprints on the Ceiling - Clayton Rawson
      • The Flower of the Charlatan - Grete de Francesco
      • Collected Magic For You - Leeds Magic Circle
      • Ball in Rube - Jack Chanin
      • Magical Moments - Dell O'Dell
      • So You Want to be a Magician - Little Johnny Jones
      • More Card Manipulations - Jean Hugard
      • More Than a Trick - Jack Vosburgh
      • Jinx; May, June, July & Summer Extra
      • Xclusive Bulletins - Sam Berland
      • Will de Sieve - list
      • Marshall's [flowers] - ads
      • Loyd Enoch - sheet 0f apparatus
      • Ireland - apparatus
      • Nelson Enterprises - Catalog No. 18
      • Abbott's Supplementary Catalog No. 5
      • The Dragon, June, 1939
      • Double Talk
      • Goldston's Magical Quarterly, June
      • Magie, June
    • A Personal Message to Subscribers - Percy Abbott
    • Death of Tampa
    • Reply to Haskell - Sid Lorraine
    • A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
      • An Answer - to Colin Kerr Cameron
    • Omnipresent Half-Dollar
    • Combined Magic Clubs Outing - Le Sourdsville, Ohio
    • Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
      • Robert-Houdin and His Confidences of a Prestidigitator - John Braun
    • Bewitched Cat-O-Nine Tails
    • Death of Joseph Gant
    • Match Magic Series - Donald Hendricks
      • Parlor Matches (Chapter 2)
        • Downs Match Manipulations
        • Match in Handkerchief, Ala Sucker
        • Topsy Turvy Match
        • Floating Match
        • Static
    • Letter from Virgil the Magician
    • re: John W. Gallagher
    • Vents - Herb Rungie
      • Dialogue from George McAthy
    • Four Ace Trick (Prepared) - G. R. Rinehart
    • Passing of Frank Ducrot
    • Convention Jottings - Percy Abbott
    • photo of Les Levante
    • Appreciation - letter from the British Party to the Convention
    • Otago Magic Society (New Zealand)
    • Club Notes
      • Magicians Guild of America
      • Wizard Club of Chicago - Convention
      • Saginaw Valley Mystics - Elect Officers
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1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 9 - September 1939 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Ellis Stanyon Lists
   • Entertaining with Ventriloquism - La Vellma
   • Questions and Answers
8. Who Was That "Hindu"? [Jim Miller aka Majah]
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The Cap and Pence
10. The Penalty of Leadership - Zito
11. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • The Magical Burning Box
    • A Gimmick for Rolling a Card
12. Manipulative Paddle - Val Evans
13. Continuing Coast Contributions - Lloyd E. Jones
    14. The Medium Knows - Gerald Kosky
    14. Magic As We See It - George McAthy (& Oscar)
15. New York State Conclave in October
16. Single-Hand Color Change - And a Sucker Explanation - Winston H. Freer
17. Nicola Does Indian Rope Trick
18. Double Prediction - Edward "Marko" Malkowski
20. Magicians' Guild of America
21. Open Letter to Tops - from Joe Ovette
21. Le Sourdsville Picnic was Success - Harold F. Puff
22. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Magic - Art or -? - Part One
24. Real Magic [re: Winston H. Freer] - Percy Abbott
24. Will Rock on Coast Tour
25. Hints on Publicity - from a newspaper editor
26. Magic Books - H. Adrian Smith
    • Magic in the Huntington Library
28. re: International Congress of Magic, Paris
28. Death of Dr. George Smith
29. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • Dialogue - George Tollerton
30. The Last Match - Julius Hopkins
32. Don Leonardo in "Mexican Magic" - Coles Varieties - Perth, Australia
32. Fire Eater's Fire Gets Too Hot [re: Al Aldini]
33. Pugilistic Grapefruit
35. P.C.A.M.-I.A.M. Convention - Lloyd Jones
38. Kindred Spirits
39. The Eagle River Conclave - M. S. Mahendra
    • Seen and Heard at The Eagle River Conclave
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1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 10 - October 1939 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Abbott's Sixth Annual Magic Get-Together
5. Magicians Guild of America Puts on Special Get-Together Show
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Abbott's Get-Together
   • Miracles for Sale
   • The Dragon
   • Vocalepathy - Al Baker
10. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • Blindfold Card Location
10. M.G.A. News [Magicians Guild of America]
11. Reports on Activities of the Expose and Ethics Committee of the P.C.A.M.-I.A.M. - Lloyd E. Jones
12. Temperance Routine - Scotty Lang
15. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • A Strange Transposition
17. Death of Charlie Wikoff
18. Nosing Around - by Footloose
19. Stepped-On Card - Herbert J. G. Lehwald
19. Palming Hint - Herbert J. G. Lehwald
20. Houdini memorial page - Mrs. Harry Houdini
21. Match Magic Series - Donald Hendricks
    • Chapter 3 - Tricks with Match Boxes
      • Changes and Loads
      • A Billet Switch
      • Handkerchief Load
      • Cigarette Load
      • Penetrating Match Box
23. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Shadows
25. "Doc" Mahendra Says
26. Magic Books - H. Adrian Smith
    • Doctor Milton Alexander Bridges In Memoriam - 1939
28. "Tops" Encore Contest
    28. "Hush" The Magician - Peter Kushpinsky
    29. Two Encore Effects - Karlin
    30. Encore Silk Trick - Charles Beausoliel
30. Houdini Club to Convene (Wisconsin)
31. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • She'll Be Driving Six White Horse 0- Bob LaMonte
33. Fire at [Ed] Myhres Tent Show
33. Sid Lorraine
33. Courtright [Ontario] Get-Together
34. A Pause to Pay Tribute [re: Col. John Cushing]
34. A Real Treat [re: 2-10 Daniels]
35. Blue Ribbon Mystery
36. Card in Case - Herbert J. G. Lehwald
36. [Winston H.] Freer performed the Levitated Spectator
37. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
38. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • Calling All Suspects - fiction - Carolyn Wells
      • Entertaining Children with Magic - Eddie Clever
      • Entertaining with Ventriloquism - David J. Lustig {La Vellma)
      • Chap's Scrapbook, June
      • Jinx becomes a weekly
      • Jinx, August
      • Magie, special issue
      • Genii
      • The Magic Fan, April
      • The Circle of Hungarian Magicians
      • Double Talk
      • The Dragon, July
      • Max Spohr - lists
      • Nelmar - bulletin
      • Harold Sterling - list
      • Demon Telegraph
    • Part Two - Random Recollections of a Reviewer
      • War
      • Secrets of Houdini- J. C. Cannell
      • passing of Horace Goldin
      • Fay Asta
      • death of Milton Bridges
      • Stanyon - lists
      • Magic Fan
      • The Conjurers Chronicle
      • P.C.A.M. Expose Committee
      • Miracles for Sale
      • Genii, September
      • The Dragon, August
      • Echo - Elmer Eckam
42. The Ace of Clubs [Minneapolis, Minn.] - Don Medley
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1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 11 - November 1939 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
10. Cut and Restored Glove - George Ferguson
11. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • The Cinema Star Fan
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
13. John Snyder's Visitation to Springfield, Massachusetts
14. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
16. The Indiana Society of Magicians
16. Chameleon Thimble
17. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Magic - Art or -? - Part Two
19. Bernard Gianinni Gets Married - by Rudy Miller
19. re: The St. Joseph Magicians' Assembly of Missouri
20. "Tops" Encore Contest
    20. Left Holding the Bag - W. Van Zandt
    20. "Quash" as an Encore - Louis Samaha
    21. The "Perfect Encore" Effect - Harold G. Beaumont
21. New Contest - Miscellaneous Effects
21. re: Paul Ricketts
21. re: Leonard Glarum on the Will Rock Show
22. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • It's Screwy - Art Fowler
23. Card Fans Production
    • Easy Production of Fans
24. photo - The Great Levante
24. photo - John Ramsey
25. Prediction Par Excellence
26. re: watch for publicity stunt by Stewart James
27. The Magicians Guild of America
28. And Speaking of Exposing
28. Justo Hijo Jottings
28. Canadian Rate of Exchange
28. Death of Mark B. Rumsey
29. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • The Girl in the Cage - Cortland Fitzsimmons & John Mulholland
      • Thought Wings Onward - Eddie Clever
      • Jinx, September & Nos. 61 & 62 (weekly)
      • Genii, October
      • Dragon, September
      • Hungarian Amateur Magicians Circle News, September & October
      • Xclusive Bulletin, September
      • National Magic Company - Supplement No. 6
      • Ireland - letter & lists
      • Frank Lane - cards
      • Goldston's Magical Quarterly
30. The Saginaw Valley Mystics [Michigan] - Leonard Eva
31. Match Box Monte - Donald Hendricks
    • Sawing a Box in Half
    • Match Box to Playing Card
    • Obedient Box
    • You Do As I Do
    • Multiplying Match Boxes
33. A Hypnotic Stunt - Teral Garrett
34. Duke's Ideas
    • Variation of Three Card Monte
34. re: The Great Raymond Show
35. The Double-Punch Knot and Ring Mystery - Winston H. Freer
36. Thimble Up the Sleeve
37. Go Get 'Em - poem - unknown author
38. Routine for Egg on Fan - Dracstein

1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 12 - December 1939 - 48 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
8. letter from Ring 14
9. E. J. Moore Sick Fund
9. "Francisco" Show is Showing at Omaha on October 28th
10. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
12. Nothing Up His Sleeve - Sid Fleischman
15. The Magician's Guild of America
16. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Under the Christmas Tree
19. The Jacks - William Meyers
20. The Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
21. Card Tricks - Ray W. Bonner
23. Magi Predicted Headline Year Ago - re: Stewart James
    • Nazi Attack Predicted Year Ago in Fort Erie
24. Magic Books - H. Adrian Smith
    • Christmas Entertainment 1740 Style
26. The Magicians Alliance of Eastern States
27. Miscellaneous Effects Contest
    27. Ball and Silk Changeover Palm - Charles Beausoliel
    27. A Club Routine - A. Midey, Jr.
    28. Miscellaneous Tricks and Gags - Donald Hendricks
        • Your Half Six
        • Giant Match Tips
        • The Bending Cigarette
        • Diving Pack
    29. Televised Telepathy - Harry W. Swivel
    30. Samaha's Coins & Envelopes Effect - Louis Samaha
    31. Combining Twentieth Century Silks and Demon Box - Edwin Adams
31. Encore Contest Prizes
32. What Would the Big Ones Do? - Ward
33. An Inexpensive and Practical Coin Pail - Clarence W. Hodge
34. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • general comments
      • A Magician in the House - Sid Lorraine
      • Modern Magic Manual - Jean Hugard
      • Jinx, Nos. 63-66
      • Genii
      • Double Talk, August-September
      • Dragon, October
      • Atlanta Magic Company - ads
      • Loyd - ads
      • Ireland - What's New
      • Balllygram no. 69 - Thayer
      • The Family Circle, October 6 - Max Holden interview
      • Ted Annemann collecting comment on impressions of magicians
      • Pacific Coast Magicians & National Magic Day
      • Dr. Walter Grote - gust of honor - Oakland Magic Circle
      • Twenty magicians visit Will Rock Show
      • Dariel Fitzke's International Magicians in Action

Publisher: Abbott Magic