Tops Volume 6 (1941)
by Percy Abbott

January 1941 - December 1941
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

638 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 1 - January 1941 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
9. Jumbo Discovery - Bryce Chambers
10. Bingo - A New Clever Novelty Trick
10. re: J. C. Bisbee
11. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
12. The Card Trick Without a Deck - Allan Lambie
13. Sucker Die Box Gag
14. Chinese Lantern Trick - Otto Waldmann
15. The Stuck Card Trick
15. Bury Peter Rabbit
15. Swann Suggested for Hot Musical
16. Patter Contest
    16. Here Are the Winners
    16. Twentieth Century Silks - Ed Wolff
    17. Standard Hat and Die Trick - J. J. Super
    18. Squash - Herb Rungie
19. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • The Deckograph
20. Magicians' Guilders See Two Shows at Colon
21. Just a Couple of Ideas - Bobo
    • Oh, Well!
22. Perplexing Penetration - Allan Lambie
23. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • New Year
23. Patter for the Vanishing Rabbit - R. C. Buff
23. Cigar Gag
24. The Boys at the [Abbott's] Plant - Gen Grant
25. Mysterious Three-Pile Trick - Private Edward Novack
26. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
28. Novel Rope Gag
28. Two Lights Off One Match
29. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild at Lansing - Demon Rembrandt
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
    • Keystone Ring Elects Officers for 1941
    • Dayton Magic Club - Myron E. Scott
    • Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
    • Seattle Magic Ring - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • Columbus Plans Tenth Annual Magi-Fest
32. re: photos in Portland Sunday Oregonian
32. The Appearing Fish
33. "Simplex" Floating Cup
34. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Experimental Hypnotism - Cranston Seymour
37. New Egg in Hat
38. Thisa and Thata - Loring Campbell
39. Tribute to the Campbells
39. re: Heaney the Magician
39. re: Charles Vance
40. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • After the Dessert - Martin Gardner
    • [Witchcraft: Its Power in the World Today] - William Seabrook
    • Expert Card Technique - Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
    • Jinx, Nos. 112-113 & 117-120
    • Genii
    • The Dragon
    • The Gimmick
    • Hungarian Amateur Magicians' News
    • Unique Magic Studios - sheets
    • Thayer's Ballygram No. 74
    • Leo Rullman - book list No. 43
42. Color Changing Knife Routine - Roy A. Dohs
48. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 2 - February 1941 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Expert Card Technique - Hugard & Braue
   • Fifty Funny Stunts - Nelmar
   • Conjuror's Chatter - periodical
   • Questions and Answers
8. Magician Featured in Louisville Paper - re: G. R. Rinehart
8. re: Dallas Magic Circle
9. The Shifting Card - B. Mills
9. Confetti and Glass
9. Watch Smashing
9. re: Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Lang have a boy
10. A La Color Change - Glenn Snyder
10. Printers busy on Rope Encyclopedia
11. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
12. Magic and Vent Used in Safety Campaign - re: Lee Allen Estes
12. Canadian Magicians Please Note - re: war-time regulations
13. The Human Bar - Carl Sommer
13. Magic Hobby Club [Columbus, Ohio] Gets Publicity
14. Presentation for Abbott's Exciting Milk Vanish - Sherman Ripley
14. [Will] Rock Show Scores in Chicago
15. Zamloch, The Great - R. S. Glover
    • Chapter One
18. Wizards of Chicago to Present "Foolies of '41"
18. Li-Ho-Chang
18. Phantasmo [Illusion] Going Strong
18. re: Mysterious Lawrence
19. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part One
    • Introduction
    • What the "Extempore" Dinner Magician Ought to Know
    • The Broken Match Restored
    • The Flame in the Bottle
23. Exciting Milk Vanish Idea - Monk Watson
23. Don Sweet Signed for International's Shows
23. Magician Sees Own Show - re: Keystone, the Magician
23. Swann Drops In
24. Vents - G. McAthy
25. Lancaster Professionals Have Open House
25. [Ernie Evraire] Entertains at Canadian Government Parties
25. Zola and Plato and Jewel Entertain Crippled Children
26. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
28. Magicians Meet Dante at Detroit
28. Pittsburgh Magi to Hold Annual Show
28. re: Clyde Day
29. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
31. Magic in Omaha
32. Thisa and Thata - Loring Campbell
33. [Vin] Carey Knows His Magic
33. re: Monk Watson
34. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Experimental Hypnotism - Cranston Seymour - Part Two
37. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild Meets at Colon - Demon Rembrandt
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack F. Hecht
    • Dayton Magic Club - Myron E. Scott
    • Panama Magicians Organize Club
    • Seattle Magic Ring - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • Youngstown Magic Ring - Charles A. Leedy
39. Magician's Routes - touring magicians
    • Loring Campbell & Co.
40. The Boys at the [Abbott's] Plant - Gen Grant
41. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Expert Card Technique - Hugard & Braue
    • Abbott Catalog
    • Outs, Precautions, and Challenges - Charles Hopkins
    • Magic and Ventriloquism - Dr. H. Mann
    • Fifty Funny Figure Stunts - Ross Burley
    • Below the Infra Red - play - Nelmar & Burley
    • Death Out of Thin Air - fiction - Clayton Rawson (as Stuart Towne)
    • Dragon, December, 1940
    • Genii, January
    • Gimmick
    • The Hungarian Amateur Magic News
    • Jinx, Nos. 121-122
42. re: Third Issue of Conjurer's Chatter

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 3 - March 1941 - 52 pages plus a 1 page advertising insert
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • The Gimmick - newsletter
   • Zingone's card tricks on Victor Records
   • Telo-Ribbons - effect - Teral Garrett
   • The World's Fair - periodical
   • Questions and Answers
7. Slate Writing Stunt
7. re: Magic Hobby Club of Ohio holds Magical party
8. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part Two
   • The Rapid Vanish
   • Slow Coin Vanish
   • Hot Money
   • The Thin Man
11. Four Days in Minneapolis - U. F. Grant
12. Stuart Robson's Vanishing Cigarette
12. [Will] Rock Mystifies Indianapolis
13. Exciting Milk Vanish Presentation - Wm. H. Davis
13. Service for Canadian Magicians [war-time regulations]
14. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Footnote on a Headline
15. Let's Change Hands
15. Egg Through Ring
16. T & I Fake Mental Act - Teral and Ina Garrett
17. A Night of Magic
17. Schreiber Heads Minnesota Magi
17. Cute Gag
18. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
20. Note to Our English Subscribers [re: war conditions]
20. re: Mr. & Mrs. Lee Allen Estes have a son
21. Zamloch, The Great - R. S. Glover - continued
    • Chapter Two
26. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Hocus Pocus Junior - continued
29. Whose Tricks? - verse - Carl Hunt
29. [Dave] Coleman Lauded by Dante
29. Abbott Effects Thrill Stars and Socialites
30. Thisa and Thata - Loring Campbell
31. Wizards' "Foolies of Forty-One" - Jack Hecht
32. Highlights of the Wizard Show in Chicago - U. F. Grant
33. The Magic Mirror - U. F. Grant
34. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Experimental Hypnosis
36. Balloon and Silks
37. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Walter Harris New Head of M.G.A. - Demon Rembrandt
    • Dayton Magi Meet in Anderson's Magic Room - Myron E. Scott
    • Seattle Club Elects Charles Smith President - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • Dallas Magic Circle has Penthouse Party - Carl E. Hunt
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack Hecht
    • The Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
    • Mohawk Magicians' Club
40. re: Capt. Lawrence H. Niendorf
41. Magician's Routes - touring magicians
    • Loring Campbell Co.
41. Classified - ads
53. one-page insert for 40th Anniversary Number of The Sphinx

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 4 - April 1941 - 52 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Percy Abbott
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Al and Dai - effect - Al Baker & Dai Vernon
   • Magic and Mysteries of India - Eddie Joseph
   • The Sphinx, March
   • Questions and Answers
13. Ne-Deal Poker Hand - U. F. Grant
13. Pittsburgh Magicians Have Dinner Meeting
14. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
16. Heigh Ho! For a Magnet Magic Contest
16. Magicians' Use of Photography Subject of Story
17. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part Three
    • The Aerial Match
    • The Crappy Coins
    • The Ring and The Coin
20. For Your Own Amazement - Winston Freer
21. Footsteps - R. C. Buff
22. Mazda Revelation - U. F. Grant
22. Virgil and Willard Meet in Texas
22. Kismet [Marty Sunshine]
22. Abbott's Simplified Snake a Hit
22. The President [H. Adrian Smith] Calls
23. photo - Eldon Nichols
23. re: Plato of Plato and Jewell
24. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Echoing Vision
25. Abbott Plant Undergoes Remodeling
25. Rope Encyclopedia Out
25. Robson's Conjurer's Shop Moves to Times Square
26. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
27. Birch and Company in South
28. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Experimental Hypnotism - Experiments
      • Auto-Suggested Post-Hypnotic Automatisms
      • Conscious Self-Hypnosis With Complete Automy [sic]
      • Multiple Personality by Auto-Hypnosis
      • Psychical Research
31. "Sphinx" Gets Nice Air Plug - Winston H. Freer
31. Jim Miller Handling Press for W.P.A. Symphony
31. Ada Ripel Dies
32. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
33. re: Bert Allerton advertising
33. re: Abe Warsaw's new bungalow
34. Thisa and Thata - Loring Campbell
35. Leedy A Performer for Fifty Years
36. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild at Kalamazoo - Demon Rembrandt
    • Seattle Notes - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack F. Hecht
    • Justo Hijo Club of Des Moines - Thomas W. Duncan
    • Youngstown Magic Club - Charles A. Leedy
38. Mysterious Lawrence Entertains Screen Stars
39. Vents - George McAthy
40. Drum Head Tube Idea - Harold Pearson
40. Toronto and Buffalo Magi See Dante
40. Providence Prepares for S.A.M.
41. The Nickle and Penny Trick - U. F. Grant
41. Magician's Routes - touring magicians
    • Loring Campbell Co.
41. Zamloch article to continue in next issue
42. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Comedy Magic - U. F. Grant
    • Zufall's Memory Trix - Chess Knight's Tour
    • Card Tricks Anyone Can Do - Joseph Leeming
    • Jinx, Nos. 123-126
    • Genii, February
    • Dragon
    • Demon Telegraph
    • Magi from Copenhagen
    • Hungarian Amateur Magic Circle News
    • What I Like about ...
      • The Exciting Milk Vanish
      • Hathaway's Car in the Balloon
      • The Blooming Flower
      • The cyclops Deck
      • The Triple Alliance Glass Penetration
      • The Jewels of Chen Lee
      • The Westgate Bowl Production
      • The Challenge Glass of Water Vanish
      • Trick Without a Name Glover Contrary Cutters
45. [Roy A.] Dohs Suffers Loss by Fire
46. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 5 - May 1941 - 52 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Mel
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Old Tricks Made New - book - Bert Douglas
   • Questions and Answers
14. Unit Shows Provide Entertainment for Soldiers
14. Asks Boost for Commemorative Stamps
14. To Foreign "Tops" Subscribers
15. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part Four
    • You Can't Be Sober
    • Sensitive Touch
    • What Are You Holding?
    • Where Is It?
17. Heaney Guest of Battle Creek Magi
18. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
20. We Pay the Postage - rhyme - Stanley Collins
20. Walsh Cane to Silk - patter - Billy and Arthur Myers
21. Vents - George McAthy
    • The Prompter
22. Hanky-Panky - Charles A. Leedy
22. Reservations Coming In For Abbott's Get-Together
22. Central States Magi to Meet at Cedar Point
23. Rhode Island All Set For S.A.M. Gathering
24. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • Four Whom The Belle Told
25. re: Bert Allerton
26. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
28. Exciting Milk Vanish Improvement - Bryce Chambers
28. Letter Lost in Transit Three Years Arrives
29. Slick Tricks - Gerber
    • Card Location Supreme
30. Afghan Bands - Delayed Linking - J. T. Kenneally
30. Dayton Magi [in Dayton Daily News]
31. Zamloch, The Great - R. S. Glover - continued
    • Chapter Three
33. Topeka Magi - Young and Old - Get Publicity
34. Magicians Line Up for Dante
35. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
36. Here's A Real Magic Contest! - Magnet Tricks Wanted
37. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians Guild Meets at Battle Creek - Demon Rembrandt
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack Hecht
    • Dayton Magic Club - Myron E. Scott
    • Magic in Seattle - R. E. (Dick) Swanson
    • The Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
    • The Mystic Circle - New York - Thimbleny
    • The Mohawk Magicians' Club - Charles Beausoliel
40. re: Dave Coleman
40. re: Burgess and White
41. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Abbott Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks - Stuart James, editor
    • Magic and Mysteries of India - Eddie Joseph
    • Select Secrets - Dai Vernon
    • More Than a Trick - Jack Vosburgh
    • Who Are These? - Owen Redington Washburn, editor
    • Ten Tricks with aNail Writer - Frank Chapman
    • Reel Magic - Albenice
    • Thru the Dye Tube - Rice
    • Berland's Twenty Tricks with Wiztax
    • Jinx
    • Genii
    • Sphinx, Fortieth Anniversary Issue
    • Hungarian Amateur Magic Circle News
    • Magi, January
    • Gimmick
    • Dragon
    • Sterling Magic Co. - Catalogue No. 1
    • Ireland - ads & news
    • Conjurer's Chatter No. 4
    • Popular Photography, April
    • Coronet, April
    • Life, April 7
    • What I Like about ...
      • Smoke from the Finger Tips
      • The Wilting Bloom
      • Weeping Buffalo Nickels
      • Tipsy Turvy Bottles
      • The Drop-See Ring
      • Klean-Kut Liquid Vanish
      • Robson's Scrawny Chickens
      • Maury Kain's Break-Away Wand
      • Glover's Double-Kick
      • Sterling Hung-Blox
45. Magician's Routes - touring magicians
    • Loring Campbell & Co.
45. re: James L. Holmes

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 6 - June 1941 - 52 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Mel
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
12. Central States Magi Plan Three-Day Carnival
12. re: Mr. & Mrs. Nicola
13. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
14. re: C. H. Harvey Rhodes
14. re: Richard Himber
15. Zamloch, The Great - R. S. Glover - continued
18. [Gen] Grant and [Jesse] Thornton Suffer Injuries in Accident
18. Malini in Honolulu
18. re: L. E. Gerde in Wabash, Ind. Plain Dealer
19. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • The Word Net
20. Abbott's Planning for Record Get-Together
20. re: Nika
20. re: Will Rock
20. re: Technical Sergt. Mariano Palhinha
21. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
22. Magi in the Southwest
23. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part Five
    • The Straight-Jacket
    • Hot Heads
    • Personal Magnetism
26. Brain Waves - Teral Garrett
26. "Easy" Repeat Card Proprecy [sic] - Allan Lambie
27. The Three Drafters - Julius Hopkins
28. In the "red" Again - Julius Hopkins
29. The Show Motion Serpent Silk - U. F. Grant
30. One to Five Spot - All Lambie
30. High Schoolers Organize Magic Club
31. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
33. re: John Booth
33. re: Paul LePaul
34. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
36. Vents - George McAthy
37. How To Shrink Human Heads
38. re: Sheldon S. Henry
39. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians Guild at Colon - Demon Rembrandt
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack F. Hecht
    • Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
    • Dayton Magic Club - Myron E. Scott
    • Val-Nap Magic Circle Elects Officers - George McAthy
    • Fort Wayne Magicians' Club - K. R. Lampton
41. re: Calvert, Edgar Bergen, Ade Duval & Charles Larson
42. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Thru the Dye Tube - Harold Rice
    • Albenice's Reel Magic
    • sand painting by S. S. Henry
    • Sand Painting - Howard Melson
    • Something Borrowed, Something New - Paul Curry
    • How Gamblers Win - Eddie Joseph
    • Hypno Tricks - J. Karson
    • Jinx, Nos. 134-135
    • Genii
    • C. A> George Newman - lists
    • Thayer's Ballygram No. 76
    • The Gimmick
    • The Hungarian Amateur Magic Circle News
    • Ireland - newsy letter
    • Albright's - advertising
    • Loyd - new trick
    • What I Like about ...
      • Squelch
      • The Cyclops Lenses
      • Jap Mirako Act
      • The E. C. Book Test
      • Thayer's Double Visible Block-Go
      • Val Evan's Card Rise
      • Abbott's Wiz Cards
      • "Who'll Buy the Drinks"
46. Chicago S. A. M. Show - Demon Rembrandt

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 7 - July 1941 - 60 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Mel
8. Dedication - Lloyd E. Jones & R. S. Glover
9. Caryl S. Fleming - Memorial Page
10. Ideas, Tricks and Chatter - From The West Coast
    10. Patter for Sucker Napkin - Victor St. Leon
    13. A Version of the Sucker Napkin - Edward Tomsovic
    14. A Timely Tear - Maldo
    14. Puzzle
    15. Ode - rhyme - Anon.
    15. An Improvement on the Albenice Silk - Carl-Lyle
    16. It Happened One Night
    17. Ball and Hat Routine - Charlie Miller
    17. Good Gag Department
    18. Coin Penetration - R. S. Glover
    19. Quiz Corner
    20. Egg It Thru - Everett Samuels
    22. On the Monotony of Similarity
    22. A Dream - Lloyd E. Jones
    25. Rabbit from Newspaper - Travis Winsor
    25. Pirate Card and Envelope - Earl Rybolt
    27. Dove and Confetti - Earle (Earl Wheeler)
    28. Ideas for Novel Effects - Maury Kains
    28. A] Strange Coincidence - Edward Saint
    28. B] Sinbad Learns Another Card Trick - Sid Fleischman
    28. D] Music and Magic - Caro Miller
    30. Why Are Fire Engines Red? - Martin McCaleb
    30. Glover's Card in the Balloon - R. S. Glover
    33. Ashes to Silk - Murray Rosenthal
    34. Peek-Crimp - Gerald Kosky
    34. Smoke Well - Maldo
    35. Linking Ring Routine - Maldo
    36. A Magical Rag Picture - Lionel Watkins
    36. Routine with Borrowed Half-Dollar - Carl Bertolas
    37. "Tops" - Maury Kaine
    37. The Sounding Card - Fred Braue
    38. The Sympathetic Turnover - Fred Braue
    39. A Mental Problem - Harry A. Canar
    40. P.C.A.M. Seattle Convention - Charles N. Smith
12. re: Si Stebbins
41. Heigh Ho! Come to Colon for Abbott's Get-Together
41. There'll Be Some Changes Made - re: "Tops"
42. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild Meets at Lansing - Walter A. Harris
    • Wizard Club of Chicago Close Season - Jack F. Hecht
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
43. Cardini Elected President of S.A.M. - Charles A. Rosskam & Vynn Boyar
44. re: Opening of Snyder's Magic Shop in Cleveland
44. re: Decatur Demons' Club to hold fifth annual picnic
45. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • So That's Where the Idea Came From Department
    • Our Mysteries - John Mulholland
    • The Animated Duck and the Haunted Hank
47. Good Will is Appreciated - re: accident to Gen Grant and Jess Thornton
47. A Good Plug for Magic - re: Dodge News
48. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 8 - August 1941 - 52 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Mel
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Marvels of Mystery - book - John Booth
   • Abbott's Dictionary Trick
   • Magic Maestro Please - book - Solomon Stein
   • The Linking Ring
   • Questions and Answers
14. Levante Doing Grant's Farmer and Witch
14. re: Gordon Alexander
15. Eddie Joseph No Myth
16. "Fooling the Public" for Tops Readers
16. Snake Gets into Girl Act - re: Dick Havilland
17. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
18. The Lestas Visit the Abbott Plant
19. Taking the "Droops" Out of Troops - Soldier Entertainment in Britain - Oscar Paulson
20. Si Stebbins Wrote the Book, He Says
21. The Boys at the [Abbott's] Plant - U. F. Grant
21. St. Louis Magi to Stage Barbecue
21. re: Walter Z. Harris
22. Invitation to Mystery - Stewart James
    • He Cuts Another Rope
24. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part Six
    • Transmigration
    • The Magnetic Touch
    • Glass of Wine Production
    • The Menu Mystery
    • The Vanishing Coins
26. Double Discovery - Bobo
27. Chinese Cone and Rope Mystery - Allan Lambie
28. Another Drumhead Tube Idea - Maury Kains
29. A Tip on the Frayed End - Zarro
29. My Method for Cremation Paper - Allan Lambie
30. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
32. Bob King Takes a Wife
33. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians Guild Meets at Colon - Demon Rembrandt
    • Wizard Club's Spook Night - Jack Hecht
34. photo - Preston, Rabbit and the Colonel
35. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
37. Gag for Moochers
37. Magi in Service
    • Frank P. Csuri
    • PFC Arthur Leroy
38. Flash! Flash! - Special Added Attraction - re: Get-Together
38. Piff Paff Pouf Set for Niagara Falls
39. Zamloch, The Great - R. S. Glover - continued
41. re: Russ Walsh
42. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Forging Ahead in Magic - John Booth
    • Marvels of Mystery - John Booth
    • Dairy of a Magician's Wife - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
    • Magic Maestro Please - Solomon Stein
    • Funny Stuff for Funny Magicians - Bob Weill & Frank Lane
    • Namreh's Linking Rings - Namreh (Herman Weber)
    • Frank Lane Patter Book, Number One - Frank Lane
    • Frank Lane Patter Book, Number Two - Frank Lane
    • Frank Lane Patter Book, Number Three - Frank Lane
    • Our Mysteries - The Sphinx
    • Paper Magic - U. F. Grant
    • Karson's Famous Magic, Release No. 1
    • After the Desert - Martin Gardner
    • More Card Manipulations, No. 4 - Jean Hugard
    • Jinx, Nos. 137-142
    • Genii
    • The Gimmick - folds
    • Dragon, May and June issues
    • SIM [Society of Indian Magicians], first issue
    • Karson - ads for Xclusive tricks
    • Unique Magic Studio - ads
    • Ireland - ads
    • Stuart Robson - ads
    • Hungarian Amateur Magic Circle News
    • What I Like about ...
      • Magic Mallets
      • Burn-a-Hank
      • Perplexity
      • Triple Color Change
      • Maldo's Six Fo' a Dolla
      • Abbott's Six-Foot Silk
      • The New Self-Contained Light Globe
      • Haunted Hank
      • Vest Packet Wand Set
      • Squirting Quarter
45. St. Louis Magic Has a Rose Bush
45. re: Jacola & Jacola's Jottings
46. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 9 - September 1941 - 52 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Mel
   • We Greet New England Magi!
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • paper tear from Al Baker
   • The Spirit - newsletter
   • Breezes, July - news sheet - Pinxy
   • Questions and Answers
13. Fred Hurd Dies in Fort Wayne
13. re: story from MacDonald Birch
14. Abbott's Prepares to Greet 400 Visitors at Get-Together
15. Eastern States Magi to Convene at Newark - H. W> Swivel
15. re: C. Earl Pogue
15. re: Mysterious Lawrence
16. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part Seven
    • Individualism
    • The Absent-Minded Professor
    • Mark of Identification
    • Gone With the Wind
    • Penetramus
    • The Travelling Ring
19. Fran and Verne Bloch Have a Boy
20. New England Section - Tricks and Ideas from Eastern Magi
    20. A Rising Card - Carl Miller
    21. With the Invisible Pass - Hollis Rendar (Sidney Radner)
        • The Magnetic Card
        • The Case of Mistaken Identity
    22. Vanishing Pot of Flowers - Dr. E. T. Gagnon
    23. Twentieth-Century Routine - James L. Orr
    24. A Penetrating Thimble - Walter A. Schwartz
    25. Are You a Magician? - Rev. Willard S. Smith
    26. A Wrinkle on the Doll House - George Ellsworth
    26. The Duece You Say - W. Harold Howatt
    27. Up-to-Date Production Items - Elwood B. Hovey
    27. Four-Card Monte - Al Raposarda
    28. Spirit Water Vanish Idea - A. Deleporte
    28. Paper Ribbon From an Egg - Norman Todd
    30. Rice Lota Bowl - Joe Karson
30. New England Convention to be Replete with Features
31. To Stop Sawing Gals [West} Coast Magi Agree
32. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
33. Virgil Spends Summer in Alaska
34. A Dream Came True - Cliff Lasta
34. Ed Little and Gyp II Entertain 300 Children
34. re: Niman Wolfinger
35. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
36. Dagger Chest on Dexter Show
36. re: Bert Allerton
37. Vents - George McAthy
    • "How to Make Eyes" - or, "Officer, Arrest That Man"
38. Abbott's Buys Additional Property
38. Judge Carter Heads Vents' Society
39. Zamloch, The Great - R. S. Glover - continued
42. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • re: P.A.C.M. Seattle Convention
    • Expert Card Technique
    • Marvels of Magic - John Booth
    • Reel Magic - Albenice
    • Something Borrowed, Something New - Paul Curry
    • More Card Manipulations No. 4 - Jean Hugard
    • P.C.A.M. Seattle Convention - by Jones
44. Kirkpatrick Appears as Wayne Magic Man
45. Hypnotic Comments - Ormond McGill
    • Hypnotricks
46. Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack F. Hecht
46. re: Preston the Magician to be at Get-Together
46. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 10 - October 1941 - 52 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Mel
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions & Answers
13. In Appreciation [Get-Together] - Percy Abbott
13. re: Russell Swann
13. re: Harry Baker
13. re: Mardoni and Louise & Elmo Tanner
14. Magi - 350 of 'Em - Enjoy Abbott's Magic Get-Together
17. Side Lights on the Get-Together - Gen. Grant
18. Harry Houdini Memorial Page - Mrs. Harry Houdini
19. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
20. re: Maurice Goldini
21. A Magician Goes to Dinner - Eddie Joseph - Part Eight
    • The Vanishing Fruit
    • Where is That Coin?
23. Through the Keyhole - Impromptu Illusion
24. Pappa Paper Strip Trick - Allan Lambie
24. The Photographed Card - Carlos H. Colombi
25. What You Can Do With a Bewitched Bill Tube - Eddie Clever
    • Another Prediction
26. Master Thimble Vanish - Allan Lambie
27. Challenge Glass of Water Vanish Variation
27. Thornton Thanks Magi for Gifts
27. More Tricks for New Tops
28. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • More About Hocus Pocus Junior
30. Long Tack Sam Plays for War Fund
30. re: "2-10" Daniel
31. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Magicians' Guild of America
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack F. Hecht
31. Himber to Expose Magic
31. re: Percy Abbott
32. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
34. Re: Jimmy Tucker
34. Re: Mysterious Lawrence
35. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
36. [Eddie] Joseph Accepts Orders for Abbott's
36. re: Johnny Nelson, Sr.
37. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
39. Detroit Cold to Magic?
40. Vents - George McAthy
41. re: Caro "Gig" Miller
42. An Idea or Two - Teral Garrett
43. What Goes on Here? - Lafayette
45. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Vincent Lynch - dies
    • Robert S. Bailey - dies
    • Charles F. Silva - dies
    • Handle with Gloves - Jack Chanin
    • Jinx, Nos. 143-148
    • Genii, August and September issues
    • Dragon
    • Ireland - news and ads
    • Loyd to retire
    • Davenport's Demon Telegraph
    • What I Like about ...
      • Peter Rabbit Goes to Town
      • Drinks from the Finger Tips
      • Nelson's Water Go
      • Firecrackers to Flag

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 11 - November 1941 - 52 pages
7. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
8. Editorial - Mel
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
12. re: Abbott's new building nearing completion
12. re: The Magic Arrow illusion coming
13. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
15. Patter for Afghan Bands - Dell O'Dell
15. Dunninger Wins Acclaim of Michiganders - Percy Abbott
16. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
18. Tip-See Milk Bottle - Patter in Rhyme - CaHoWen, the Magician
18. re: Bob Plato and the Plato and Jewell act
19. Vents - George McAthy
    • Studying Blues - S. V. Nelson
22. Gen. Grant and Delores Barr Now Mr. and Mrs.
23. A Club (or Diamond) Sandwich
24. Perfection Flag Trick - Patter by Clarence L. Rohrer
24. A Thimble Gag - Norman, the Wizard
25. Have a Cup of Cawfee - U. F. Grant
26. A New Slant on an Old Card Trick - Maury Kains
27. An Egg Gag - Harold Pearson
27. De Luxe Mirror Penetration
29. Die and Frame Idea - Harold Pearson
30. Two Cards in Chalk - Teral Garrett
30. Paper Tearing - Patter by R. C. Buff
30. A Pip for Pips - Harold Pearson
31. Simple Ring from Rope - Allan Lambie
31. Back-to-Kenton Party November 21-22-23
32. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • A Bibliography of Hocus Pocus
    • Hocus Pocus Junior
    • Hocus Pocus Junior in German
    • Hocus Pocus According to Dean
34. re: Clifford Bennett (Dracstein)
34. re: Harry Baker
34. re: The Great Lester (Noel Lester)
35. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
36. The Handcuffed Seer - Ed Wolff
36. The Puppeteers of America
37. Zamloch, The Great - R. S. Glover - continued
    • Continued
41. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Wizard Club - Jack Hecht
    • Magicians' Guild of America - Demon Rembrandt
42. Dunninger Appears on Michigan Lecture Programs
43. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Try This One! - Alexander Van Rensselaer
    • The Incomplete Enchanter - fiction - Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp
    • Dairy of a Magician's Wife - Gerrie Larsen
    • Modern Magic - reprint
    • Nostradamus, the Man who saw through Time - Miss Lee McCann
    • Telepathy, in search of a lost faculty - Eileen J. Garrett
    • High-Light Magic - John Snyder, Jr.
    • Hat Loading Methods - U. F. Grant & Stewart James
    • What I Like about ...
      • Abbott selection of sponge rubber articles
      • Giant Sponge Balls
      • Junior Sponge Ball
      • String of Sausages
      • The Perfect Salt Shaker
      • Devil's Sticks
      • Abbott Pitcher
      • Puttin in the Pocket
      • The Chickadee Pan
45. A Real Snake Act, Says Bob Coe
46. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 12 - December 1941 - 56 pages
9. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
10. Editorial - Mel
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Fast Ones - book - Joe Ovette
    • Questions and Answers
15. Dante Going Strong on the Coast
15. Bert Douglas Book for "Tops"
15. re: Burgess and White
16. Glad You Joined Up - Oscar Paulson
17. Sergt. [Lee Allen] Estes Now Full Time Safety Magician
18. The Lady Looks Around - Dell O'Dell
19. Gal Joins Marquis Show - re: birth announcement
19. Aloha Ruth Gaylord Makes Her Bow - re: birth announcement
20. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
22. Telegram from Eldon Nichols
24. All Abbott Effects Obtainable from Lloyd Jones
25. A "Brilliant" Card Trick
26. Two Birds with One Stone - Ed. Wolff
27. Three Cigarettes and a Thimble - Gene Kirk
27. The Chinese Sticks - Joe Palen
29. Radio Spirit Cabinet
31. The Flying Aces - Ed Wolff
33. One Half Transposition - Clarence T. Little
34. Comedy Finale - Allan Lambie
34. Abbott's Nickels & Pennies Thru Hand - Patter by Eddie Marlo
35. Abbott's Still Breasting the Rising Price Wave
36. Among the Magic Clubs
    • Wizard Club of Chicago - Jack Hecht
    • Fort Wayne Magi Grand Hosts to Guild - Demon Rembrandt
    • Knights of Magic - Lew Dick
    • Lancaster [PA] Magi Throwing a Party
    • Minneapolis Annual Houdini Show
39. Vents - George McAthy
40. Here's a Tip - re: Tops subscription
40. re: Dante
40. re: Si Stebbins
40. re: Knight of Magic
41. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
42. "Fooling the Public" a Real Magic Course
43. Promise of Delivery - rhyme
43. How Long Since You've Bought New Cards?
43. re: Harry Cecil
44. Magic in Minneapolis - C. A> George Newmann
44. Vin Carey Does Magic for Soldiers
44. Ten Per Cent Off for Men in Serice
44. re: Billy Pitts
45. Dr. Holston, Doctor-Magician Dies
45. St. Louis Magi Stumped with Seating Problem
45. re: Al Saal
45. re: J. C. Keller
45. re: Milbourne Christopher
45. re: Bert Allerton
46. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Dell-ars - Dell O'Dell
    • Fast Ones - Joseph Ovette
    • The Figure Fiend - Nelmar
    • Jinx, No. 149
    • L. L. Ireland - Catalog No. 9
    • Davenport's Demon Telegraph, August-September
    • Genii
    • The Dragon
    • Teral Garrett - lists
    • What I Like about ...
      • The Sponge Ball to Rabbit
      • The New Nickel in the Bottle
      • Institutional Sight
47. Late Page Corrections
    • November Issue - advertisement price correction
    • December issue - advertisement price correction
48. Classified - ads

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