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Wizard (Selbit) Volume 2 (September 1906 - August 1907)
by P. T. Selbit

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Wizard (Selbit) Volume 2 (September 1906 - August 1907) by P. T. Selbit
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  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 13 - September, 1906 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Le Roy, Talma and Bosco
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. The Magic Circle
  7. Oldest Conjurer in England - A Chat with Prof. Devono
  8. Correspondence
  9. Hartz and His Hat Trick - Professor Hoffmann - continued
  10. The Melting Billiard Ball - effect
  11. "A Black Art Handkerchief Producer" in the last issue was from Fullam McGlade
  12. A Lively Drum - E. Cooper
  13. To Tear a Pack of Cards in Two
  14. Conjuring Tricks - by a Grown-up Infant
  15. re: Tipping Stage Hands
  16. A Sympathetic Ode - poem
  17. re: Chapeaugraphy
  18. The Instantaneous Production of a Bowl of Flowers - Charles O. Williams
  19. A New Thimble Move
  20. Re: "Daylight Ghosts" by Maskelyne and Devant
  21. Forthcoming Features
  22. New South Wales Notes
  23. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 14 - October, 1906 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Mr. C. Ducarel
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. A New Competition
  6. Gossip
  7. re: "Mystery Fair" from Major and Thurgate
  8. The Magic Circle
  9. Hypnotic Suggestion
  10. Hartz and His Hat Trick - Professor Hoffmann - continued
  11. Letter from G. V. Long
  12. The Spirit Writing Orange - E. Cooper
  13. Glass of Water Combination - G. V. Long
  14. Letter from C. Ducarel
  15. Letter from Oswald Williams
  16. Our Monthly Telephone - R. U. There
  17. Show Tricks Exposed
  18. A Sympathetic Combination - George Bourne
  19. Letter from T. Crees
  20. Joke
  21. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 15 - November, 1906 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Germaine
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. Letter from Marcus Leighton
  7. re: Bradley Alexander becomes "Flower vendor to H.R.H. Princess of Wales"
  8. "Wizard" Competition - One Hour's Programme - Rules
  9. Kratky-Baschik - From Various German Sources - W. Wood de Grouchy
  10. At Last! - A Threadless Rising Card Trick - Phillip Levard
  11. Hartz and His Hat Trick - Professor Hoffmann - continued
  12. Flowers From a Fire Bowl - Heriot
  13. Humor
  14. £1,000 to Nothing - re: Maskelyne vs. Spiritualism
  15. re: Louis Nikola
  16. Correspondence
  17. Mechanical Card Palming - George Bourne
  18. The State of Magic in India
  19. "Conjurer's Monthly Magazine" advertisement
  20. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • The Properties of Soap
    • A Magical Lodge
    • A Problem of "Interest"
    • Spells of Magicians
  21. The Magic Circle
  22. Conjurer's Monthly Magazine - A Candid Criticism
  23. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 16 - December, 1906 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Nathan Dean
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. The Compliments of the Season
  6. Gossip
  7. Our Christmas Message to You - poem
  8. "Wizard" Competition - One Hour's Programme - Wellesley Pain, Winner
  9. Aids to Wizardry - Ebert D'Egerdon
    • The Quick-Change Screen
  10. Best of All - humor
  11. Hartz and His Hat Trick - Professor Hoffmann - continued
  12. Joke
  13. A Fortune-Telling Wand - Heriot
  14. A Card and Dice Combination - G. W. Hunter
  15. Kratky-Baschik - From Various German Sources - W. Wood de Grouchy
  16. re: Joad Heteb
  17. re: The British Magical Society held "a grand magical soiree"
  18. New Blindfold Card-stabbing Trick - C. O. Williams
  19. The Magic Circle
  20. Joke
  21. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • The Mystic Number 9
    • Mysterious Arithmetic for Christmas Parties
    • Scottish and Jewish Magicians
  22. Archibald Potter - bio
  23. "Another Soap Trick" - Archibald Potter
  24. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 17 - January, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - J. F. Burrows
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. A Scottish Tangle - humor
  7. The Magic Circle
    • Annual Banquet and Concert Programme
  8. re: Ernest E. Noakes at the Crystal Palace
  9. Aids to Wizardry - Ebert D'Egerdon
    1. An Unique Portable Table
    2. Two Tables From One Box
  10. Correspondence
  11. Hartz and His Hat Trick - Professor Hoffmann - continued
  12. Thurston in India
  13. The Hands of Cagliostro - Phillip Levard
  14. Kellar's Last Season
  15. "Wizard" Competition - One Hour's Programme - Programmes for Reader's Prize
    1. Programme No. 1 - Sommerville Gibney
    2. Programme No. 2 - Ilsa Becq
    3. Programme No. 3 - "Erskine"
    4. Programme No. 4 - Charles Medrington
    5. Programme No. 5 - not listed
    6. Programme No. 6 - Mervant
    7. Programme No. 7 - Robert Irwin
    8. Programme No. 8 - Carl Hershall
    9. Programme No. 9 - J. N. Hawtin
    10. Programme No. 10 - E. F. Hurt
    11. Programme No. 11 - Victor Howard
    12. Programme No. 12 - Edward Victor
    13. Programme No. 13 - T. H. Hasssall, Jr.
    14. Programme No. 14 - Knaus
  16. A Colour-Changing Silk for Black Art Show - Fullam McGlade
  17. "Programmes of Magicians" book by J. F. Burrows arrived
  18. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • Magic Thirty-four Square
    • The Magic Multiplier
  19. British Magical Society - Programme of Entertainment
  20. A New Blindfold Card Trick - Charles O. Williams
  21. re: "The Best Trick for Amateur Conjurers" in the "Strand Magazine"
  22. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 18 - February, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Phillip Levard
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. Advertisements
  7. Aids to Wizardry - Ebert D'Egerdon
    1. The Folding Cloth Servante
    2. The Purse Servante
    3. The Newspaper Servante
  8. A New Discovery - a card move - W. Frost
  9. "The Magician's Heart" - Christmas Attraction from Maskelyne and Devant - review
  10. The Christmas conjurer - Where the Tricks Come From
  11. We Want New copy
  12. re: Chung Ling Soo
  13. An Idea for the Tambourine Trick - Fullam McGlade
  14. re: Forthcoming Features
  15. A "Magic" Cigar Lighter - Fullam McGlade
  16. The Ubiquitous Card - An American Subscriber
  17. The Magic Circle
  18. re: disappearing horse Omnibus - not magic
  19. "The Magic Art of Entertaining" by Selbit - apology for delays
  20. The "Wizard" Competition - One Hour's Programme
    • Editor's Award - Wellesley Pain
    • Readers' Award - Charles Medrington
    • Voter's Souvenirs
  21. Our Next Competition
  22. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • A Scottish Tangle
    • He Had Him There!
    • The Magic Dance
    • A Pleasing Kind of Subtraction
    • A Game of Nines
    • Counting Their Feet
  23. Fashionable Conjuring - E. Cooper
  24. Breaking The Record
  25. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 19 - March, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - The Late Charles Bertram
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. We Want New Copy
  7. The Magic of Dates
  8. Joke
  9. A Novel Card Vanish - Tom Ll [sic] Waterman
  10. Death of Mr. Charles Bertram
  11. Correspondence
  12. Recollections of Hartz - Inexhaustible Handkerchief - Professor Hoffmann
  13. Billiard Ball Manipulation - An Old Friend Helps Again - E. Cooper
  14. Joke
  15. Some Hints For Amateurs - An Amateur
    1. The Improved Ball of Wool
    2. A Dyeing Tip
    3. The 20th Century [silk] Trick
    4. The Pence and Die Trick
    5. A Packing-up Hint
  16. The Magic Circle
  17. Popular Patter
    • The Wand and Envelope Trick
  18. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • Juggling With the Digits
    • A Capital Number
    • Mathematics in Verse
    • A Swarm of Ones
    • Dog Latin
  19. "Isn't he a Marvel" - Chat with "Carlton"
  20. Advertisements
  21. Now Ready - The Magic Art of Entertaining - Selbit
  22. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 20 - April, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - An Entertainer of Entertainers - J. L. Wade
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. A Magical Racket - Professor Alvaro, India
  7. The Impressions of a Rabbit - T. P. C. Sewell
  8. Recollections of Hartz - Inexhaustible Handkerchief - Professor Hoffmann - continued
  9. Now Ready - The Magic Art of Entertaining - Selbit
  10. Patter and Suggestions for a Watch Manipulation Act
    • An Aid to Watch Manipulations
  11. Slips of the Pen at the Magic Circle Séance - sketches
  12. The Magic Circle
  13. Magic of the Classics
    • The Second Annual Grand Séance of The Magic Circle
  14. An Old Time Conjurer: Thomas Peladine - from the German by W. Wood de Grouchy
  15. Advertisements
  16. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • A Remarkable Picture
    • The Nickname Problem
    • An Easy Task
    • A Trick of the Trade
    • A Peculiar Coincidence
    • A Scotch Story
  17. Suggestions for New Competitions - Correspondence
  18. Readers Compete!
  19. We Want New Copy
  20. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 21 - May, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Prof. Herwinn
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. Miss Cassie Bruce
  7. An Improvement for the Card Cricket Trick - Ming
  8. The Colley-Maskelyne Case
  9. re: The Matualla Troupe of Siamese Wonders
  10. An Automatic Fire Fountain - J. W. Dewhurst
  11. The Magic Circle
  12. Indian conjuring - Andrew Lang
  13. The Coal Ring - Owen Clark
  14. Correspondence from Ernest E. Noakes
  15. British Magical Society - Fred Walker
  16. Pictorial Paragraphs
    1. The Davenports
    2. Prof. A. J. Fowler
    3. Prof. Zelo
    4. Ricardo
    5. Fullam McGlade
    6. Prof. Heriot
    7. Arthur Buckle
    8. Sydney Mountford
    9. Hubert L. Lea
    10. Thomas Burrows
  17. New Version of Torn Card Trick
  18. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • A Novel Notion
    • A Digital Problem
    • Chinese Philosophy
    • A Remarkable Picture - again
  19. The Wand (Handkerchief) and Envelope Trick - Prof. Edgar
  20. The Bertram Benefit
  21. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 22 - June, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Ebert D'Egerdon, M.M.C.
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. We Want New copy
  7. A Production of Rabbits - W. J. Collins, Queensland
  8. Performing Matches
  9. Wand Tricks - Fullam McGlade
  10. An Improved Swallowing Wand
  11. Ribbons from a Glass of Milk
  12. Joke
  13. An Amateur Performance and its Teaching
    1. The Productive Fire-Screen - "Aliquando"
    2. Something to Look At
    3. Improbable challenges
    4. A Rabbit or Nothing
    5. Think Before You Conjure
    6. "The Inexhaustible Fire Screen"
  14. Are You Working - The Rising Card Trick in Your Act? - advertisement
  15. A Pretty Egg Trick - George Klare
  16. Entirely New Four Ace Trick - N. W. Thiele
  17. A Simple Match Trick
  18. Sad Death of Carl Lebert
  19. The Magic Circle
    • Signor Ernesto Noakesi - Ventriloquism & Magic - woodcut?
  20. A Useful Piece of Furniture - C. Barnard
  21. Advertisements
  22. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • a coin effect from Wade, Jr.
    • a "swindle" from G. W. Hunter
    • A Moorish Magic Square
  23. Back Number Features
  24. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 23 - July, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - Joad Heteb
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. A Capital Effect for Watch Manipulators - Fullam McGlade
  7. re: Charles Bertram effect for sale
  8. Important Notice - from W. D. Leroy
  9. Recollections of Hartz by Professor Hoffmann - continued
    • The Improved Money Column
  10. The Carl Lebert Fund - letter from C. McKenzie
  11. Magic for Beginners - G. Macaulay (Al1quando)
  12. A S(candle)ous Trick - Reg. How
  13. Handkerchief & Glass Tumbler - F. Edward Cook
  14. A Man of Magic - John Henry Anderson, Wizard of the North
    1. I. - A Word About Wizards in General
    2. Anderson's Tombstone
    3. The Days of His Youth
    4. He Resolves to be a Conjurer
  15. Handkerchief and Soup Plate - E. Cooper
  16. Phillip Levard's Column
    • A New Dye
  17. The Magic Circle
  18. Advertisement
  19. Our Monthly Telephone - For the Exchange of Ideas - R. U. There
    • match trick from the Editor
    • Another Swarm of Ones
    • A Mystery
    • A Coin Problem
  20. Back Number Features
  21. Advertisements

  1. The Wizard - Volume II, Number 24 - August, 1907 - 16 pages
  2. Cover - George McKenzie Munro
  3. Hambley's advertisement
  4. Notices
  5. Gossip
  6. Announcement for The Wizard Vol. III
  7. A Vanishing Table Knife - Fullam McGlade
  8. A New Cap and Pence Trick - Tom Crees
  9. We Want New Copy
  10. Recollections of Hartz by Professor Hoffmann - continued
    • The Multiplication of Money
  11. The Devil's Own Trick - advertisement
  12. Correspondence
  13. Magic for Beginners - G. Macaulay (Al1quando) - continued
  14. Thought Reading - New Book Advertisement
  15. The Plant Growing Illusion - J. W. Dewhurst
  16. A Novel Rice Bowl's Trick - T. H. Halstall, Jr.
  17. The Magic Circle
  18. A Man of Magic - John Henry Anderson, Wizard of the North - continued
    1. II. - The Wizard in Aberdeen
    2. First Appearance in the City
    3. The Mysterious Mr. Smith
    4. Barnum and the Wizard
    5. A Performance at Balmoral
    6. Applause by the Prince Consort
    7. The Inexhaustible Bottle Trick
    8. The Wizard Takes His "Irrevocable Adieu"
    9. The Advent of the Wizard (poem)
    10. A Little Bit of Autobiography
    11. The Wizard and the Infirmary
  19. Another Fire Effect - J. W. Dewhurst
  20. New Way of Distributing Flags
  21. Index to Vol. II of The Wizard - announcement
  22. Advertisements

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