Wizard (Selbit) Volume 5 (September 1909 - August 1910)
by P. T. Selbit & George Mackenzie Munro

Table of Contents

For the last two numbers, George Munro took over the editorship from P. T. Selbit.

773. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 49 - September, 1909 - 16 pages
773. Cover - Imro Fox
774. Ornum's advertisement
775. Notices
775. Gossip
776. Advertisements
777. A Protean Wand
777. The Magic Circle
777. Advertisements
778. Conjuring a Cake
     • Two New Methods of Performing a Popular Problem
       • The Preparation of the Cake
       • The Culinary Operation
       • The Cutting Part
       • Another Method
       • The Bran Box Again
       • A Fiery Dish
779. Nikola Breaks Out Again
     • A Half-Minute Perplexity Pickle
       • The Problem to be Faced
       • Solution of the Difficulty
       • Irresponsible Impertinences
       • Business Government Coupon
779. Order of the Magi
780. Practical Magic - P. T. Selbit
     • No. 6
       • A Wholesale Cage Disappearance
781. Chung Ling Soo and an Australian Interviewer
782. re: Dr. Hands
782. re: workshop page to be adopted
782. Wanted to Buy - advertisement
782. "Tricks for Everyone" - Devant - advertisement
783. At Last!!! - The Real American Magical Inventor [Burling Hull] comes to England - advertisement
784. Death of an Old Time Conjurer - Professor Anderton Found Drowned
784. The Order of the Magi
785. Advertisements

789. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 50 - October, 1909 - 16 pages
789. Cover - Getting Warmer, A North Pole(r) Surprise - cartoon by Nathan Dean
790. Ornum's advertisement
791. Notices
791. Gossip
792. When in Doubt - advertisement
793. A Penny Card Trick - George Johnson
794. Recollections of Hartz by Professor Hoffmann - continued
     • The Egg and Rings Trick
796. Practical Magic - P. T. Selbit
     • No. 7
       • The Torn Paper Strip
797. Correspondence
     • De Vere v. Hartz
     • A Protest
797. The Order of the Magi
798. The "Arts and Crafts" of Magic - Louis L. Playford
799. Advertisements
800. A Fine Plot for Magical Illustration
     • How the Weight of Gold Changed
     • A Physics Teacher's Evidence
800. The Order of the Magi
800. Advertisements

805. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 51 - November, 1909 - 16 pages
805. Cover - In Hot Water! - The Magician's Annual - cartoon
806. Ornum's advertisement
807. Notices
807. Gossip
808. The Magic Circle
809. A Novel Handkerchief Act - arranged by Wilford Hutchinson
     • Introducing, "Blendo," 20th Century Trick, etc.
     • Details of Apparatus required for execution of the above
809. Advertisements
810. Practical Magic - P. T. Selbit
     • No. 8
       • The Colour Changing Bricks
811. Apology to Mrs. Noakes from the "Magician Annual, 1090-1910" editors
811. Maurice Victor - P. T. S.
     • An Appreciation of my Best Friend
812. Experiences of a Wizard in Australia
813. Correspondence
     • History Repeats Itself
     • De Vere v. Hartz
814. The Old Way, and the New Way in Conjuring - J. Howard Max
     • An Contrast in Magical Methods
814. The Northern Magical Society
814. Wanted - advertisement
815. The Order of the Magi
815. Advertisements

821. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 52 - December, 1909 - 16 pages
821. Cover - Chris Van Bern
822. Ornum's advertisement
823. Notices
823. Gossip
824. The Order of the Magi
824. Advertisement
825. A New Year Card Trick - E. Cooper
825. A Transparent Deception
826. Recollections of the Late Dr. Lynn - Rupert Slater
827. Advertisement
828. Practical Magic - P. T. Selbit
     • No. 9
       • A Tricky Tray - The Production of Several Glasses Filled with Liquid
829. Appearing and Disappearing Handkerchiefs
830. The Magic Circle
     • Big Success at the Annual Dinner
831. The Order of the Magi
831. A Mysterious Programme
     • Programme
     • Part 1
     • Part 2
     • Notice
831. De Land's "Sphinx" Trick - advertisement
832. The Northern Magical Society
832. Advertisements

837. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 53 - January, 1910 - 16 pages
837. Cover - Arnold De Bierre, The Mysterious
838. Ornum's advertisement
839. Notices
839. Gossip
840. Advertisements
841. An Improved Phantom Card Trick - Wilford Hutchinson
842. The Ethics of Showmanship - Julian Wylie
     • No. 1 - Constructing a Programme
     • Trade to Entertain, not only to Deceive
     • Striking Points
     • Wonders Must Surpass Themselves
842. The Arts and Crafts of conjuring - correspondence
843. An Original Principle - A New Way of Cheating Gravity - Owen Clark
843. What Next? - humor
844. Practical Magic - P. T. Selbit
     • No. 10
       • New Rabbit Production
       • Equally Effective as a Disappearance
847. The Northern Magical Society
847. The Usual Thing - joke
847. re: apologies for the delayed appearance of this issue
847. Advertisements
848. The Magic Circle
848. Edinburgh Music Hall Sensation
     • Manager Decamps with Drawings
     • Artists Stranded
     • The Zanzigs
     • The Crisis
849. Advertisements

853. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 54 - February, 1910 - 16 pages
853. Cover - Oswald Williams
854. Ornum's advertisement
855. Notices
855. Gossip
857. A Card Puzzle - E. cooper
857. An Invisible Servante
858. Tricks with Glasses
     • No. 1
     • No. 2
859. New Books
     • The Old and the New Magic - Henry Ridgley Evans
     • Entertaining - Albertus
     • The Strand Magazine - January, 1910
     • The London Magazine - 1910
859. An Organ-Pipe Improvement - Frank Sandford
859. New Flying Lamp - advertisement
860. Practical Magic - P. T. Selbit
     • No. 11
       • A Bewildering Bamboo
861. A Splendid Spirit Clock
863. 'Hubby's Dream,' and Illusion - E. Cooper
863. The Northern Magical Society
863. The Order of the Magi
864. Treading on the Public's Toe - Zeotha
864. Advertisements
865. Correspondence
865. Advertisements

869. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 55 - March, 1910 - 16 pages
869. Cover - Mr. & Mrs. Harry Houdini
870. Ornum's advertisement
871. Notices
871. Gossip
872. Special to Contributors
872. Kenneth G. Poland - photo
873. A Wine & Water Combination - J. Albert Briggs
     • Preparation
873. You Should Preserve Your 'Wizard' - advertisement
874. The Order of the Magi
875. British Magical Society
876. The Harvest Moon Wonders - P. T. Selbit
     • An Inexpensive Illusion Outfit
     • A Self-Contained chest of Mystery
878. Dr. Bodie and Magic
879. The Northern Magical Society
879. Divining Rod of the Ancients - Method - Frank Sandford
879. Correspondence
     • More Copy Wanted
879. Tricks for Everyone - book advertisement
880. The Magic Circle
880. "Isn't It Wonderful?" - William Purvis
     880. Quaint Stories of Some Famous Conjurers
          880. The Prince of Charlatans
          881. Ugly Joe
          881. A Blasphemous Scoundrel
          881. What Did She See?
          881. Who Was Charlier?
881. Advertisements

885. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 56 - April, 1910 - 16 pages
885. Cover - Chung Ling Soo & Company
886. Ornum's advertisement
887. Notices
887. Gossip
889. Advertisements
889. A Supernatural Mystery - Harold Latham
890. You Should Preserve Your 'Wizard' - advertisement
891. Death of Imro Fox
892. Magic Circle Grand Séance
892. The Order of the Magi
893. A Carnival of Conjurers - Some Impressions of the Magic Circle Grand Séance - drawn by Nathan Dean
894. "From the Vasty Deep" - A Fantasy [play] - Nevil Maskelyne
895. The Northern Magical Society
895. Correspondence
     895. How Illusions are Not Done
     896. A Wine and Water Combination
896. "Isn't It Wonderful?" - William Purvis - continued
     896. Quaint Stories of Some Famous Conjurers
          896. Who Was Charlier? - continued
          896. An Unsolved Mystery
          897. Fame and Clockwork
          897. Why They Did It
897. Conjuring and Jugglery - George Johnson
898. The Magic Circle
898. re: P. T. Selbit will present Dr. Wilmar's Spirit Pictures
899. Advertisements

901. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 57 - May, 1910 - 16 pages
901. Cover - A Spirit Painting
902. Ornum's advertisement
903. Notices
903. Gossip
904. The Maskelyne Medal
905. A Threadless Rising Wand - Wilfred Hutchinson
905. The Northern Magical Society
905. The City Magical Company - advertisement
906. A Card Mystery - Harold Latham
907. A Spectral Apparition - Louis L. Playford
908. Correspondence
     • The Arts and Crafts of Magic
908. The Magic Circle
909. Spirit Photography - Frank Sandford
910. An Original and Indetectible Method of Producing a Silk Handkerchief - Howard Latham
910. A Life of Adventure - The Morning Leader
     910. The Wanderer Showman
     910. Began at Fifteen
     911. Became a Star
     911. His Own Circus
     911. Beginning of Misfortune
     911. Eighty-one and Still Conjuring
911. On the Edge of the Legitimate - William Marriott
     912. On the Edge of the Unknown
     912. Tricks?
     913. The Slate
     913. Magnetic Force
913. Gossip
914. Advertisements

917. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 58 - June, 1910 - 16 pages
917. Cover - The Scarab
918. Ornum's advertisement
919. Notices
919. Gossip
920. The City Magical Company - advertisement
921. Production of a Bowl of Water - New and Novel Principle - Percy Naldrett
921. The Northern Magical Society
921. Wanted - advertisement
922. The Order of the Magi
     • Officers Elected for Session 1910
922. Two Things Worth Trying - Veldoc
     • A Handkerchief Vanish
     • silk producing
923. The Magic Circle
923. British Magical Society
924. "The Broken Record" - Hubert L. Lea
925. The Order of the Magi
925. A New Handkerchief Ball - Wilfred Hutchinson
925. Advertisements
926. A Useful Changing Box - Hubert L. Lea
926. Correspondence
     926. More "Explanations?"
     927. The Arts and Crafts of Magic
928. Ghostly Pictures - People's Journal
     928. Painted by Spirits in the Limelight - Latest in the Halls - A Novel Problem for Spiritualists
     928. Not Done in the Dark
     929. Careful Scrutiny
     929. A Matter of Mystery
929. Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries
930. Advertisements

933. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 59 - July, 1910 - 16 pages
933. Cover - E. Lazern
934. Ornum's advertisement
935. Notices
935. Gossip
936. joke
937. Magic at the "Japanglo" - Percy Smith
938. The City Magical Company - advertisement
938. The Wizard's Card Trick - Packo
938. Special to Contributors
939. [Hiram S.] Maxim v. Maskelyne
     • Challenge Accepted: West End Wizard on Rope Tricks
940. New Back Palm for a Thimble - A. Holford Walker
940. Burghley House College of Magic - advertisement
940. Correspondence
     • Exposers
941. The Magic Circle
942. An Idea for a Magnetic Wand - Percy Naldrett
942. The Order of the Magi
942. British Magical Society
942. Pluck - poem - George Jay
943. A Suggested Improvement for the "Drum that can't be Beaten" - Hubert L. Lea
943. New Book - advertisement
944. A Real & Effective Coin Change - Richard Klimsch
944. The Northern Magical Society
944. New Books and Magazines - advertisement
945. Advertisements

949. The Wizard - Volume V, Number 60 - August, 1910 - 16 pages
949. Cover - Psycho
950. Ornum's advertisement
951. Notices
951. Gossip
952. A New Trick Slate - J. P. C. Sewell
952. Important Announcement - An employee has been delinquent in their duties - communicate to Ornum's
953. A New Idea for Tambourine Table - Herbert De Caston
953. New Books
     • New Card Tricks (Third Series) No. 20 - Ellis Stanyon
     • Expert Billiard Ball Manipulation - Burling Hull
953. Glass Drilling
954. Puzzled for 40 Years - Famous Investor Desires to Test Spiritualism - Is There Trickery? - letter from Sir Hiram S. Maxim
     954. Knots Sealed
     954. Cabinet Tested
     954. Conjurers Amazed
     955. A Denial
955. The Order of the Magi
955. A Sorcerer's Price List - advertisement
956. The Career of De Vere - P. T. Selbit
956. New Books and Magazines - advertisement
957. Flowers from Nowhere - Hubert L. Lea
958. Advertisements
958. The Tomsons Again - Reviving a Mystery - Sir H. Maxim's Challenge
     • A Searching Test
     • A Task for Mr. Maskelyne
959. Handkerchief Vanishing from Tumbler Trick - James T. Atkins
959. The Tomson Mystery - Sir Hiram Maxim Explains - His Story of the Test
959. The City Magical Company - advertisement
960. Correspondence
     • On a Book
960. Advertisements
961. Percy Naldrett's Original Telepathic System
961. Special to Contributors
961. Advertisements
962. Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries
962. A £50 Challenge
962. Advertisements