The Magical World by Max Sterling

For the continuation of this periodical see the second series.

Volume 1, Number 1 (November 2nd, 1910)

• Announcements
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing – Oswald Williams
• Practical Magic – Levitation of a Card
• For Beginners – A Japanese Floral Fan-cy
• Impromptu Tricks – The Impossible Die
• Cards – Simple Effect
• Whereabouts This Week
• Among the Dealers
• Magical Societies: Northern Magical Society; Order of the Magi
• Reviews
• Questions and Answers

Volume 1, Number 2 (November 9th, 1910)

• Pleasant Research
• What Others Are Doing – Lawrence Crane & Co.
• Practical Magic – Dolly at Home
• Cards – Magnetic Card Filter
• Whereabouts This Week
• Prize Fighter Illusionist
• Magical Societies: Society of American Magicians
• Current Literature
• Among the Dealers

Volume 1, Number 3 (November 16th, 1910)

• At a Continental Fair – The Conjurer Benevol
• Between Ourselves
• Our Sincere Thanks
• An Early Victory
• Whereabouts This Week
• Impromptu Pocket Tricks
• What Others Are Doing – Carter the Great
• Practical Magic – Rice and Billiard Ball
• In Open Council – Holden’s Rising Cards
• Magical Societies
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 4 (November 23rd, 1910)

• The School of Magic
• Between Ourselves
• For Beginners – An Easy Vanishing Wand. A Handkerchief Colour Change.
• Cards – A Brilliant Flourish
• Whereabouts This Week
• What Others Are Doing – Ram Bhuj
• Practical Magic – A Phenomenal Manipulating Screen
• Magical Societies
• Reviews
• In Open Council – Wine and Water. Some Glass Improvements

Volume 1, Number 5 (November 30th, 1910)

• Seasonable Suggestions
• Between Ourselves
• Personalia
• What Others Are Doing – Gustave Fasola & Co.
• Comedy Picture Building
• For Beginners – Floating Ping Pong Balls
• Cards – The Little Wanderer
• Impromptu Pocket Tricks – Card Spelling Bee
• Whereabouts This Week
• In Open Council
• Among the Dealers
• Partition for a Crush Hat
• Phantom Card Combination

Volume 1, Number 6 (December 7th, 1910)

• Magical Societies
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing – Carl Hertz
• Practical Magic – Perplexia
• For Beginners – A Marked Vanishing Wand
• Whereabouts This Week
• Among the Dealers
• Reviews
• An Interesting Group
• In Open Council – Re Manipulating Screen
• Magical Society Report

Volume 1, Number 7 (December 14th, 1910)

• Christmas Programmes
• Between Ourselves
• American Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Satani “The Mysterious Raffles”
• Ventriloquial Dialogue
• For Beginners – Wand and Handkerchief
• In Open Council – Seasonable Novelties
• Whereabouts This Week
• Impromptu Pocket Tricks – Production of a “Silk” from Finger Tips
• Magical Society Reports
• A Single Card Colour Change

Volume 1, Number 8 (December 21st, 1910)

• The Artiste and The Public
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing – Capretta and Chefalo
• Mystic Section Painting
• Impromptu Tricks – A Coin and Handkerchief Effect
• In Open Council – Tips, Eccentric Handkerchief Change, Devil’s Whisper, Coloured Fire Bowls, Handkerchief Production, etc.
• Magical Societies
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 9 (December 28th, 1910)

• The Devil’s Due
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing – Walton Brozen
• Practical Magic – The Rice Bowls in a New Role
• Impromptu Tricks – To Swallow a Match
• In Open Council – Phantom Cards Again
• Cards – New Effects on Old Principles
• Whereabouts This Week
• Cigar Box Servante
• Searching for Talent
• Reviews

Volume 1, Number 10 (January 4th, 1911)

• Thurston and Palladino
• New York Magical Notes
• Magical Societies
• What Others Are Doing – Villiers de Caston
• Practical Magic – “Flyto” Silks
• For Beginners – A Card Box Hint
• In Open Council – The Egg Bag
• Whereabouts This Week
• Cards – An Effective Colour Change
• American Notes
• Adelaide Herrmann
• Literary Notices

Volume 1, Number 11 (January 11th, 1911)

• Between Ourselves
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – John Warren
• Practical Magic – Fishing for Cards
• For Beginners – Easy Aerial Treasury
• Impromptu Trick – With Dominoes
• In Open Council – Honest Acknowledgment. A Word from Satani
• Whereabouts This Week
• Fire Eating
• Reviews

Volume 1, Number 12 (January 18th, 1911)

• Between Ourselves
• The S.A.M.
• American Notes – By Ernest Evangeline
• What Others Are Doing – Max Sterling
• Practical Magic – Wonder Sketching Frame
• For Beginners – Pretty Match-box Effect
• In Open Council – A Claim for Acknowledgment. “Don’t Chew the Fat.”
• Whereabouts This Week
• Magical Societies
• Among the Dealers
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 13 (January 25th, 1911)

• Credit Where Credit is Due
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing – Merci-Pinetti and Signora Pinetti
• Practical Magic – The Coffee and Milk Trick
• Cards – Second Sight Card Divination
• In Open Council – A Claim for Precedence
• Whereabouts This Week
• Pretty Match-box Sleight
• Magical Societies: Order of the Magi. Circle of Mahatma
• Reviews

Volume 1, Number 14 (February 1st, 1911)

• American Magical Carnival
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – The Mysterious DeKolzas
• Practical Magic – The Hand in the Frame
• Cards – Colour Changing Packs
• In Open Council – Re “Tobacco in Hand” Tricks, substitute for Pistol
• Whereabouts This Week
• Magical Societies: World’s Master Magicians. Twin City Magicians
• Howard Thurston Stories

Volume 1, Number 15 (February 8th, 1911)

• Much Ado About Nothing
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Ionia
• Practical Magic – A Coin-Producing Fan
• Cards – Variation of Cards in Pocket
• For Beginners – Useful Thimble Moves. An Easy Coin Reproduction
• In Open Council – Levitation of a Card. Card Specialising
• Whereabouts This Week
• Magical Societies: Order of the Magi
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 16 (February 15th, 1911)

• What the Year Holds
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Presto, the Irish Wizard
• Practical Magic – New Firing Table
• Whereabouts This Week
• Current Literature
• In Open Council – Where Are the Makers? Colour-Changing Packs.
• For Beginners – The Prophetic Silk
• Magical Societies: Northern Magical Society. Order of the Magi. British Magical Society.

Volume 1, Number 17 (February 22nd, 1911)

• Sears, in “The Blue Pearl”
• New York Magical Notes
• Houdini Defies Death
• What Others Are Doing – Chris Van Bern
• Practical Magic – The Impossible Possible. Rameses Talks.
• Whereabouts This Week
• An Automatic Illusionist
• Cards – Working the Phantom
• In Open Council – Hints for Spring Flowers
• For Beginners – Travelling Silks and Spirit Knots
• Correspondence – Fishing for Cards. Is There Honour Among T—? Where Are the Makers? Colour Changing Pack.

Volume 1, Number 18 (March 1st, 1911)

• Between Ourselves
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Sears, “The Seer”
• Practical Magic – A Novel Bird Production
• Whereabouts This Week
• In Open Council – The Drawer Box. Wonder Sketching Frame
• Charles Trickey – An Appeal
• Magical Societies: British Magical Society
• Reflections

Volume 1, Number 19 (March 8th, 1911)

• Between Ourselves
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Mephisto, The Mysterious
• Practical Magic – A Colour Changing Wand. A Sequel to the Twentieth Century Handkerchief Trick.
• A New Coin Vanish
• Whereabouts This Week
• In Open Council – Where are the Makers?
• A Remarkable Gathering
• Magical Societies
• Reviews

Volume 1, Number 20 (March 15th, 1911)

• Between Ourselves
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Chung Ling Soo
• Practical Magic – The Pole Un-”Cook”-ed
• Cards – A New Rising Card Effect
• The Charles Trickey Appeal
• Whereabouts This Week
• In Open Council – “Black Art Table”
• Correspondence
• Magical Societies: Order of the Magi. Northern Magical Society.
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 21 (March 22nd, 1911)

• The Way to the Halls
• Thanks from Mr. G. Welton
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Archibald Potter
• Practical Magic – Chameleon Sketches
• Whereabouts This Week
• In Open Council – To Reproduce Vanished Handkerchief
• Magical Societies: The Magic Circle. Circle of Mahatma.
• Our Special Supplements
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 22 (March 29th, 1911)

• American Notes – By Ernest Evangeline
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Howard Thurston
• Practical Magic – A Novel Combination Flag Trick
• Whereabouts This Week
• A Match Box Coin Vanisher
• An Addition to the Knotted Silks
• A Useful Changing Vase
• Old Arabian Superstition

Volume 1, Number 23 (April 5th, 1911)

• Dr. Holston Explains
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – The Inquisition, produced by Carlton
• Practical Magic – A Simple and Reliable Loading Table
• Whereabouts This Week
• In Open Council – The Handkerchief Wand
• The Charles Trickey Appeal
• The Ghostly Silk
• Magical Societies: The Magic Circle. Brotherhood of Magicians of New York City
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 24 (April 12th, 1911)

• Between Ourselves
• New York Magical Notes
• Cards – The Flying Card Trick
• What Others Are Doing – Margo, Lady Conjurer
• Practical Magic – The Scales of Socrates
• Whereabouts This Week
• The Charles Trickey Appeal
• Fasola’s Famous Lion
• For Beginners – The “Royal” Spelling Bee
• In Open Council – Fishing for Cards Again. Hand in the Frame.
• New Finish to the Chinese Rings
• Magical Societies: Order of the Magi. Northern Magical Society.
• Current Literature

Volume 1, Number 25 (April 19th, 1911)

• The Rice Bowls and Wine and Water
• New York Magical Notes
• An Introduction to a Manipulative Act
• What Others Are Doing – Fred Wilkinson
• Practical Magic – Rising Card Novelty
• Whereabouts This Week
• In Open Council – The Handkerchief Finger
• For Beginners – Another Vanishing Wand Method
• New Thimble Pass
• The Charles Trickey Appeal
• Magical Societies: Order of the Magi. The Magic Circle.

Volume 1, Number 26 (April 26th, 1911)

• About Ourselves
• Here and There
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others ARe Doing – John Weil
• Practical Magic – Quadrille of Silks
• Illustration for New Thimble Pass
• In Open Council – How Not to do Fire Tricks
• Impromptu Pocket Tricks – Reversing Walking Stick
• Whereabouts This Week
• The Charles Trickey Appeal
• Current Literature
• Suggestions on Patter
• Publisher’s Notes

Volume 2, Number 1 (May 3rd, 1911)

• Attention, Magicians!
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing – Horace Goldin
• Practical Magic – Aerial Blossoms
• In Open Council – Suggestions for “Style”
• A Flash Wand
• Tambourine Tit-Bits
• Professional Movements
• The Charles Trickey Appeal
• Magical Societies: British Magical Society. Magical Society Notes.
• Cards – Selected Cards in Empty Pocket
• Current Literature

Volume 2, Number 2 (May 10th, 1911)

• A New Magical Library
• Between Ourselves
• What Others Are Doing – De Biere
• Practical Magic – The Phenomenal Memory
• The Magic Charm
• Magical Society Notes
• Professional Movements
• Illustration for Flash Wand
• Cards – Original Card and Handkerchief Effects
• Suggestions on “Dumb” Show
• Magical Societies: Northern Magical Society. Devon and Cornwall Magical Society.

Volume 2, Number 3 (May 17th, 1911)

• Lafayette
• Between Ourselves
• New York Magical Notes
• What Others Are Doing – Rameses
• Practical Magic – Earth, Fire, and Water
• The Mystery Painting
• Professional Movements
• In Open Council – Suggestions for a Flower Production
• Our Portrait Supplements
• Funeral of Lafayette
• England’s Home of Mystery
• Magical Societies: Circle of Mahatma