Magical World by Max Sterling (2 Vols)

The Magical World is one of the few weekly periodicals in magic. This periodical ran from November 1910 until May 1911 and was edited by Max Sterling. Volume one contained 26 issues and volume two ended the series with No. 3 – a total of more than 470 pages.

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

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