Numbers 221-224 245 pages Vol. 38, Number 221, March, 1949 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages] Quarterly Notes - by the editor A Thank You Time for Action Where Does Our Money Go? The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler A Pleating Tip Statistics Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter The Psychic Ace Prediction Bottle Baffle! - Wilfred H. Tyler Transposition Extraordinaire - Paul Sleight (Belgium) The (Biseautee) Direct Palm Lighting a "Spent" Match - Victor Farelli Effect as Seen by the Audience Origin of the Devices Employed Preparation Working Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers Another Magic Welding Will Goldston - obituary b y George Johnson Extra photo supplement page - two pictures of Will Goldston Competition - The Best "Opening" Trick Jewels of Pai Pah - Frank Butler A "Name Opening - Arthur F. G. Carter Silko Drink - Tan Hock Chuan (Singapore) Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy Bending A Candle This and That - series by Peter McDonald The Price of a Smoke Five to Four A-Tom-ic Thoughts Personality - article by John R. Geddes Reunion with Bacchus - John A. Jonson The Block and Tennis Ball - J. F. Orrin Two Magicians - article by Peter McDonald A Cups and Balls Routine - A. C. Newitt The F.P. Sleight Using the Sleight Requirements Preparation Introduction Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Pips Be-Ribboned - John K. Bays Book Notes - At the Sign of the Cups and Balls John Ramsay's Routine with Cups and Balls - Victor Farelli Thanks to Leipzig - Victor Farelli Vol. 38, Number 222, June, 1949 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered advertising pages] Quarterly Notes - by the editor More About N.A.M.S. Congratulations The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy A Method for Recovery of Vanished Coins The Nikola Stack Speller - A. C. Newitt Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter Further Adventures with the Psychic Ace Still a Schoolboy - short anecdote With a Newspaper - Verrall Wass The Magician Plays Cards - A Novelty Card Routine - J. K. Bays Impromptu Rising Card - Devano Mathematics for the Young - Renoff (France) The Wizgali Pack - Percy James (Transvaal) Competition - The Best "Opening" Trick A Question of Vision - J. A. Esler Tan's Triple Tumblers - Tan Hock Chuan (Singapore) Traditional Expectations - Max Matthews Hanky Panky - W. Worsley Wine and Water - poem Invisible Reverse - George Armstrong Number Please! - George Joyce Weeping Willows - A Magical Entertainment for Children - John K. Bays This and That - series by Peter McDonald Miss Rose A Cups and Balls Routine - A. C. Newitt - continued from page 46 Move 5 Move 6 Move 7 Move 8 The Human Voice and Its Importance - article by John R. Geddes Talking Points - questions Psychic Photography - Fritz Porupka (Austria) Three's a Crowd - A Magical Black-Out Sketch - Max Matthews A False Water-fall Shuffle - Dr. H. J. Tattersall A Simple Book Test - A. C. Actmann Book Notes John Ramsay's Cylinder and Coins - Victor Farelli Stuthard's Trilby Deck - Joe Stuthard Stuthard's Bi-Co Trilby Deck - Joe Stuthard How to do Card Fanning - Anthony Norman Select Secrets - Dai Vernon Rough and Smooth Possibilities - Tan Hock Chuan Modes for Mentalists, No. 4 - The Gap in the Curtain - Peter Warlock Impossible - Raymond A Catalogue of Books on Magic - Fleming Book Company Henry Ridgeley Evans - obituary Vol. 38, Number 223, October, 1949 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover & advertising pages] Quarterly Notes - by the editor The Piddingtons An Editor's Dream The Magic Circle Contributions Ancient Magic Number Please To-day and The Magic Wand - article by George Johnson Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler Magical Glasses - John K. Bays Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter Spell-As-I-Spell Magic Wand Year Book - no publication announcement Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers Three Twins - A Trick with Figures A Living and Dead Test Once a Boy Scout - John K. Bays Crash! - Verrall Wass Any Two - W. S. Hartley Part One Part Two Competition - The Best "Opening" Trick Opening With a Bang! - John K. Bays The Magical Opening - Cyro The Opening The Follow-Up Into The Act Singapore Barrel - Tan Hock Chuan (Singapore) Funjuring With Cards - Percy James (Transvaal) Patter - John R. Geddes Magic With Money - A. C. Newitt The "Davis" Coin Vanish Sleeving A Coin Vanish and Acquitments A Super Magic Spell - F. T. Horrocks The Paper Chain - Jack Potter Ring Craft - Percy James (Transvaal) The Key Switch The Roundabout Display Stand for Rings Piece de Resistance - A Short Story - Peter McDonald Book Notes Spirits in the House - T. H. Chislett Encyclopedia of the Three Shell Game - Jack Chanin A New Thumb Tie - Tom Sellers Rainbow Sponge Ball Routine - Douglas Francis 100 Facts on Fortune Telling - The Naldrett Press Rezvanimagie - Maurice Sardina Stars of Magic, Series 5, No. 1 - Dai Vernon's Impromptu Cups and Balls Stars of Magic, Series 5, No. 2 - Dai Vernon's Ambitious Card Stars of Magic, Series 5, No. 3 - Dai Vernon's Mental Card Miraclce Milbourne Christopher's Magazine Test - Milbourne Christopher N.A.M.S. Reviews, Nos. 49/4 and 49/5 Les Automates - Editions du Griffon Magic of the Ancients - George Johnson Face Up - -Face Down - Don Maskell Napology - Jack Yates Vol. 38, Number 224, December, 1949 [48 numbered; 12 unnumbered cover & advertising pages] Quarterly Notes - by the editor Better Late Than Never The Past Year Television Your Votes Please Another Competition Forty Years Old The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler Mental Miracles - the late Joseph Ovette A Brain Wave Another Brainwave A Party Stunt A Telephone Miracle A Coincidence Quickie Multiple Mindreading Climax for a Mental Act A New Finish for the "Cords of Phantasia" - Jack Potter The Brave Bunny - Jimmy Flowers The "Martina" Production Screen - Roy Green The Magic Of A Magic Wand - article by John K. Bays Competition - The Best "Opening" Trick Silken Cocktail - Tan Hock Chuan The Opening - "Hen" Fetsch Chord On! - Wilfred Bader Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy Suggested Improved Rice-Bowls Trick o' Numbers - Percy James (Transvaal) The Hypnotic Book Test - Peter McDonald Enthusiasm - article by John R. Geddes More Magic With Money - A. C. Newitt A Slow Coin Vanish A Slow Acquitment Strike A Light! - Verrall Wass Glub-Glub - Billy Barton A Problem - posed by George Armstrong The Commanding Voice - John K. Bays Lick It - W. S. Hartley The Sister Ships - George Joyce Thoughts on Slipper Packs - Peter McDonald Umpteen - W. S. Hatley Book Notes The Royal Road to Card Magic - Jena Hugard & Frederick Braué Genial Improbabilities - Ken de Courcy Hugard's Magic Monthly, Book Edition No. 3 (Vols. 5 and 6) - The Fleming Book Company word count: 91585 which is equivalent to 366 standard pages of text