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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