The incomparable Hugard’s Magic Monthly has more magic per page than almost any other periodical ever published.
Fred Braue said, “On the whole, I think there is more good material in Hugard’s than all the remaining magazines put together”.
Edited by Jean Hugard, Hugard’s Magic Monthly was “Devoted solely to the interests of magic and magicians” from 1943 to 1964 and featured the most interesting information on the magic scene during that period. Hugard wrote, “My object in publishing this sheet is to set forth fully, clearly and conscientiously the best things in magic so that if my readers absorb the instructions and carry them out in practice they will acquire a repertoire of good magic that will last a lifetime”. He succeeded admirably!
Hugard’s boasts 245 issues, more than 1,560 individual tricks and sleights, and 2500 pages in 21 volumes. Quite a lot of material. Inside you will find tricks, articles, and news pertaining to a veritable who’s who: Max Malini, Victor Farelli, Ted Annemann, Martin Gardner, Harry Lorayne, Milbourne Christopher, Ross Bertram, George Kaplan, Cliff Green, Fred Braue, Jean Hugard, Jerry Andrus, Al Baker, Peter Kane, Bert Allerton, Max Katz, Sid Lorraine, Dr. Daley, Ed Marlo, Okito, Stanley Collins, Joe Berg, David Devant, Slydini, Dai Vernon, Hugh Scott, Howie Schwartzman, Jay Marshall, Emil Jarrow, S. Leo Horowitz, Cliff Green, Frank Garcia, Paul Curry, Chung Ling Soo, Kellar, John Scarne, Robert-Houdin, T. Nelson Downs, Charlie Miller, Nate Leipzig, Stewart James, and many more!
Inside this volume you will find great columns like: Backstage with Frank Joglar, Book Profiles by John J. Crimmins Jr., Farelli’s London Letter, Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks by Martin Garder, Milbourne Christopher’s Column, Hu-Gardenias, Patter Collected by Cliff Green, Shadow Magic, and more! Additionally, you will find many excellent effects and articles, for example:
Throwing a Card by Jean Hugard
All Alike by Ken Krenzel
The Boomerang Card Flourish by Jean Hugard
Atomic Radio Vanish by Dick Richards
Poker Deal by Orville Meyer
Two Coins Into Trousers Pocket by Horace E. Bennett
Card Corner – Automatic Side-Slip by Howard L. Ward
Cigarette to Wand by Francis J. Rigney
A Reason for the Rising Cards by Will Dexter
One-Hand Second Deal by Gerald Kosky
The Floating Cigarette by Jesse Schimmel
Gone! by Dr. Macy H. Goode
The Ossip False Cut by David Ossip
Cutting the Aces by David Ossip
Interludes by Jean Hugard
Fancy Cut Card Control
The Flying Eagles by Sam Aaronson
Double Coin Production by Horace Bennett
Deck Switch by Jean Hugard
Simplicity Magic by Irv Weiner
Dancing Egg Routine by Irv Weiner
One for the Birds (Vanishing Cane to Bird Cage) by “Mystic” Craig
The Phantom Cigarette by Irv Weiner
Half a Hallucination by Bill Simon
Reverse Passage of Four Coins Through the Table Top by Jesse Schimmel
Murder Mindread by Orville Meyer
The Flying Coins by Jean Hugard
The Pivot Palm by Irv Weiner
A Touching Surprise by Jean Hugard
One-Hand Double Lifts by Jean Hugard