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Index of Conjuror's Magazine Articles by or about Gilbert

Volume 1

1 (Aug 1791)

• No trace of B.

2 (Sep 1791)

• 42 Announcement of General Essay on Magic
• 46-8 Remarkable fulfilment of Events notified by the solar eclipse June 4, 1788.

3 (Oct 1791)

• 77-9 General Essay on Magic
• 80 Magic – lists of planetary numbers and names
• 80 Farther astrological remarks on solar eclipse June 4th 1788

4 (Nov 1791)

• 106 Editorial: re 'author of Remarks on the Solar Eclipse in June 1788'
• 109-10 Explanation of the Jewish or Planetary Hours
• 110-1 To the Rev Richard Beere
• 112 Judgment of the Winter Solstice
• 124-5 Answer to Query II
• 126 Questions for Astrologers (Signed "Omega")

5 (Dec 1791)

• 138 Editorial page: B’s answer to Query I.
• 142 Magic (cont. from p.80)
• 144 Astrological notices for January: (Prediction: ‘The head of Sweden drowned cruelly’.)
• 153-4 The Augur No IV

6 (Jan 1792) [Printed as ‘Feb’ in error]

• 170 Editorial. re B’s answer to query upon palmistry
• 173 Astrological notices for February
• 175-6 Observations on, and List of, Remarkable Fires in 1791
• 183 Proposal to make Talismans
• 183 The Augur No V

 7 (Feb 1792)

• 204 Editorial: message and announcement from B.
• 205-9 William Pitt’s Nativity (at request of Editor)
• 209-10 Astrological Notices for February [sic]
• 220 Proposal for a Philosophical Society
• 220-4 Explanation of the number 666.
• 224 Response to J.P Astro. Philo. re Talismans [signed William Gilbert]
• 225 Answer to Query III: Verification of a chiromantic prophecy.

8 (Mar 1792) [p.334 follows p.233 in numbering error - no pages are missing]

• 336 Editorial page: B explains his erroneous no frost prediction etc.
• 337-41 Truth and Importance of Astrology
• 342 Spring Quarter Notification

9 (April 1792)

• 368 Editorial: messages from B.
• 369-70 Truth and Importance of Astrology (cont. from p. 341)
• 370-2 Predictions for April
• 374 Answer to Astrological Queries in IV Disagreement with WE.
• 382-3 The Augur VI
• 389-90 B. to the Public offering to 'calculate nativities and resolve questions'.
• 391-2 On Henry Cornelius Agrippa
• 396 Domestic News: p.144 prediction by B. ‘fulfilled’. King of Sweden assassinated.

10 (May 1792)

• 400 Proposals for instructing Pupils in Spiritual Knowledge.
• 401 Astrology: Spring Quarter
• 404 W. E. takes up B’s challenge.

11 (Jun 1792)

• 432 To Correspondents: ‘The letters to Mr B. are forwarded as directed’.
• 435 Mercurius of Bath writes in support of W. E.’s attack on B.

12 (Jul 1792)

• 464 Editorial: ‘What is become of Mr B.? Has W. E. touched him too closely?’
• 465-7 W. E. letter to B naming him as William Gilbert and criticising his faulty astrology.

Volume 2

13 (August 1792)

• 7-8 W. E. explains that he did not intend Gilbert to be identified in the last issue.

20 (March 1793)

• 284-5 Hints to Mariners. B. contributes ‘a new and easy Method of preserving Water sweet in Sea Voyages.’

22 (May 1793)

• 404-6 Astrological Scraps by our correspondent B.

23 (June 1793)

• 412 Correspondents. ‘Our worthy friend B's favour shall be duly noticed in our next’.

24 (July 1793)

• 516-9 French and other Matters. A final rich mix of astrological notes and biographical information.
• 518 Georgean Planet and Platina. Gilbert on the importance of the new planet Uranus.