![]() Author William Lindsay Gresham described Evans book History of Conjuring and Magic (1928) as a "treasure house of data on magic, magicians, and productions." Correspondence with Harry Houdini ![]() Įvans contributed to the book Magic Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography which received a positive review by the psychologist Joseph Jastrow. He was a critic of spiritualism and theosophy and exposed the fraudulent tricks of mediums. He has been described as a "great historian of the magic arts" and "an exemplary historian and biographer of magic". Biography Įvans worked in Baltimore, Maryland as a journalist and wrote books on conjurer tricks and magic. Henry Ridgely Evans (1861–1949) was an American amateur magician and magic historian. ![]()
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