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Henry Ridgely Evans (1861-1949) was an American writer and amateur magician.〔James D. Robenalt. (2004). ''Linking Rings: William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America''. Kent State University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0873388085〕 Evans worked in Baltimore, Maryland as a journalist and wrote books on conjurer tricks and magic.〔Billboard. (1949). General News. 16 April. p. 60〕 He was a critic of spiritualism and theosophy and exposed the fraudulent tricks of mediums.〔Irving P. Fox. (1898). The Spatula. The Spatula Publishing Company. p. 653〕 He specialized in the history of magic.〔Transactions of the Supreme Council of the 33d and Last Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America. (1905). House of the Temple. p. 83〕 Evans contributed to the book ''Magic Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography'' which received a positive review by the psychologist Joseph Jastrow.〔Joseph Jastrow. (1897). (''Magic Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography by Albert A. Hopkins; Henry Ridgely Evans'' ). Science, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 153. pp. 850-851.〕 ==Publications== Articles *''Some Magicians I Have Met''. (1905). The Open Court. Vol. 19, Issue 8. *(''Madame Blavatsky'' ). (1904). The Monist. Vol. 14, No. 3. pp. 387–408. *(''Cagliostro-A Study in Charlatanism'' ). (1903). The Monist. Vol. 13, No. 4. pp. 523–552. Books *''Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic'' (1943) *''Edgar Allan Poe and Baron von Kempelen's Chess-Playing Automaton'' (1939) *''A Master of Modern Magic: The Life and Adventures of Robert-Houdin'' (1932) *''Cagliostro and his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry'' (1930) *''The History of Conjuring and Magic'' (1928) *''Adventures in Magic'' (1927) *''The House of the Sphinx'' (1907) *(''The Old and the New Magic )'' (1906) *''The Spirit World Unmasked'' (1902) *''Magic and Its Professors'' (1902) *''(Hours with the Ghosts, Or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft )'' (1897) *''(Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography )'' (1897) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry R. Evans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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