The old and the new magic
A history of stage conjuring and spirit mediums by Henry Ridgely Evans, published in Chicago by Open Court in 1906 for magic enthusiasts and debunkers of spiritualism. Halftone portraits of magicians in oval vignettes sit beside line diagrams exposing tricks in cutaway view: trapdoors, mirror cabinets, hidden assistants, severed talking heads. Useful for cross-sections, apparatus schematics, and Victorian theatrical staging.
