Magic and Its Professors

Portraits of the great conjurers by one of magic's best historians, with stories of their careers and the tricks that made them famous.

Henry Ridgely Evans, 1902 · George Routledge & Sons. Complete 240-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.