We are delighted that you find the MagicTricks.com Library useful. We have spent many years collecting, researching and writing about magicians, magic history and the fascinating stories surrounding the art of magic.
You are welcome to use the Library for personal reading, research, education and enjoyment. If you would like to reproduce material from the Library somewhere else, please take a moment to read the guidelines below.
The easiest and best way to share our Library material is simply to link to the original MagicTricks.com page. That allows your readers to see the complete article and gives them access to any additional information, images or related Library pages that may be available.
You are welcome to quote a short passage when it is appropriate for your own article, research or discussion. Please identify MagicTricks.com as the source and include a link to the original page.
Please remember that simply adding a link does not automatically give permission to copy an entire article or substantial portions of it. When in doubt, please ask us.
We understand that websites, blogs and online publications often want to share interesting pieces of magic history. We are happy for you to refer your readers to our Library.
If you want to quote from one of our articles, please keep the quotation reasonably brief, identify MagicTricks.com as the source, and provide a direct link to the original article.
Please do not copy an entire MagicTricks.com Library article, or substantial portions of one, and republish it on another website. This includes copying our original wording and presenting it as your own work.
Students, teachers, researchers and other readers are welcome to use the MagicTricks.com Library as a research resource.
If you use information from one of our pages in a school project, paper, presentation or other research, please identify MagicTricks.com as the source and, whenever possible, provide the URL of the specific Library page you used.
When quoting our material, use quotation marks and identify the source. When putting information into your own words, make it clear that you are paraphrasing information from the source rather than presenting the wording as your own.
Please be especially careful with photographs, posters, advertisements, book covers, patent illustrations, newspaper images and other artwork appearing in the Library.
Our permission to use Library text does not automatically include permission to reproduce an image.
Some images on our pages are historical materials that may be in the public domain. Others may belong to museums, archives, publishers, photographers, estates, collections or other copyright holders. In some cases, we have permission to display an image on MagicTricks.com without having the right to authorize someone else to reproduce it.
If you want to reuse an image from the Library, please determine its copyright status and source before reproducing it. When the source or rights information is known, we will identify it on the page.
If you would like to reproduce a substantial portion of a MagicTricks.com Library article, use our material in a commercial publication, or reproduce material in another substantial way, please contact us first.
Tell us what you would like to use, where it will appear, and how much of the material you would like to reproduce. We will be happy to discuss it with you.
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Magic history is filled with conflicting accounts, uncertain dates, publicity claims and stories repeated over many years. We make every reasonable effort to present accurate information based on the sources available to us, but historical sources sometimes disagree and new information may come to light.
If you have documented information that may help us correct or improve a Library page, we welcome hearing from you.
The MagicTricks.com Library is here because we love magic and its history—and because we enjoy sharing that history with other magicians, students, researchers and curious readers.
Thank you for helping us keep the Library useful by linking to the original material, crediting your sources and asking when you are unsure about reuse.
