Readers intrigued by references to stage magicians within this text should be aware that the major magicians cited (Maskeylene, Morritt, Devant and so on) are real figures from the history of stage magic. Further reading materials on the subject of the history of conjuring/stage magic and stage effects, the nitty-gritty of the time period, books alluded to in the text, or generally beneficial to the text can be found below.
CAVENEY, Mike; JAY, Ricky, STEINMEYER, Jim & DANIEL, Noel (Ed.), Magic: 1400s-1950s, TASCHEN (2013), 978-3836528078
ENSOR, R. C. K., England 1870-1914 (Oxford History of England), Clarendon Press (orig. 1936), 978-0198217053
FORSTER, E.M. Maurice, Penguin Classics (new ed. 2005), 978-0141441139
FORSTER, E.M. Howards End, Penguin Classics (2012), 978-0141199405
FORSTER, E.M. A Passage To India, Penguin Classics (new ed. 2005), 978-0141441160
GOLD, Glenn David, Carter Beats the Devil, Sceptre (2002), 978-0340794999
NOWELL-SMITH, Simon, Edwardian England 1901-1914, Oxford University Press (1964), 978-1299355392
STEINMEYER, Jim, Hiding The Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible, Arrow (2005), 978-0099476641