THE OLD AND THE NEW MAGIC,
by Henry Ridgely Evans.

SKETCH OF HENRY RIDGELY EVANS.

“Henry Ridgely Evans,journalist, author and librarian, wasborn in Baltimore, Md., November 7, 1861. He is the son ofHenry Cotheal and Mary (Garrettson) Evans. Through hismother he is descended from the old colonial families of Ridgely,Dorsey, Worthington and Greenberry, which played such aprominent part in the annals of early Maryland. Mr. Evanswas educated at the preparatory department of Georgetown(D. C.) College and at Columbian College, Washington, D. C.He studied law at the University of Maryland, and began itspractice in Baltimore City; but abandoned the legal professionfor the more congenial avocation of journalism. He servedfor a number of years as special reporter and dramatic critic onthe ‘Baltimore News,’ and subsequently became connected withthe U. S. Bureau of Education, as one of the assistant librarians.In 1891 he was married to Florence, daughter of AlexanderKirkpatrick, of Philadelphia.”—National Cyclopedia of AmericanBiography.

Mr. Evans is an ardent student of folk-lore, masonic antiquities, psychicalresearch, and occultism. Many of his writings have been contributed to theMonist and Open Court. He is the author of a work on psychical research,entitled “Hours with the Ghosts,” published in 1897, and many brochures onmagic and mysticism, etc.