William Godwin

Lives of the necromancers or an account of the most eminent persons in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of magical power 

Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, London 1834.

Henry Cockton

The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the ventriloquist

Willoughby and co., London 1849.

Jean-Eugéne Robert-Houdin

Memoirs of Robert-Houdin: Ambassador, Author, and Conjurer

Geo. G. Evans, Philadelphia 1859.

Jean-Eugéne Robert-Houdin

Memoirs of Robert-Houdin written by himself

Vol. 1, Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly, London 1859.

Jean-Eugéne Robert-Houdin

Memoirs of Robert-Houdin written by himself

Vol. 2, Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly, London 1859.

Jean-Eugéne Robert-Houdin

Robert Houdin: The Great Wizard, Celebrated French Conjurer, Author, and Ambassador

Charles Desilver and sons, Philadelphia 1859.

Jean-Eugéne Robert-Houdin

Life of Robert Houdin: The King of the Conjurers

Porter & Coates, Philadelphia 1859.

Jean-Eugéne Robert-Houdin

Memoirs of Robert-Houdin: Ambassador, Author, and Conjurer

Chapman and Hall, London 1860.

Jean-Eugéne Robert-Houdin

Memoirs of Robert-Houdin: Ambassador, Author, and Conjurer

Geo. G. Evans, Philadelphia 1860.

Thomas Low Nichols

A biography of the brothers Davenport: with some account of the physical and psychical phenomena which have occurred in their presence in America and Europe

Saunders, Otley and co., London 1864.