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Hi I just wanted to add that when we did our textual analysis of Erdnase (see my Genii article on Erdnase with David Homes), we did look at Saunders' book on mining. I have attached the graph (showing Erdnase, Saunders and Harto) - the styles are VERY different, but there again the genre of the mini...

re McKinney: I've trawled through the research center at the Chicago History Museum looking for ideas. Nothing jumped out. Contemporary photographs are surprisingly thin for the Printer's Row district. You can track the homes and careers of Gallaway, Smith etc., through city directories. I found it...

Hi A few people have been kind enough to email me their thoughts on the new Herbert Lee Andrews candidate. As I have said before, I am not convinced by him, but thought it worth raising as an issue. For those that might have missed it, I have placed the info so far here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink...

This is interesting and Richard should be congratulated for his work. However, I would point out that his candidate was born in 1844, making him 58 at the time he would have encountered Smith the book's illustrator. Smith remembered a man around 40. That is a considerable difference, especially at ...

What if... What if Erdnase wasn't a man. What if it was a woman, say, Emma Shaw Andrews, knew all the moves and wrote the text to Expert At the Card Table, and had a friend pose as Erdnase for the drawings since at that time, women were not considered equal in society? She could have been with the ...

This also raises the question, "Why didn't he illustrate the book himself?": He was described as having a natural taste for drawing and perspective, and a high admiration of the beauties of nature. -Jim Yes, I can't tell from the patents whether he did the drawings himself. As I say, I am...

Very interesting development. Three questions immediately come to mind. First, is there any physical description or photo documentation of H.L. Andrews? That might corroborate M.D. Smith's description of Erdnase. Second, is there a date of birth for H.L. Andrews? M.D. Smith said the man claiming to...

LOL. Nope! I have done some research with magicians, such as this survey:

http://www.richardwiseman.com/magicsurvey.html

but nothing to do with Erdnase!

hi there I have been doing some research into another possible candidate for erdnase. This indivdual is called Herbert Lee Andrews. In brief, he... - Had a wife named Emma Shaw Andrews (S.W Erdnase in reverse). - Lived in Chicago around the time of publication of Expert. - Helped run a business just...