«The writer in the Palamede makes the result a kind of partnership in an exhibitiontour — the title of the Automaton was to remain in the princely owner, and Maelzel was to pay the interest of the original cost as his partner's fair proportion of the profits. But another account — current, I believe, at Munich — makes the transaction to have been a sale: Maelzel bought back the Automaton for the same thirty thousand francs, and was to pay for it out of the profits of his exhibitions — „ Provided, nevertheless“, that Maelzel was not to leave the Continent to give such exhibitions. The latter account I believe to be the more correct one».
The Book of the first American Chess Congress, page 427,Online
«Mr. Maelzel, who had already experienced some regret at parting with his protegi, requested the favour to be again reinstated in the charge, promising to pay Eugene the interest of the thirty thousand francs Mr. M. hod pocketed. This proposition was graciously conceded by the gallant Beauharnois, and Maelzel thus had the satisfaction of finding he had made a tolerably good bargain, getting literally the money for nothing at all!
Leaving Bavaria with the Automaton, Maelzel was once more en ramie, as travelling showman of the wooden genius. Other automata were adopted into the family, and a handsome income was realised by their ingenious proprietor. Himself an inferior player, he called the assistance of first-rale talent to the field as his ally. On limits compel us to skip over some interval of time here, during which M. Boncourt (we believe) was Slaelzel's chef in Paris, where the machine was received with all its former favour; and we take up the subject in 1819, when Maelzel again appeared with the Chess Automaton in London». Fraser's magazine for town and country, Band 19, James Fraser, 1839 Online [Архівовано 16 липня 2020 у Wayback Machine.]
Imitations: Jay, "The Automaton Chess Player, the Invisible Girl, and the Telephone. Ajeeb or the Egyptian: Ramón Jiménez, «The Rook Endgame Machine of Torres y Quevedo [Архівовано 25 січня 2013 у Wayback Machine.]». ChessBase, 20 July 2004. URL accessed 15 January 2006. Played by Grover Cleveland: International Chess Magazine September 1885. Mephisto: Levitt, 154.
Edgar Allan Poe, «Maelzel's Chess-Player», Southern Literary Journal, April 1836; available on the internet via the Edgar Allan Poe Society [Архівовано 13 серпня 2018 у Wayback Machine.] of Baltimore, Maryland, URL accessed 19 December 2006.
«Mr. Maelzel, who had already experienced some regret at parting with his protegi, requested the favour to be again reinstated in the charge, promising to pay Eugene the interest of the thirty thousand francs Mr. M. hod pocketed. This proposition was graciously conceded by the gallant Beauharnois, and Maelzel thus had the satisfaction of finding he had made a tolerably good bargain, getting literally the money for nothing at all!
Leaving Bavaria with the Automaton, Maelzel was once more en ramie, as travelling showman of the wooden genius. Other automata were adopted into the family, and a handsome income was realised by their ingenious proprietor. Himself an inferior player, he called the assistance of first-rale talent to the field as his ally. On limits compel us to skip over some interval of time here, during which M. Boncourt (we believe) was Slaelzel's chef in Paris, where the machine was received with all its former favour; and we take up the subject in 1819, when Maelzel again appeared with the Chess Automaton in London». Fraser's magazine for town and country, Band 19, James Fraser, 1839 Online [Архівовано 16 липня 2020 у Wayback Machine.]
Edgar Allan Poe, «Maelzel's Chess-Player», Southern Literary Journal, April 1836; available on the internet via the Edgar Allan Poe Society [Архівовано 13 серпня 2018 у Wayback Machine.] of Baltimore, Maryland, URL accessed 19 December 2006.
Imitations: Jay, "The Automaton Chess Player, the Invisible Girl, and the Telephone. Ajeeb or the Egyptian: Ramón Jiménez, «The Rook Endgame Machine of Torres y Quevedo [Архівовано 25 січня 2013 у Wayback Machine.]». ChessBase, 20 July 2004. URL accessed 15 January 2006. Played by Grover Cleveland: International Chess Magazine September 1885. Mephisto: Levitt, 154.
