The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (1864)
Temple, Henry. [from old catalog], Ottley, Cordelia M., [from old catalog] joint author · Cincinnati, J. R. Hawley & co. · leaf 292
eing unac-customed to use one eye only, he cannot judge of the distancecorrectly, and, of course, errs ; but a person having only oneye, would not fail of achieving the trick. THE MAGIC LANTERN, OR PHANTASMAGORIA. The magic lantern, one ofthe most amusing of opticalinstruments, was invented… … 19 / 290 OPTICAL AMUSEMENTS. facility. As a vehicle of amusement, it contributes in no smalldegree, in the shape of a gallantee-show, to the hilarity of aparty in a long winters night; and as a means by which lec-tures on astronomy can be elucidated, it arrests the attentionof graver spectators.…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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