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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 60

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 60
ithin a fewinches of the painting which was mentioned asmaking the background of the stage. It is,in reality, a great panorama of the circus atAntioch, which, during the race, must be un-rolled and drawn across the stage as fast asthe horses seem to move, but in the oppositedirection. For to the… … succumb to stage-fright. In fact, as we shallsee, they know their part as well as any actorin the play. Quickly they are led forward, andeach takes his place upon his platform, whichis still securely held by the brake ; the polesare attached to the chariots and fastened toyokes upon the necks of…

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