What shall we do to-night? or, Social amusements for evening parties. Furnishing complete and varied programmes for twenty-six entertainments (1873)
Dick, William B. (William Brisbane), 1827-1901 · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 231
J^IJMQ. The pleasures of this evening can commence with an exhibi-tion of Mesmerism. The mesmerist and his confederate, who has been duly in^structed; enter the room in which the audience is seated. The mesmerist carries a slight cane or wand, and stands di-rectly behind his confederate, the cane… … Fig. 77. audience speaks the mesmerist gently pushes the wand to at-tract his confederates attention to the person speaking. Still THE EIGHTEENTH EVENING. 229 they stand motionless, apparently, for a little longer, when theconfederate goes into the hall. The mesmerist then i^oints oat certain…
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