The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-20 00:00:00

EVERYBODY'S /300 K. .
103 d Edition. Just out. Price Is.
ASHILLING'S WORTH of MAGIC.
By Professor ANDERSON, Great Wizard of the North.
This amusing and instructive book has new reached its 103 d Edi-
tion. Ten, Thousand Copies of each Edition has been printed and
gogi. It has also been translated into eight different languages. To
be had at every Railway Station, and at all Booksellers in the king-
dom. Wholesale dealers supplied at Mr. Francis's Printing Esta-
blishment, Catherine-street, Strand. Ask for the last Edition, which
contains a new Portrait, engraved by W. J. Linton, a Key to the
Mysteries of Spirit-rapping, and an exposure to the Nefarious Prac •
glees of Gamblers. The work is profusely illustrated. And may
also be had at the Box-office of the Lyceum Theatre. Price one

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
' PAELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

WINTER SEASON, 1855.
THE GREAT WIZARD 'OF THE NORTH
begs most respectfully to announce that this favourite place
of amusement will OPEN on MONDAY, Sept. 3d, under new au-
spices, and with &series of Extraordinary Performances. As ever?
thing the Wizard lays his hand on necessarily undergoes some
startling change, the Lyceum Theatre will, by a wave of his Magic
Wand, be instantly transformed into the Wizard's Psycomaatheum ;
while the class of Entertainments presented within its walls gill be
ss unlike anything that has been seen before as it is possible to con
ceive. Preparagana have been in progress for many months past to
produce these Entertainments on a scale of magnitude and excellence
worthy of the Wizard's fame and popularity. His assistant spirits
have been ordered to spare no expense in the compounding of their
Spells ; and. the result it is hoped will be an Entertainment which,
for " startling effects," will far outstrip the wildest French mele.
drama ; with "rapid changes" more surprising than an actor's play-
ing twenty imrts, in twenty different dresses ;. with tricks more
wonderful than those of an adulterating tradesman : and " trans-
formations" which would make the alchemists of old expire with

117.
PROFESSOR ANDERSON • (the Great Wizarddof
alorth) having
completed the 'entire circuit and globe, an visited. Most every
part of Europe, America, India, Australia, attended everywhere
eiampled, he believes, in the career of
with a degree of succeas un
any individual aspiring to the titie_sEoNf
sa co;fmActopoiclliutaEnsartiinfiteth, ille
abogivvee
his extraordindry ':DELAISodi 31
limited< pet Preparatory to his final retirement
Theatre for a
from public Ills,
,N 0
,exerton will be spared on his part. to secure
the continuance of the public fay.our which he has hitherto enjoyed
wherever he
has presented InmselaComOneathneadCaonttoinmenext,
ifcoromaSntd.
Petersburg to•Madrid;*in America,:
from New York to; FranCiSCO ;
everywhere,„
"astonishing the in short, have the
Thsarcps marvels succeeded most effectually' in
natives" of the various countries' visited. His performances have
been prtroniSed and
amounting in the aggregate to very
many millions and Ile is the only British Professor of his art
In addition to having _been honoured by all the Courts of
viho,
Europe, has also been commanded to perform before her Majesty
the Quseas.
Without attempting to exalt the Professor's' art beyond its due
deserts, let it suffice to say it
is his art. lie has devoted himself
for-years to the Perteethig it, and rendering it more fitted to amuse
and entertain the pubgc. That he has been sucdesefhl in his efforts
he thinks, from what he hag said, is- pretty certain; indeed a life-
time spent in diligent pursuit of excellence in any art, whatever it
may be, can scarcely fail in producing some degree of efficiency.
It is the result of this long study that will be presented at the
Lyceum Theatre. Feats in Modern Magic hitherto unattempted will
be exhibited.hy the aid of apparatus outrivalling any that has been
Ofevlously constructed..
Anothtfreature in Professor Anderkn's Delassemens Magiques
syill be a complete diklosnre of loose of the principal impostures of
the age, with illailtrations of the mechanism, mystery, and mischief
of Spirit-rapping, Table-Onto:, Clairvoyance, and other delusions,
to be classed generally, under, the now popular head of the " sell "
theory. In the Wizaid's performances there will be found mirth,
for those *ho seek merritnentl;• mystery, for those who fancy the
mysterious; paradoxes, for,the lovers of the paradoxical ; wonders,
for those who like the wonderful ; startling surprises, for those eager
for excitement. There will be science for the sage, wisdom for the
philosopher, art for the artistic; and cheerfulness for all. It will be
the Professor's object, in fact, to prodece a play each night in which
the audience themselves shall be the actors, and which, whatever
the plot may be, shall certainly be free from the fault of many mo-
dern dramas—the fault of laciiing incident or exciting situations and
unexpected denouemens. •
Such will be the general character of the Wizard's Banquet of
Wonders. . It will be an ordinary to which he will welcome all.
The bill of fare will shortly be published in the programme now
preparing ; and Professor Anderson, the carver of the feast, will
spare no effort to ,please" the taste of every guest who may honour
his table with his presence—cutting it fat or lean as each may wish.
The Royal Lyceum Theatre will be opened by the Wizard of the
North, as his Psycomantheum, on MONDAY, September 33.