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IVYA.L LYCEUM THEATRE: THIS
wee,tVENING, and every evening during the
a,l-.•
~he GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC.
.virsTERY by Professor ANDERSON, the Great
'arri of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety
ecefelenterii.dents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary
,2agie and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos-
-eing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of
Bael.,,lisetnnt. It is a monologue, for the audience them-
thZes Perform their parts with the principal actor, some of
;414.,en the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition,
eup.:"engli everything becomes metamorphosed before the
.of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any
pa,;eing; but it is a comedy really performed by the. corn-
; a melodrama replete with startly positions and unex-
th`ted denouements • a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of
tif4 Public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex-
th Illganea in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond
e hoe •
rids of probability.
faisr.°lessor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and
yilletelorrtoleoavueditieonwce,s which have nightly filled the Lyceum
and by means of whose generous aid he
t' oneen enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con-
e siount
rePetition He
anyorbeen honoured with an
of
lie success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual.
• would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that
In hie
the Present entertainment he has placed before his visitors
p rf.,;`suits of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of
-ebeci skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he
_4 travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has
`Pared no
e 0 trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on
fita„ge iu the most elaborate manner, by the employment
tnhat utst mechanicians and artists of the day; and thirdly,
vio hohile endeavouring to provide amusement for those
it is near him with their presence, he has not forgotten that
Possible to afford information also, and that the oppor-
ever43',.. should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where-
the4i' has been used fornefarious purposes, or whenever by
e dill to the conjuroa-s arts, in an illegitimate manner,
ereatd-oeusfning have succeeded in making dupes of the
eeolle 0637. letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro-
Anderson has received, from the time of opening the
tere-a", e,
•a Kell ;P to the present date, bear witness to the great in-
tea on the subject of this singular delusiOn ; whilst
attleV of them bear melancholy evidence to the, dangers which
tualists a belief in the superstitions nonsense of the "
Judging simply by the correspondence which has
his Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and
tiueleilustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro-
posed a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex-
tol., a mischievous antomipudent juggle. It is impossible
terrefessor Anderson reply at length to a tithe of the
tviel munieations which reach him on the subject. He regrets
vhaet nlanY of these should come from ladies. and
kgentlem.en.
tene,'rOm their position in society and their well nown in
j.e MI attainments, ho would least have expecte'd to have
.1.1 converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so
even43l susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every
rt,,puling, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on
-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the
;:lra, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited
sad elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this
dersoenxpsosition will be accepted generally as Professor
only mode of replying at full length to his
I,lt tiltitudinons correspondents. He regrets that the
1-I;ni, es of the great and learned of the land 'should
11.0'e been made to figure in the documents emanating
te mitrani the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, es-
med from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem-
luro, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri-
-74,,(4 Telegraph. It purports to cmanate.from an American
f-'llit'raPper, Mr. D. D. Hume :-" Sir David Brewster
frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has
'witnessed, and Lord Brougham ,ackuowledges himself to be
thoroughly nonplussed. • Both of these noted men brought
""▪ e whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the
solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial,
actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits
/‘'ho thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate-
rial ob'ects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques-
tien or them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the
above, has recently left England, and the following account of
"no, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648:
in Its " Thia young. man who is a Scotch
ll the mn by birth, and now
is a -remarkable medium foraanifestations
ti;;•
;"Annt apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout
„"ngio-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000
Per annum if he would perform at his museum in New
be hr. Larnum then took it for granted that mediums could
raenfaus jozugebstticr./ie was somewhat astonished when his offer was
acceptable me, on telling the fact in London lately, simply
iYorehrrked, that the money would have been very
Phan, nd ;„ for he was poor. young (under 20, an or-
of losing i;."` very bad health : but he would have been afraid
„,1,8 a medium, and he would sooner lose
11e • 'no -refusals however, made Barnum thoughtful.
trelmenired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the
on test humbugs in. the world, and withal a conjuror, is
one the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer-
-17 surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the
‘,orialartiele of an estbl journal, the of whom
luil,ght be a
suPPosed to be sane.ished Even if Barnumeditor does believe
thi:'-""-raPPing--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by
tie accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse-
be to it, is thisbill, drawn on public credulity, more likely
but negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not
h
lluswieive.uvrdhle fi
ent he nds hat educated cerymen of the Curch of
fICI have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross
when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the
'write •J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and
Ili_ a a book oil the subject, he considers it t be time for
itTat° State that which he knows of the mechanism by which
D,,.frected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the
a";',,ling Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir
ine47 Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel,
nY with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that
!spirit. the Wizard of the North proclaims every night-that
lierpe,„_MPPing is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad
howe"es- In the Morning Advertiser of the following day,
Who-ver, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one
ekle Wu present when he and Lord Brougham had their
tehi,,es with the spirits, in which the writer says, that "the
ex.t.4.(a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most
eordieculinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac-
the :11Nvas conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and
i~ghtto Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's
out; hand, apart from any person, it played an air through-
the „ With such a statement, printed for the edification of
the -:eoPle of the 19th century, with the facts before us that
te','..ost talented men of the day are permitting themselves
ettl`-',O deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers-:--tha.t the
Itest novelist of ho age is now engaged in makin it fil
liasj:eit et a new work, and that a " spiritual convention".
roF"nallY been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-ball,
iet4 essor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual-
be °I. America, as given 'by him nightly at the Lyceum, will
temp r eceived by the people of England as genuine holiest at-
jegaletsrst.o provide au antidote for the bane of the spiritual
vialint the coursenf the last five weeks 100,017 persons have
tha.„eisd the Lyceum Theatre,--a larger number, it is believed,
tho Was ever before been assembled within its walls in so
in. Diriod. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even.
-sabrhe programme being continually changed. Grand
elable Day Performance, or Saturday, October 13, at 2
• i?elz the programme bein'ig thus arranged ;-
Ca art lAct 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical
bynabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do
ieletnagie that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer-
ahe
arl illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in
of Act 2.
The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power
tht-"neing animated nature from fire and water only, and
possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most
'utoplex forms of ornithological existence.
P Act 3. Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own
ecleket took, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the
teviening's entertainment in the production of the very volu-
tatrus from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude
enixiiizetneenee,ss, in developing bulk where no space appears
,(..)r.iotsf in discovering odd things in odd places, and
,`4, bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely
Vlace for to bo found.
Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou-
ble. In which will be comprised-the Adventures of a Wed-
'hug
Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfer-
Illation-black into white, and the Discovers of every Article
la the position which would seem the most inappropriate.
Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre ; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into
'Which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent,
SuspenCed so as to be visible th the eyes of all present,
';,".0 Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport r elf, and rain into the casket, though its lid be 'closed,
°e,,ked, and the key in the possession of the audience.
of 61. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Tranapueney
Onacity.
Act,7
and .A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel wine
t 1e "
Spirit Store.An improvement upon the " inexhaustible
inasmuch
as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in.
Zhaustible but will change its contents, ad infinitutmte,ra-mt
itlkhe
(),,r(1 of Command, producing soda-water, b
whisky,,
betiem• salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin,
prom, or any other wine or spirit required;ru andm' finally
and-ving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry,
uceuPying the whole space when tightly packed.
e,"-• Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an ExPoséof
t -""MPPing. • introducing the spirit-rapping table and
oesin of the invisibles.
Aet•o
the Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of
Na- wizard's. patrons will undergo some strange metamor-
tZses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become
lan'tr°„roled into the flags of victory-the banners of Eng-
• 'ranee Turkey, and Sardinia.
,e'tct. le. The Enchanted Chair of Comns, in which he who
the himself himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to
ti`"Mlience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi-
liae
.4. as peculiar as perplexing.
leet• ii• The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the
'ante of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the
Of the nee Will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
la 1718 evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
Alf into which all things will travel, and out of which
• ut Produced.
Ito'le. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest
tkinte to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
of tang ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages
tell newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west.
• ee the eastern hemisphere.
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