Magic Lantern Books is a page within the site ACR Book Service. It has incedible reference books on magic lanterns. Magic Lantern Slide Show gives a little history and story-book show from a Canadian perspective. The Magic Lantern offers a little history along with examples of moving pictures, lanterns, optical toys and interesting links. Photohistory South Australia has one of the best sections on the Magic Lantern I've seen.
Accent is of course on Australian history.
Dutch or English. Fusslin Verlag is a German book publisher of antique optical toys. English and German. A delightful site on the history of Panoramic Cameras 1843-1994 written by Bill McBride in chronological format. Lionel Hughes Photographica has among other things a fine selection of superb cameras, lanterns and slides.