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Excerpt from The Book of the Lantern: Being a Practical Guide to the Working of the Optical (or Magic) Lantern; With Full and Precise Directions for Making and Colouring Lantern Pictures As it is customary for an author to say a few words to his readers by way of introduction, before they become better acquainted with one another, let me briefly state the reason why this book is written, and why I felt some confidence in undertaking the work. The magic lantern has always been one of the most popular instruments ever made. So popular has it been, that children by the thousand recognise its charms, while many of more mature years have a secret hankering after it, which they would fain leave unacknowledged: "For it is but a toy," think they, "and we have left toyland behind us since we reached man's estate." Let me sympathise with these feelings, and own for my part a weakness for pantomimes and fireworks, which weakness I have occasionally the opportunity of indulging, on the plea of taking my children out for a treat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Book of the Lantern: Being a Practical Guide to the Working of the Optical (or Magic) Lantern; With Full and Precise Directions for Making and Colouring Lantern Pictures
But during the past few years, the number of those who interest themselves in the lantern and its capabilities has been vastly increased by the sudden popularity of the art of photography. Amateur photographers are now to be found in every town in the kingdom, and they are beginning to find out that there is no better method of showing their friends the pictures which they have taken than by means of the Optical lantern. The same instrument, too, as it offers a means of making permanent enlarged copies of small photographs, serves with them a double purpose.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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