CONTENTS. XV 



ADDITIONAL PHENOMENA OF NATUEAL 

 MAGIC. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Optical illusions The Mirage of the desert Belzoni's descrip- 

 tion Quintus Curtius's account Probable cause Apathy 

 of the Arabs and neglect of the example of the patriarchs 

 Prospet of a remedy Optical illusion of Mr. W. G. S. 

 Association of ideas Cause of vividness of such pheno- 

 mena And of dreams over ordinary events Magic lantern 

 improved by photography and the improvements in 

 artificial light, &c. Professor Pepper's ghost The decapi- 

 tated head speaking Floating cherubs The automatic 

 Leotard The high merits of these Polytechnic inventions 

 Herr Frikel's " Masks and Faces "Aurora Borealis 

 Sensitive flames Shadow pantomime .... 393 



CHAPTER II. 



Life and suspended animation, or asphyxia Interment alive 

 Phenomena of the grave Coma, or extraordinarily long 

 sleeps Bears Toads found in rocks Tadpoles : 

 separated vitality Polypes Aimelides, or worms Process 

 of restoring severed parts Suspended and restored anima- 

 tion Rotifera Reproductive powers of animals and plants 

 Divisibility of matter Facts beyond the range of 

 physics Extraordinary divisibility of life New fact in 

 philosophy The philosophers of fixity Superiority of a 

 child's logic A fact of science for Unitarians Conclusion 409 



