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Mount Washington on the wonderful railway, descend 

 to the Glen, glide around to the Profile House, face 

 Eagle Cliff, kiss our hands to the " Old Man of the Moun- 

 tain," shake up the echoes on the lake, and dare the 

 boulder in the flume, all in one half hour. 



Then, after we have seen Niagara from a hundred 

 standpoints, views made in winter and summer, and 

 travelled up the Mississippi, through Watkin'f) Glen, in- 

 haled the freshness of White Sulphur Springs, wandered 

 among the wildernesses of North Carolina, and seen Flor- 

 ida and Cuba, not to forget the Mammoth Cave, we may 

 go over to Europe. There we ascend the Alps with Prof. 

 Tyndall, go down into the caverns, and clamber among 

 the icicles, or traverse the awful glaciers with their 

 yawning, ever-hungry crevices. 



Or we may see in the same way the ruins of India, 

 the mysteries of Pompeii, the tombs and pyramids of 

 Egypt, or Koine's seven hills covered with glories, to 

 say nothing of humiliated Paris or exultant Germany. 



Everything that photography can produce rnay be 

 served up in excellent style, and with little trouble 

 through the instrumentality of Marcy's Improved Magic 

 Lantern. Last evening I had the pleasure of entertain- 

 ing and delighting a whole company of men, women, 

 and children for an hour or two in this way, at the ex- 

 treme cost of five cents for coal oil ! 



The great efficiency of the Sciopticon, as compared 

 with any other lamp-illuminated lantern, together with 

 its simplicity, symmetry, and compactness, its safety, 

 convenience, and fitness for slides of every variety and 

 for various philosophical experiments, makes it unri- 

 valled for home and school purposes. 



No doubt Mr. Marcy's explanation of it will be ap- 

 preciated, and I need only add that I would not want 



