DISSOLVING VIEWS. 



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for dissolving views by an arrangement of lenses and manipulation of slides, 

 that we need do no more than refer to them. 



The various ghost illusions, etc., produced by indirect mirrors, have' 

 already been referred to, the ghost being merely the reflection of an 



individual seen through a sheet ot glass between the spectators and the 

 stage. The strong light throws a reflection from a parallel mirror lower 

 down, and this reflected image can he made to appear amongst the real 

 actors who are behind the plate-glass in full view of the audience, who are, 

 however, ignorant of the existence of the glass screen. 



