MATINÉES
MAGIQUE
Commencing at Two o’clock.
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD!
This Morning, Wednesday May 3rd, 1848,
And during the week,
M. Herrmann
(OF HANOVER), PREMIER PRESTIDIGITATEUR OF FRANCE, AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED FIRST PROFESSOR OF MAGIC IN THE WORLD,
Respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry and the Public in general that he will give
- L’Album Hanoverien; The Hanoverian Album.
- Les Chapeaux Diaboliques; The Diabolical Hats.
- Le Coffre infernale; The Infernal Chest.
- Le Vase d’Armide; ou, l’horlogerie de Geneve; Armida’s Vase; or The Geneva Clockwork.
- La Multiplication des Indes; Indian Multiplication.
- Les Mysteres de Paris; The Mysteries of Paris.
MADE. HERRMANN
Will also exhibit her extraordinary powers of
SECOND SIGHT; OR ANTI-MAGNETISM,
By divining, with Closed Eyes, any objects that may be submitted to this proof, which has astonished the most scientific.
- Le Volage des Cartes; Illusions with Cards.
- Le Miroir des Dames; the Lady’s Looking Glass.
- LA BOUTEILLE INEPUISABLE; THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BOTTLE.
- Robin le Sorcier (piece mecanique); Robin the Sorcerer.
- La Poche Marveilleuse; The Marvellous Pocket.
- Le Noces de Canaes; The Nuptials of Cana.
- Satan et son Mouchoir; Satan and his Kerchief.
- Les Colombes Sympathetiques; The Sympathetic Doves.
- LE CADRAN MATHEMATICIEN; THE MATHEMATICAL CLOCK.
- Le Timbre Isole (piece mecanique); The Isolated Clock Bell.
- Le pain de sucre Magique; The Magic Sweetcake.
- Plusieurs tours de Cartes nouveaux et de magie blanche; New Illusions with Cards and White Magic.
- La naissance des Poissons rouges, execute en habit de ville; The Birth of Gold Fish; performed in an Evening Dress.
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Alexander was destined by his father to the practice of medicine, but fate willed otherwise.