. New games and amusements for young and old alike. tage. As I fixed myeyes upon these glittering spheres, I noticedthe imprisoned bubble strike upon the bottomof the larger one and bound up again. This itdid a number of times. Phil might have spentthe remainder of the evening in repetition ofthis beautiful achievement, but, as Harryenthusiastically announced to the audience,there were more tricks to come. More tricks?What else could be done? Fairly beaming with satisfaction at the successof his double-bubble trick, Phil took a largehoop and, dipping it in one of the great pans,withdrew it cov
. New games and amusements for young and old alike. tage. As I fixed myeyes upon these glittering spheres, I noticedthe imprisoned bubble strike upon the bottomof the larger one and bound up again. This itdid a number of times. Phil might have spentthe remainder of the evening in repetition ofthis beautiful achievement, but, as Harryenthusiastically announced to the audience,there were more tricks to come. More tricks?What else could be done? Fairly beaming with satisfaction at the successof his double-bubble trick, Phil took a largehoop and, dipping it in one of the great pans,withdrew it covered by a film. Then he heldthe lustrous disk well up in front of him andstarted to blow. Had our magician been inleague with the spirits of the mythical North,he could hardly have produced a result moreweird and fantastic. Starting from the hoop, first slowly and thenalmost shooting forth, was an ever-moving,ever-lengthening, ever-varying, twisting, writh-ing shape—such a form, in fact, as might havefound existence in the imagination of Edgar58. A SHOWER OF BUBBLES
Size: 1505px × 1660px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpubli, booksubjectamusements
