. Thackerayana;. off in little marginal sketches. One of the best of these is anillustration of the contagious dancing mania said to be excited bythe bite of the tarantula spider— against the effect of whichneither youth nor age afforded any protection, so that old men of. ninety threw away their crutches, and the very sight of those soaffected was equally potent. These sketches are, however, sosmall that we think it advisable to exclude them from our selec-tion. The pantomimic mesmerism produced by the harlequins MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, AND MAGNETISM. 217 magic wand, and practically seconded by th
. Thackerayana;. off in little marginal sketches. One of the best of these is anillustration of the contagious dancing mania said to be excited bythe bite of the tarantula spider— against the effect of whichneither youth nor age afforded any protection, so that old men of. ninety threw away their crutches, and the very sight of those soaffected was equally potent. These sketches are, however, sosmall that we think it advisable to exclude them from our selec-tion. The pantomimic mesmerism produced by the harlequins MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, AND MAGNETISM. 217 magic wand, and practically seconded by the sly slaps of theclown, are happily given on the fly-leaf of the treatise; and avastly original and startling result of animal magnetism records onthe last page the droller impressions of the artist-reader on thesubject, through the medium of his pencil.
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