ror. So, of course, she saw his picture there, and believed entirely in the old humbug, Nostradamus.
But there are much simpler methods by which the vagaries of light may be made amusing, and among the best of these are what are
called "Chinese shadows." These require a little ingenuity, but they are certainly simple enough. They consist of nothing but a card or paper, upon which the lights of the picture intended to be represented are cut out. When this is held between a candle and a wall, a startling shadow-image may be produced, which one would not imagine to have any connection with the card, unless he had studied the manner in which said card was cut. Here is a picture of a company amusing themselves with these cards. No one would suppose that
