The Thing Itself
by Matt Rossoni
“Wonderful display of Optical Illusions. Which introduces the Phantoms, or Apparitions of the Dead and Absent, in a way more completely illusive than has ever been witnessed, as the objects freely originate in the air, and unfold themselves in various forms, and sizes such as imagination alone has hitherto painted them, occasionally assuming a figure and most perfect resemblance of the heroes and other distinguished characters of past and present times. This Spectrology professes to expose the practices of artful imposters and exorcists, and to open the eyes of those who still foster an absurd belief in Ghosts or Disembodied Spirits”
– Showmen Bologna and Tomlinson, New York Evening Post, 4 November 1803
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