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SCIOPTICON MANUAL. 129 Mount Washington on the wonderful railway, descend to the Glen, glide around to the Profile House, face Eagle Cliff, kiss our hands to the " Old Man of the Moun- tain," shake up the echoes on the lake, and dare the boulder in the flume, all in one half hour. Then, after we have seen Niagara from a hundred standpoints, views made in winter and summer, and travelled up the Mississippi, through Watkin'f) Glen, in- haled the freshness of White Sulphur Springs, wandered among the wildernesses of North Carolina, and seen Flor- ida and Cuba, not to forget the Mammoth Cave, we may go over to Europe. There we ascend the Alps with Prof. Tyndall, go down into the caverns, and clamber among the icicles, or traverse the awful glaciers with their yawning, ever-hungry crevices. Or we may see in the same way the ruins of India, the mysteries of Pompeii, the tombs and pyramids of Egypt, or Koine's seven hills covered with glories, to say nothing of humiliated Paris or exultant Germany. Everything that photography can produce rnay be served up in excellent style, and with little trouble through the instrumentality of Marcy's Improved Magic Lantern. Last evening I had the pleasure of entertain- ing and delighting a whole company of men, women, and children for an hour or two in this way, at the ex- treme cost of five cents for coal oil! The great efficiency of the Sciopticon, as compared with any other lamp-illuminated lantern, together with its simplicity, symmetry, and compactness, its safety, convenience, and fitness for slides of every variety and for various philosophical experiments, makes it unri- valled for home and school purposes. No doubt Mr. Marcy's explanation of it will be ap- preciated, and I need only add that I would not want