J. Theobald and Company's extra special illustrated catalogue of magic lanterns, slides and apparatus (circa 1900)

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43 Comic slipping frames, with glass complete, 5s. doz. Binding strips, ready gummed, for binding edges of glass, 3d. per doz. strips ; is. per'gross. clack masks, or discs, for placing between circular glass, 3d. per doz.; is. per gross. OUT OF THE LITHOGRAPHIC SHEETS The Subjects below do not even require transferring. They are on specially prepared transparent paper, and only need to be fastened on to the glass with a little varnish, or if double glasses are used, need only to be placed between the two glasses. Life in Africa Santa Claus Bingen on the Rhine. A tale of love and war Cinderella. 2nd series. The Precocious Piggies The Pilot’s Story. A tale of the sea Jacky Marlingspike. A sailor boy’s adventures The educated Cats and how they were brought up The house that Jack built Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves Punch and Judy Poor Jeremi. A nigger’s comical love story Pussie’s road to ruin On the brink. A tale of Monte Carlo The land of the Pigtail Scenes-from Pickwick, from Cruikshank’s illustrations Puss in Boots The Dwarf Longnose. A new Arabian ^ Night’s Story Effect Slides Day and Night, Summer and Winter Views Effect slides, D^ and Night, Summer and Winter Views, different set Effect slides, D^ and Night, Summer and Winter Views, different set The Caliph Stork. A new Arabian Night Story Little Muck, or the wonderful shoes The Phantom Ship SHEETS FOR SMALL SIZE LANTERNS. No. I Size contains 5 complete tales, to be transferred on glass, 6 by if. „ 2 ,.5 .. .• 7 by 2. „ 3 -.3 " " , 9 i by zf. Each sheet 3s. per sheet. Varnish 6d. per bottle. Glasses, No. i Size, 6d. per doz. ; free gd., or 3s. per gross, rail unpaid. ,, „ 2 ,, 8d. ,, „ lojd., or4s. „ „ „ 3 ,, lod. „ „ IS. 3d., orbs. „ No. I size. No. i sheet comprises Cinderella, Tiger and Tub, Whittington, Elephant, and Crusoe. No. I size. No. 2 sheet comprises Arctic Adventures, Gulliver, Gilpin, Blue Beard, and Puss in Boots. No. I size No. 3 sheet comprises Mother Hubbard, Swiss Family, Reuben Davidger, Bob the Fireman, and Dogs of St. Bernard. No. I size No. 4 sheet comprises Red Riding Hood, Aladdin, Sinbad, Heroes of the Lifeboat, Heroes of the Victoria Cross. No. I size No. 5 sheet comprises 24 rows (for 24 slides) of beautiful comic figures. No, j No. I sheet (same assortment as No, i in No I size copy). No. 3 size No. I sheet comprises Arctic Adventures, Dick Whittington, and Cinderalla. No. 3 size No. 2 sheet comprises Tiger and Tub, Elephant’s Revenge, and Robinson Crusoe. No. 3 size No. 3 sheet comprises Dogs of St. Bernard, Mother Hubbard, Bob the Fireman. No. 3 size No. 4 sheet comprises Red Riding Hood, Sinhad, and Aladdin. No. 3 size No. 5 sheet comprises Heroes of the Lifeboat, Heroes of Victoria Cross and 12 rows of comic figures.