Punch,  45 (1863), 143.

Shadows of the Week

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Invention, Pneumatics, Palaeontology, Exhibitions, Music, Amusement


    Notes the visit of 'the Ghost' to the Lord Chancellor, Richard Bethell (1st Baron Westbury), and how John H Pepper complained that 'whenever the Ghost had been done, he had been "done" as well'. Also notes that since the 'Liverymen of the Honourable Company of Musicians' are to give a 'Monster Concert in the pre-Adamite portion of the Crystal Palace', the London Pneumatic Despatch Company 'have engaged to supply the Ichthyosaurus with sufficient wind' to play the bassoon.



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