Punch,  51 (1866), 65.

How to Become Invisible

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Light, Magic, Botany, Comparative Philology


    Denies the claim that the 'fern-seed' confers the 'gift of invisibility' but explains that by wearing a 'seedy suit' 'your acquaintance will pass you [in the street] without seeing you'.



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