The Shows of London
by Richard Altick
Buy on AmazonI found this exquisite and immense study of the early-19th-century illusion palaces... That book is as full of magic as the shows it describes.
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"I found this exquisite and immense study of the early-19th-century illusion palaces... That book is as full of magic as the shows it describes."
By the Book: Steven Johnson · nytimes.com