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A collection of children's books with the magic lantern in the leading part.
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Die Zauberlaterne, Bilder und Erinnerungen für die Jugend (Pictures and Memories for young People). Leichte Klavierstücke komponiert von Ludvig Schytte, Op.98 (easy piece of music for piano, composed by L.S.). Published by Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, 1898.

The graphics part of cover shows a small group of cute kids with a magic lantern on a stool projecting an image of a clown.





 


 
Illustration from Das lustige Jahr, a German children's book by the married couple Ernst (author) and Ilse (illustrator) Schur.
Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, 1914.

Two children are selecting the next slide to show while the magic lantern projects a chromatrope on the wall.

 




Slide #1 from the magic lantern slide series "The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack".
Pictures from at least one, but possibly more, magic lantern series were taken from this children's book 'My First Fairy tale book'. Mein Erstes Märchenbuch, Verlag Wilh. Effenberger, Stuttgart, end of the 19th century. Illustrations by Heinrich Leutemann and Carl Offterdinger.

 
This wonderful hardcover book, “El Encanto de los Niños” (“The Enchantment of Children”) is filled with 190 elementary science word problems, along with illustrations, geared toward young students. Although there’s no mention of magic lanterns within the book’s pages, the cover illustration of children sitting mesmerized by a magic lantern slide show is phenomenal.

The subtitle of the book is: “Colección de Interesantes Problemas de Física y Química Recreativa. Propios para despertar curiosidad por el estudio de las ciencias y para iniciar a los niños en sus principios fundamentales.” (“Collection of interesting physics and chemistry problems for recreation” meant to “properly arouse curiosity in children about the study of science.”)

It was printed in Madrid, Spain, by “Saturnino Calleja” (“Dark Alley”) in the early 20th century.

It measures about 5.25” (13.5 cm) wide by 7.5” (19 cm) tall, and is a little more than 0.5” (1.3 cm) thick.
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