Magic lantern - Countries, places, and people. part 2.

Countries, places, and people. Part 3.

A tour in the North
A large set of 28 magic lantern slides with, in all probability, images from the poem by Evan MacColl, "Extracts from Notes of a Tour in the North of Scotland in 1838-39." that appeared in the Celtic Magazine. Slides measure 3.25 inches (8.2 cm) square.
















	The customs officer and poet Evan MacColl was born on September 21, 1808 in Kenmore, Scotland, as the son of Dugald MacColl and Mary Cameron, and was buried in Kingston in 1898. In 1831 the MacColls immigrated to British North America, but Evan stayed behind. Five years later he published "The mountain minstrel", poems and songs in English and Gaelic at his own expense. The following year MacColl was appointed as customs officer in Liverpool. In 1850, after a period of poor health, he obtained a six-month leave to visit his family in Canada. MacColls often wrote about the Scottish landscape, about love and about political events. The Celtic Magazine, 6 (1880-81) published a series of articles on MacColl that was concluded with the publication of a part of the diary of the poet as "Extracts from notes of a tour in the north of Scotland in 1838-39". Probably the images on the slides are taken from this article.

Settlers life among the Indians. A series of pictures depicting episodes in the lives of the early settlers in America. Made by Theobald & Co., England. A set of twelve square slides.

Une aventure chez les Peaux-Rouges.
An adventure among the redskins

This set was published by the French magic lantern manufacturer, Elie Mazo, but probably manufactured by another manufacturer.
The series was sold by the Maison de la Bonne Presse department store in Paris.







Les Phénomènes de la Nature




This series of 12 square lantern slides was issued in France by Mazo, Paris, as #250. It was also issued by Theobald & Co., England under the title 'The Phenomena of Nature'.

To be continued......