Theatrical and Circus Life or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-Room and Sawdust Arena
CHAPTER XI.
THE ILLUSIONS OF THE STAGE.
Mrs. Bellamy and Mr. St. Leger in Dublin--Rousseau's Description of Paris Opera--Modern Mechanism--Producing Steam, Fire, Thunder, Lightning, etc.--Olive Logan and her Jewels--Snow Storm in "The Two Orphans"--Rain in "Hearts of Oak"--Rivulets in "Danites"--Funny Inventory of "Property" in a London Theatre 162-182