Excerpt from Ballads in Black: A Series of Original Shadow Pantomimes, With Forty-Eight Full-Page Silhouette Illustrations and Full Directions for Producing Shadow Pictures With Novel EffectsThe proper distance. Of the light from the screen is, in all cases, directly proportional to the size of the latter, the larger the one, the nearer the other, and vice versa. Its exact position must be determined in every case by experiment, and it should be remembered that the greater the distance possible in any case, the better will be the effect of the shadow-pictures. To indicate the division into acts of such pieces as demand it, or to mark the close of the entertainment or of any of its parts, a small, Opaque bod v a large book, for example - ma be placed directly In front of the light. This will effectually prevent the illumination o the screen, and yet leave light enough to enable the actors to prepare for the next piece or act.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.