THE recent extraordinary discovery in Photography, as applied to the operations of the mind, has reduced the art of
novel-writing to the merest mechanical labour. We have been kindly permitted by the artist to be present during one of his
experiments; but as the invention has not yet been given to the world, we are only at liberty to relate the results, suppressing all
details of chemicals and manipulation.
The operator began by stating that the ideas of the feeblest intellect, when once received on properly prepared paper, could be
`developed' up to any required degree of intensity. On hearing our wish that he would begin with an extreme case, he obligingly
summoned a young man from an adjoining room, who appeared to be of the very weakest possible physical and mental
powers. On being asked what we thought of him we candidly confessed that he seemed incapable of anything but slèep; our
friend cordially assented to this opinion.
The machine being in position, and a mesmeric rapport established between the mind of the patient and the object glass, the
young man was asked whether he wished to say anything; he feebly replied `Nothing'. He was then asked what he was thinking
of, and the answer, as before, was `Nothing'. The artist on this pronounced him to be in a most satisfactory state, and at once
commenced the operation.
After the paper had been exposed for the requisite time,
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