G. D. L. R.
Au rédacteur du Courrier des spectacles
Le Courrier des spectacles, ou Journal des théâtres, Paris 27 march 1800, pp. 3-4.
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Letter signed G. D. L. R. about a new visit to the cabinet of the physicist «Robert-Son» (Robertson): besides the Fantasmagorie, made reassuring by the presence of many pretty female spectators, the author describes the Femme invisible, which is no longer found only «on a third floor» in rue des Prêtres-Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (Doctor Laurent's show): Robertson has penetrated the mystery and presents it in a perfectly isolated glass chest, with a funnel that receives questions and returns exact answers in a female voice that seems very close but is probably far away; the author finds no opening in the wall and admits he does not know the secret. There follow the demonstration of the galvanic fluid on a frog and praise of the sessions' simplicity free of charlatanism; on the same page, the advertisement for Robertson's Fantasmagoria (cour des Capucines, place Vendôme) promises the «Expérience de la Femme invisible» at 6.30 pm. Full transcription and Italian translation.
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French
