‘A Mere Phantom’, The magic lantern: how to buy and how to use it, also how to raise a ghost (London: Houlston & Sons, n.d.)
The pseudonym appears to derive from the Bible (Psalms 39:6): 'Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.'
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