Text: Readings in prose and verse: with supplementary lecture book containing lectures and readings for the magic lantern (London: Theobald & Co., n.d.)
Front cover
This compilation appeared in numerous editions over a long period, with some reading titles added or removed from time to time and minor variations in the title and cover design. No edition is known with the entire content in one single binding, and there is some duplication of page numbers as titles were added and removed.
There is also evidence that slide dealers retailed editions of this compilation with their own names on the cover (e.g. the Walter Tyler version illustrated here). This is presumed to be a commercial arrangement between the two businesses, though there may be another explanation, including the takeover of Theobald's stock by Tyler after the former business was wound up.
Jack's treasure: the story of a London waif, pp. 2-5
Views of Palestine, pp. 5-6
Poor Tom: or a boy's struggle against temptation, pp. 6-9
Belle Belton and her bicycle adventure, pp. 10-11
Robinson Crusoe: first series, pp. 11-13
The artist and the musician, pp. 12-13
Bicycle experiences of Tony Tompkins, pp. 14-15
Fun's edition of the poets, pp. 14-15
Thomas Ingoldsby, The jackdaw of Rheims, pp. 16-19
Sinbad the sailor, pp. 20-24
Natural history: second series, pp. 25-26
The Pilgrim's progress, pp. 27-30
The Arctic expedition of 1875-6, pp. 31-33
Continental views, pp. 34-35
Gulliver's travels to Liliput, pp. 36-38
The overland route to India, pp. 39-43
The elephant's revenge: or, the new Jumbo in Africa, pp. 44-45
William Cowper, The diverting history of John Gilpin, pp. 46-49
Dick Whittington, pp. 50-51
Bluebeard, pp. 52-54
The tiger and the tub, pp. 55-56
The emigrant's voyage, pp. 57-60
Aladdin: or the wonderful lamp, pp. 61-64
The life of Joseph, pp. 65-67
The life of Christ: first series, pp. 68-69
Jack the giant killer, pp. 68-70
The life of Christ: second series, pp. 71-74
Palestine, pp. 75-78
The heroes of the lifeboat, pp. 79-86
The heroes of the Victoria Cross, pp. 87-90
Old London and our ancestors, pp. 91-94
Robinson Crusoe: second series, pp. 95-99
Mischievous Tommy: or, a boy's troubles, pp. 100-103
Canadian life: past and present, pp. 104-106
Scenes in the Arctic regions, pp. 107-109
Cash Three, pp. 110-113
Rose Hartwick Thorpe, Curfew must not ring tonight, pp. 114-115
Natural phenomena, pp. 116-119
The Swiss family Robinson, pp. 120-121
The dogs and monks of St Bernard, pp. 122-123
Reuben Davidger: or, captured by Malay pirates, pp. 124-126
Bob the fireman: or, life in the red brigade, pp. 126-129
Pompey's joys and sorrows: a comical nigger story, pp. 130-133
Mother Hubbard, p. 133
Don Quixote, pp. 134-135
The Holy Land, pp. 136-137
The stations of the Cross, p. 138
The precocious pigs, pp. 139-141
Life in Africa, pp. 141-143
The phantom ship, pp. 144-145
Puss in boots, pp. 146-147
The story of Little Muck, pp. 148-151
The caliph stork, pp. 152-154
The house that Jack built, pp. 154-155
Jacky Marlingspike, pp. 156-157
Punch and Judy, pp. 158-159
The dwarf Long Nose, pp. 160-162
Jeremi, p. 162
Caroline Norton, Bingen on the Rhine, pp. 163-164
The educated cats, pp. 165-166
Clara de Chatelain, Pussy's road to ruin, pp. 167-168
The pilot's story, pp. 168-170
On the brink: a tale of Monte Carlo, pp. 171-173
Scenes from Pickwick, etc., pp. 174-175
The land of the pigtail, pp. 176-177
Cinderella, pp. 178-180
Santa Claus and his visits on Christmas Eve, pp. 180-182
Ali Baba: or, the forty thieves, pp. 183-186
Red Riding Hood, pp. 187-188
Jerome K. Jerome, Utopia, pp. 189-191
Romeo and Juliet, pp. 192-195
Natural history, pp. 196-198
Pilgrim's progress, pp. 199-201
Aladdin: new series, pp. 202-204
Nellie's prayer, pp. 205-206
Sinbad the sailor, pp. 207-210
Modern London views, pp. 211-212
The charge of the Light Brigade, and life with the colours, pp. 213-214
The overland route to India: new series, pp. 215-216
Life on board an ocean palace, pp. 217-218
Adventures with wild beasts, pp. 219-220
Scenes from the New Testament, pp. 221-222
The village blacksmith, pp. 223-224
How Cissie saved her father, pp. 225-228
Celebrated places of the world, pp. 229-230
The history of a chicken, pp. 231-232
Rain while you wait, pp. 231-232
Pictures from the Old Testament, pp. 236-237
The Arctic Circle, pp. 238-239
Reynard the fox: first series, pp. 240-241
Discovery of America by Columbus, pp. 242-243
Western pioneers and Indian warfare, pp. 244-246
The calculating cobbler, pp. 247-248
The prodigal son, pp. 249-250
Comic characters, p. 251
Jack and the bean stalk, pp. 252-253
Life in the Soudan, pp. 254-255
Beauty and the beast, pp. 256-257
Paul and Virginia, pp. 258-259
Reynard the fox: second series, pp. 260-261
The children in the wood, pp. 262-264
How Jane Conquest rang the bell, pp. 265-266
The slaves of drink, pp. 267-269
Dickens' Christmas carol, pp. 270-272
The wicked parents, p. 274
The snow white princess, p. 275
The hare and the hedgehog, p. 276
Mrs Wolf and seven little goats, p. 277
Jack the giant killer, pp. 278-279
St George and the dragon, pp. 280-281
The miracles of Christ, pp. 282-284
The valorous little tailor, pp. 285-286
Little Red Cap, pp. 286-287
Brother and sister and the fairy gazelle, pp. 288-289
Little Tom Thumb, p. 289
On the banks of the Nile, pp. 290-291
Incidents in the life of David, pp. 292-293
Jessie's dream: or the relief of Lucknow, pp. 294-295
Handy Andy, pp. 296-297
Celebrated castles, palaces, etc., pp. 299-300
The fine art gallery, pp. 301-303
The three bears, pp. 304-305
Tom Thumb and his six brothers, pp. 306-308
The life of Luther, pp. 309-311
Views in Switzerland, pp. 312-313
Naughty Norman: or the boy who would not be photographed, pp. 314-315
Robinson Crusoe: third series, pp. 316-318
The two drunkards, pp. 319-321
Views of modern London: second series, pp. 322-323
Views of the Bavarian king's castles: and other celebrated scenes, pp. 324-325
The Old Testament: series no. 3, pp. 326-327
Old Testament: series no. 4, pp. 328-329
The life of Moses, pp. 330-331
Old Testament: series no. 6, pp. 332-333
New Testament: series no. 2, pp. 334-335
New Testament: series no. 3, pp. 336-337
New Testament: series no. 4, pp. 338-339
Natural history -- reptiles: series no. 1, pp. 340-341
Natural history -- reptiles: series no. 2, pp. 342-343
Natural history -- birds: series no. 1, pp. 344-345
Natural history -- birds: series no. 2, p. 346
Effects slides: series no. 1, p. 347
Effects slides: series no. 2, pp. 348-349
Effects slides: series no. 3, pp. 350-351
Celebrated castles, palaces, etc.: series no. 2, pp. 352-353
Celebrated castles, palaces, etc.: series no. 3, pp. 354-355
The crocodile, the elephant, and the monkeys, p. 356
The sailor and the donkey, p. 357
The baker and the tarred fence, pp. 358-359
Loved unto death: first series, pp. 360-362
Loved unto death: second series, pp. 363-364
Peter the fisherman: first series, pp. 365-366
Peter the fisherman: second series, pp. 367-368
Picturesque Ireland, pp. 369-370
The rival bill posters, p. 371
A lively snowball, pp. 373-374
The doctor's boy and the whitewashers, pp. 375-376
Bonnie Scotland, pp. 377-379
American views: series 5, pp. 380-381
American views: series 5a, pp. 382-383
American views: series 5b, pp. 384-385
American views: series 5c, pp. 386-387
Airships and aeroplanes, pp. 388-391
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