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PROGRAMME OF SCENERY, &c.
Gallery of Illustration. Introduction—a Study (after nature),—Mr. G. Morris.
Exhibition Room of “The Ascent of Mont Blanc,” At the Egyptian Hall (after Albert Smith).
The Stage has been arranged to represent A Swiss Châlet, Of nearly the actual size of the Original, from a Model furnished expressly by Mr. G. Morris; the various Rustic Decorations from the (Hay) Market Room; the Plants and Flowers from the Maison Marché au Foin, Rue Suffolk, Londres. The Gas arrangements by Mr. Talby.
Copy of the celebrated Duel Scene in the “Corsican Brothers,” As exhibited at the Princess's Theatre. Act 1st supposed to be in Act 2nd or Act 2nd supposed to be in Act 1st.
(Mr. O'Connor.)
View of the Gold Diggings in Drury Lane Theatre.
THE ASCENT, (Panorama by Mr. Charles Marshall).
General View of Mount Parnassus, Departure of Mr. Buckstone by the stage, and arrival by the same conveyance at the Village of Krissa, near the Gorge of the Pleistus.
Commencement of the Ascent by the Schiste, and the “Sacred Way,” or old original Gradus ad Parnassum.
Visit of Mr. Buckstone to the Ruins of the City of Delphi And Modern Greek Village of Kastri, the Site of the Ancient Temple of Apollo.
Convent and Chapel of St. John, On the Road to the Castalian Spring. Arrival and Halt of the Party at the CASTALIAN FOUNTAIN.
Temporary Resuscitation of the Muses by Good Fortune, and introduction of the “Tuneful Nine” to Mr. Buckstone—Present condition and habits of the Muses described by themselves—Resumption of the journey and curious passage into the natural Crystal Palace in the Corycian Cave.
Sixty Stadia above Delphi.
THE HAUNT OF PAN AND THE CORYCIAN NYMPHS.
Mr. Buckstone is fortunate enough to assist at one of the “Frantic Orgies” of the Nymphs, who “madden on the summit of Mount Parnassus,” and witness A Cloven Pas Seul, By Pan, Mr. Joseph Marshall. Tremendous Chasm or Crevice in the Cavern, affording a dazzling view of the Snowy Peak of Liakura, the Summit of Mount Parnassus, and Apollo's Seat by Sunrise.
Perilous situation of Mr. Buckstone and all the party. Desperate resolution to continue the Ascent of Mount Parnassus (if permitted to do so by the public) and “Coming Down” of the Curtain.
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