treated them while in this wicked world.''



CHAPTER FIVE

FIRE-EATING MAGICIANS: CHING LING FOO
AND CHUNG LING SOO.--FIRE-EATERS
EMPLOYED BY MAGICIANS: THE MAN-
SALAMANDER, 1816; MR. CARLTON,
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, 1818; MISS
CASSILLIS, AGED NINE, 1820; THE AFRICAN
WONDER, 1843; LING LOOK AND YAMADEVA
DIE IN CHINA DURING KELLAR'S
WORLD TOUR, 1872; LING LOOK'S DOUBLE,
1879.--ELECTRICAL EFFECTS, THE
SALAMBOS.--BUENO CORE.--DEL KANO.
--BARNELLO.--EDWIN FORREST AS A
HEAT-REGISTER.--THE ELDER SOTHERN
AS A FIRE-EATER.--THE TWILIGHT OF
THE ART.

Many of our most noted magicians have
considered it not beneath their dignity
to introduce fire-eating into their programmes,
either in their own work or by the employment
of a ``Fire Artist.'' Although seldom presenting
it in his recent performances, Ching Ling
Foo is a fire-eater of the highest type, refining
the effect with the same subtle artistry that