Excerpt from Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum, or Magazine of Remarkable Characters, Vol. 2: Including All the Curiosities of Nature and Art, From the Remotest Period to the Present Time, Drawn From Every Authentic Source Janvartv 12, 1749.-at the New Theatre in the Hay market, on Monday next, the l6th instant, is to be seen, a person who performs the several most surprising things following; viz. - lst, He takes a common walking cane from any of the spectators, and thereon plays the music 'o'f every instrument now in use, and likewise sings to em prising perfection 2dly, He presents you with a common wine bottle, which any of the spectators may first exa mine; this bottle is placed on a table in the middle of the stage, and he (without any equivocation) goes into it, in the sight of all the spectators, and sings in it; during his stay in the bottle, any person may handle it, and see plainly that it does not exceed a common tavern bottle. Those on the stage, or in the hexes, may come in masked habits (if agreeable to them); and the performer, if de sired, will inform them who they arer - Stage, 7s. 6d. Boxes, 55. Pit, 33. Gallery, 25. Tickets to be had at the Theatre - To begin at half an hour after six o'clock. The performance continues about two hours and a half. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.