This play consists in telling a story, and at the same time making marks to illustrate what you are telling. For instance,"An old man and his wife lived in a little round cabin. I will sketch it for you with my pencil, so that you may know it. Here it is: 0 This cabin had a window in the middle, which I shall make thus : ° On one side was a projecting door, which I shall make opposite the window, thus : = From the side opposite the door branched out a road, bordered on one side by a hedge. Here is a print of

This road terminated in a large pond. Here it Herbs grew round it, which I mark thus :

One night some robbers came to the farther end of this pond. I will mark them thus: The old woman heard them, and persuaded her husband to get up and see what was the matter. The old people travelled along, down to about the middle of the pond, and there they stopped. I shall represent them thus:           Each one held out a hand to keep silence, which movement I shall mark thus:

"But they did not hear any thing; for the robbers had taken fright, and run away. After standing out in the cold some time for nothing, the old man said to his wife, ' Go back to the house : you are nothing but a goose?"As you say these words, hold up the sheet of paper on which you have been drawing, and the company will see the print of a goose rudely sketched, thus:

While making your marks, you must be careful that those who are watching you see the print sideways or upside down: otherwise they will be apt to suspect your design before you finish it.