EXHIBITION OF AUTOMATA.
Some extremely well-executed aninink, of the size of life, endowed with mimic animation by means of certain mecluminal contrivances con- cealed within real skins, made their appearance last year amid the count- less entiosiliee of the' Parisian Exhibition ; and their movemenhtusually attracted a considerable throng of observers. These are now transferred to the Egyptian Hall ; and patronage may be worthily bestowed on the ingenious artificer, who by a skilful appliance of wheels and springs effects an illusion that even a knowledge of the means employed can scarcely- dissipate. The hare, the goat, and the ewe, are especially such perfect imitations, that the union between apparent life and real lifeless- ness might have supplied Hoffinann with a more terrible eccentricity after the manner of Calla. Humanity is likewise represented, but with infinitely less success.
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