The left page of the open book is blank, showing the texture of old paper. The right page shows a mirrored imprint of a title page from the other side, along with a modern purple ink stamp at the top.

[Left page is blank]

Purple ink stamp at the top center of the page.

The following text is a mirrored ghost image of the title page from the preceding volume in the series.

Theater of Wonders

secret sciences: magical adventures, apparitions of spirits and illusions, riddles of nature, sympathetic and magnetic phenomena. Also covering sympathy, palm reading, higher astrology and divination, chiromancy, geomancy, alchemy and its branches, etc.

ancient manuscripts, printed works, and modern experiences.
Intended as a contribution to the history of culture and literature, mysticism, religious sects, secret brotherhoods, and related curiosities.

J. Scheible.

Fourth Part:

Authentic? Legend of Faust?