Performing pigs, magic tricks, hypnotism, circus arts, pantomime and other popular forms of entertainment during the Victorian era are the focus of a new exhibition on view at the British Library in ...

Victorian fascination with ancient Egypt went far beyond museums and archaeology. For centuries, powdered mummy remains had been sold as medicine, while human and animal mummies were even used to make ...

Evanion the magician could produce a bowl of flames from beneath his coat. He also billed himself as achieving “laughable ventriloquial effects and necromantic feats,” and carried the title the “Royal ...

There Will Be Fun! proclaims the tag line of the British Library’s latest exhibition, a show exploring the spectacle and sheer pleasure of Victorian entertainment through vibrant playbills and posters ...