| Show A OP OF MEMORY wonderful accomplishment to which the mind was trained some light Is thrown en on the billt les ct of memory culture by an inter esting recital contained in the auto biography of robert boudin the famous conjurer he taught his son to glance at say a shop window and to memorize accurately as in a brain picture the window a contents then he lie would ask him to describe the ton con tents checking and correcting him as he went on on one occasion boudin was commanded to the tuileries Tuil erles eries to give a performance before the french court As be he passed through an anteroom to the salon he bade his son to note the arrangement of the rooms room and the contents of the bookcases then at the close of the entertain ment boudin astonished his audience by giving what he called a second eight test declaring his ll larity with the Tuille erles ries boudin blindfolding his son asked him to send his gaze through the wall of the room to the chamber beyond to describe the arrangement of the chain her and to read the titles of the vol umes on the shelves of the bookcases this feat the young lad accomplished to the astonishment of the court |
