The film, "is impressively elaborate, with single shots containing multiple trick effects achieved through complex double exposures and superimpositions," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was so startling that it moved the legendary stage illusionist J.N.
Afterwards, he feels pain for his loss, but suddenly a fairy appears to him, who displays a magic sword and tells him that he can use it to rescue his lady.
And also, it is a film that is full of special effects, including the impressive moment in which a giant ogre appears suddenly on the merlons of a castle.
Paul stated that "the use of Anglo-Saxon figures and costumes can not fail to please English-speaking audiences, who have grown weary of foreign images of this kind."
Regardless of whether there is any contemporary evidence of this, it seems likely that Paul has been referring to the popularity of fantasies based on the tricks of Georges Méliès.