The Romance of Insect Life =By AGNES GIBERNE= The Romance of the Mighty Deep =By E. S. GREW, M.A.= The Romance of Modern Geology =By J. C. PHILIP, D.Sc., Ph.D.= The Romance of Modern Chemistry =By E. KEBLE CHATTERTON, B.A.= The Romance of the Ship The Romance of Piracy =By T. W. CORBIN= The Romance of Submarine Engineering The Romance of War Inventions =By NORMAN J. DAVIDSON, B.A. (Oxon.)= The Romance of the Spanish Main =By H. O. NEWLAND, F.R.Hist.S.= The Romance of Modern Commerce. SEELEY, SERVICE & CO., LIMITED. * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE EARLY DAYS OF THE MICROSCOPE 17 CHAPTER II SOME EARLY MICROSCOPISTS 29 CHAPTER III THE ACTION OF LIGHT 40 CHAPTER IV THE COMPOUND MICROSCOPE 50 CHAPTER V ANIMAL LIFE IN PONDS AND STREAMS 66 CHAPTER VI PLANT LIFE IN PONDS AND STREAMS 83 CHAPTER VII THE MICROSCOPE AND PLANT LIFE 97 CHAPTER VIII ANIMAL LIFE AND THE MICROSCOPE 112 CHAPTER IX THE STUDY OF THE ROCKS 125 CHAPTER X THE MICROSCOPE AS DETECTIVE 137 CHAPTER XI BACTERIA 152 CHAPTER XII MEDICAL WORK WITH THE MICROSCOPE 167 CHAPTER XIII THE MICROSCOPE AND AGRICULTURE 178 CHAPTER XIV THE MICROSCOPE AND INSECT LIFE 192 CHAPTER XV THE MICROSCOPE BY THE SEASIDE--ANIMAL LIFE 208 CHAPTER XVI THE MICROSCOPE BY THE SEASIDE--PLANT LIFE 225 CHAPTER XVII MICRO-TELESCOPE AND SUPER MICROSCOPE 239 CHAPTER XVIII CHEMISTRY AND THE MICROSCOPE 248 CHAPTER XIX USE OF THE MICROSCOPE IN MANUFACTURES 260 CHAPTER XX THE MICROSCOPE AND CAMERA ALLIED 274 CHAPTER XXI HOW THE GLASS USED IN MICROSCOPES IS MADE 282 CHAPTER XXII THE CHOICE AND USE OF APPARATUS 291 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE NANDA KOT--AN EXAMPLE OF TELE-PHOTOGRAPHY _Frontispiece_ HEAD OF DOG FLEA 56 STARCH GRAINS OF POTATO 72 PHOSPHORESCENCE ANIMALCULÆ 72 PROTEUS ANIMALCULE 72 CYCLOPS 72 BLADDERWORT 88 SPORES OF HORSE-TAIL 88 HAIRS ON A POTATO LEAF 88 SPIROGYRA 88 THORN INSECT 120 HEAD OF PALM WEEVIL 120 LEAF INSECT 120 HEAD OF STICK INSECT 120 FORAMINIFERA 128 DIATOMS 128 STINGING HAIRS OF NETTLE 144