VIGNETTES 



FROM 



INVISIBLE LIFE. 



I. PLANT ANIMALS. 



f( Joy you in fairies aud in elves ? 

 We are of that sort ourselves." CAMPION. 



" Full Nature swarins with life ; one wondrous whole 

 Of animals or atoms organised." THOMSON. 



WHAT we have sketched on the next page resembles 

 a tree ; but when the drawing is examined certain 

 peculiarities of an exceptional character present 

 themselves. There are the trunk and branches and 

 flowers, but no leaves. But many trees develop 

 the flower first. And then in our sketch there is 

 no sign of leafage ; neither are there any roots. 

 Again, the flowers themselves seem to be fringed 

 with hair. Obviously, there is something new and 

 strange about this apparent tree ; and it is indeed 



