18 INTELLECTUAL RECREATION 



The uppermost thought in the minds of 

 those who engage in photo-micrography, even 

 in an elementary way, is, I fancy, What a vast 

 amount of intellectual pleasure people miss 

 who have no knowledge of these instruments, 

 people too who could well afford to have them, 

 and who, if so inclined, could use them with 

 advantage in quarters where valuable time and 

 money are spent at ' Bridge,' and where the 

 powers of conversation rise no higher than in 

 ecstatic admiration of some fancy dog. 



To Amuse, and not to Educate,' is an 

 announcement we see on the hoardings. It 

 expresses the spirit of the times in England. 

 Amusement is the order of the day in dear old 

 England ; and other nations love to have it so, 

 because the more we ' fool away ' our time the 

 more they employ their time and talents in 

 raising the intellectual status of their countries, 

 and as a result their commercial prosperity 

 follows. They are to be commended, while our 

 case is to be deplored. 



It is not hinted for one moment that games 

 and amusements should be abolished; such a 



