WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS 7 



It would be mere repetition of what the author 

 has put down in description and explanation of 

 the plates to give further illustration of the 

 contrast that obtains between man's crude 

 handiwork and the many beautiful objects that 

 have here been brought under the lens of the 

 photographic camera. 



And such a camera! I have seen many 

 collections of micro-photographs, and I have 

 examined many of the microscopic objects here 

 delineated, but never before have I fully 

 realised either the beauty of the objects them- 

 selves or the possibilities bound up in the 

 method by which these beauties have been 

 reproduced, and so rendered accessible to others 

 than those skilled in the use of the microscope. 



The author and artist have gone over a wide 

 range of subjects, and have selected excellent 

 examples from each section of this range, and 

 any one who will take the trouble to examine a 

 single one of the photographs will be anxious 

 to cover the whole ground. When he has so 

 gone over this ground he should, if he is an 

 observant and thinking man, arise from the 



