XI 1 THROUGH MY SPECTACLES 



niscience, a creature of the two elements, sharp-eyed 

 alike in both, possessed of a head which is, in fact, all 

 eyes, have we not here an embodied and tangible " qui 

 vtve," beside which the fabled Argus of old is a tame 

 conception? The seat of its keen intelligence, double- 

 domed and literally begemmed with sight, reinforced, 

 too, with wings which convert the horizon to a present 

 kingdom, where shall my volume look for a more apt 

 emblem? 



Moreover, what reminders of red-letter days are 

 awaked in his familiar shape visions of lush green tan- 

 gles, of water- weeds and lily -pads, of rippling brooks 

 and dipping oars and dancing bobbers ; placid lakes, 

 cool forest glades, and meadows redolent with bloom. 

 May we not accept our dragon-fly even as a courier? 



W. HAMILTON GIBSON, 



i. Washington, Conn. 



