CONTENTS

CHAPTER IPAGE
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]