ABSTRACT
Of course you know what is meant by a magnifying glass-one of those round spectacle glasses that make everything look a hundred times bigger than it is? When any one takes one of these and holds it to his eye, and looks at a drop of water from the pond yonder, he sees above a thousand wonderful creatures that are otherwise never discerned in the water. But they are there, and it is no delusion. It almost looks like a
great plateful of spiders, jumping about in a crowd. And how fierce they are! They tear off each other’s legs and arms, and bodies before and behind; and yet they are merry and joyful in their way.
