Excerpt from Glimpses of the Wonderful: A Series of Instructive Sketches for the Young The microscope strikingly exhibits the superiority of the works of nature over those of art. Examined through its magic lens, the finest, the most delicate engraving looks coarse and harsh - lines meant to be smooth and accurate, appear rugged and distorted - its most carefully measured spaces are found to be grossly incorrect and unequal - the finest needle that man can make appears as rough and pointless as the kitchen poker - the most delicate tissue of silk or lace presents the appearance of an irregular and confused assemblage of rough hempen cables. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.