The Diamond Lens

The Diamond Lens


The Diamond Lens, a mad journey through life under a microscope, was published in the anthology Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories (1920), edited by Joseph Lewis French.
"It was no scientific thirst that at this time filled my mind. It was the pure enjoyment of a poet to whom a world of wonders has been disclosed."

Illustration of various Van Leeuwenhoek microscopes by Henry Baker, 1756

The Diamond Lens: E-coli under an electron microscope

Table of Contents


I - The Bending of the Twig
II - The Longing of a Man of Science
III - The Spirit of Leeuwenhoek
IV - The Eye of Morning
V - Animula
VI - The Spilling of the Cup