The Diamond Lens

by Fitz-James O'Brien

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

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