Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct. [3]

Illustrators:

N, pseud.  [William Newman] *

Subjects:

Light, Instruments, Amusement

    Describes the widespread use of telescopes during the 'summer and autumn sun' at Margate. Notes that uses of the telescope include observing people on steam-boats and, on inverting the instrument, gaining close-up views of food. Illustrations show a telescope being poked out of a window and consequently knocking over a passer-by, and a plethora of telescopes poking out of windows in a seaside hotel.