Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct. [3]

Illustrators:

N, pseud.  [William Newman] *

Subjects:

Meteorology, Light, Invention, Politics, Domestic Economy

    Describes the new 'Fog-Glasses' which apparently enables the wearer to see through thick London fog. Wishes to test the invention by attempting to read an inscription placed inside a tureen of soup. Promises to promote the invention if it proves successful and speculates on the possibility of adapting it to see through obscure 'political' atmospheres. Illustrations depict a horse wearing the 'Fog-Glasses', an omnibus conductor using a telescope to see through fog, and omnibus-men wearing metallic head-pieces, presumably to enhance their vision.