Spectacles And How To Choose Them

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Excerpt from Spectacles, and How to Choose Them: An Elementary Monograph For many years after this discovery, no special ad vancement was made, and the use of Spectacles remained confined to supplying the deficiencies of the eye couse quent on age. During the past half century, however, and especially during the last quarter, the subject has been carefully studied by men eminent in the known sciences. That use which was based on a simple acci dental discover has been supplanted by one controlled by unvarying laws solved by the higher mathematics. Opinions based on the knowledge of past years should be discarded. NO age is now necessarily implied by their use. They may be worn by anyone at some period of life, for one or more of the many affections to Which they give relief. 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.

A nearsighted little girl talks about and shows some of the unusual things she saw before being fitted with glasses.