Objects seen by a magic-lantern reversed.

Editor's note: the following entries were written between October 1836 and July 1837; no specific date is written in the journal.

A man to flatter himself with the idea that he would not be guilty of some certain wickedness, as, for instance, to yield to the personal temptations of the devil, yet to find, ultimately, that he was at that very time committing that same wickedness.

What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude?

A girl s lover to be slain and buried in her flowergarden, and the earth levelled over him. That particular spot, which she happens to plant with some peculiar variety of flowers, produces them of admirable splendour, beauty, and perfume; and she delights, with an indescribable impulse, to wear them in her bosom, and scent her chamber with them. Thus the classic fantasy would be realized, of dead people transformed to flowers.

Objects seen by a magic-lantern reversed. A street, or other location, might be presented, where there would be opportunity to bring forward all objects of worldly interest, and thus much pleasant satire might be the result.