This Little Light Of Mine

April, 1983

To augment one's basic lighting theme, designers have come out with all manner of jazzy little lights that shine for a variety of purposes. Want to read in bed at three A.M. without waking your sackmate? There's the "Itty Bitty" Book Light, below, that works on A.C. current--or batteries. (The latter, presumably, is for insomniacs who want to plunge into Walden Pond while camping out.) Some tiny beamers utilize a quartz halogen bulb that's coupled with a dimmer. And most can be angled...