Zoology

Bees, Shown to the ChildrenDEAR ANNIE AND KATIE,When I was a little boy I often wished that my soldiers would come to life. I used to think how grand it would be if only I could have a city of little people on the...

The Mason-WaspsThis is the second volume on Wasps in the Collected Edition of Fabres Souvenirs entomologiques. The first of these was The Hunting Wasps; and the present volume is somewhat wilfully entitled, for all Wasps hunt in varying degrees, if not on their own...

The Life of the WeevilI have gathered into this volume the essays on Weevils contained in the Souvenirs entomologiques, lest I should swell unduly the number of volumes devoted to Beetles, of which there will be three in all, or four if we include...

Subject to Vanity , , . WHY were cats created? I do not mean this as a sceptical question, doubtful of any end in their creation; no answer about adaptation and environment would be adequate, nor any statement of specific use. For with all...

The Life of the CaterpillarThis, the sixth volume of the Collected Edition of Fabres Entomological Works in English, is the first that I am preparing for publication since the authors death, on the 11th of October, 1915, at an exceedingly advanced age. It contains...

Animal Life in Field and GardenIn these talks that we shall have together, said Uncle Paul, as he sat with his nephews one evening in May under the big elder tree in the garden, I propose to designate as friends those forms of animal...

The Life of the ScorpionIn April, when the Swallow returns to us and the Cuckoo sounds his first note, a revolution takes place among my hitherto peaceable Scorpions. Several whom I have established in the colony in the enclosure, leave their shelter at nightfall,...

The Sacred Beetle, and OthersIn the building of the nest, the family safeguard, we see the highest manifestation of the faculties of instinct. That clever architect, the bird, teaches us as much; and the insect, with its still more diverse talents, repeats the lesson,...

The Butterflies and Moths of TeneriffeWhen the author left England, in the autumn of 1892, for a winters sunshine in Teneriffe, it was by no means her intention to write on the Lepidoptera of that Island. Soon after her arrival, however, she was struck...

More Minor HorrorsMy publisher tells me that this volume will be regarded as a sequel to The Minor Horrors of War, and he assures me that sequels are not a success. I have no doubt my publisher is right, because if publishers were not...

Emile et les autresA CLAUDE FARRRE A CAUSE DE CHAT COMME A, ET A PAUL LAUTAUD A CAUSE DE CHATI, DE PETITE CAF, DE MINNE ET DE RIQUET, ET DE BIBI, ET DE PITOU ET DE GOLO ET DMILE ET DES AUTRES Jy rponds...

Butterflies and Moths, Shown to the ChildrenIN this little book I want to tell you something about the common butterflies and moths which you may find in almost all parts of the country. But, first of all, I think that perhaps I had better...

The Sea-Shore, Shown to the ChildrenTHIS book is intended to help little boys and girls to use their eyes. The world is full of beautiful sights and wonderful creatures; and some of the most beautiful and wonderful of all are to be seen on...

La Chauve-SourisEn un lieu joliment ou bellement dnomm Jolibeau, il y avait le jardin de la sur de ma grandmre, entre le jardin du vieil aumnier de lHospice et le jardin du vieux monsieur qui jouait de la flte devant la volire de ses...

Vie de GrillonIl nest au monde rien de plus mouvant que lclosion et le droulement dune petite vie, dune vie comme celle de linsecte dont jentreprends ici lhistoire. Petite vie Je viens demployer l une pithte qui ne me plat en aucune faon; mais...

The Life of the GrasshopperI have ventured in the present volume to gather together, under the somewhat loose and inaccurate title of The Life of the Grasshopper, the essays scattered over the Souvenirs entomologiques that treat of Grasshoppers, Crickets, Locusts and such insects as...

The Ivory King: A popular history of the elephant and its alliesThe elephant is the true king of beasts, the largest and most powerful of existing land animals, and to young and old a never ceasing source of wonder and interest. In former geological...

Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's DeskIn looking back over the preparation of these sketches I feel as though each evening I'd gathered up the bits and pieces left over from the day's work and fashioned them into designs for my own amusement and...

EläinvaltiaitaVesi tuntui paljaaseen ihoon lmpimlt kuin maito ja vkevn suolaisuutensa vuoksi niin kantavalta, ett Johns mielestn saattoi pysy sen pinnalla vaikka kuinka kauan. Voimallisena ja taitavana uimarina hnen ei muuta tarvinnut kuin uida suoraan eteenpin vain, vakaasti ja htilemtt, kunnes joko maan tapaisi tai...

Winter Butterflies in BolinasThe Monarch Butterfly Anosia Plexippus is a familiar object in many parts of 4 the United States, but the fact that it migrates, covering in its flights hundreds and even thousands of miles, is not generally known. This butterfly appears in...