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  • THE LIFE AND LOVE OF THE INSECT
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    THE LIFE AND LOVE OF THE INSECT
    JEAN-HENRI FABRE
    Amazing! A collection of methodical observations of select insects, from dung beetles to scorpions, by an early French entomologist. His eloquent and charming language, utter dedication, and love of the subject permeate the essays. Reading this book feels like looking over the shoulder of Fabre as he digs up dung beetle nests, watches courting scorpions walk for hours hand-in-h...

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  • INSECT LIFE SOUVENIRS OF A NATURALIST
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    INSECT LIFE SOUVENIRS OF A NATURALIST
    JEAN-HENRI FABRE
    Excerpt: "Fabre’s great merit is his graphic portraiture of the living insect as it really is. This proves to be very different from insect life as it is usually supposed to be by the uninstructed, and as it is only too frequently represented to be in books. In the volume now offered to the reader he is almost entirely concerned with the instinct of Hymenoptera, the highest of ...

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  • FIELD, FOREST AND FARM
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    FIELD, FOREST AND FARM
    JEAN HENRI FABRE
    Often considered the father of modern entomology, Jean Henri Fabre makes science accessible in Field, Forest, and Farms Uncle Paul discusses a variety of scientific topics with his band of attentive nephews. These discussions introduce readers to soil and soil-enriching substances, to plants and their various parts, as well as to insects and several different bird species. Uncl...

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  • MORE BEETLES
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    MORE BEETLES
    JEAN-HENRI FABRE
    Excerpt: "Childhood is pitiless because it does not understand, for nothing is more cruel than ignorance. None of my madcaps will heed the sufferings of the insect, a melancholy galley-slave chained to a cannon-ball. These artless minds find amusement in torture. I dare not always call them to order, for I admit that I on my side am also guilty, though I am ripened by experienc...

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