INSECT ADVENTURESByJ. HENRI FABRESelected and Arranged for Young People by Louis Seymour HasbrouckInsects flyingA newsupplementary reader in nature study for the intermediate grades. A book containing a vast amount of information relating to insect life—the life story of the spider, the fly, the bee, the wasp, and other insects—told by one who was at once a lover of nature, a great scientist, and a most entertaining writer. Maeterlinck calls Fabre the “insects’ Homer,” and declares that his work is as much a classic as the famous Greek epic, and deserves to be known and studied as a classic.This is the first time that Fabre’s writings have been made available for school use, and the book will prove a delight to school children wherever they are given the chance to read it. No live boy or girl could fail to be interested in nature subjects presented by so gifted a naturalist as Fabre in the form of such absorbing adventures.The many quaint sketches with which the book has been illustrated by Elias Goldberg complete its charm.A useful index is included.Cloth.300 pages.Price $1.40WORLD BOOK COMPANYYonkers-on-Hudson, New York2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago
INSECT ADVENTURES
ByJ. HENRI FABRE
Selected and Arranged for Young People by Louis Seymour Hasbrouck
Insects flying
A newsupplementary reader in nature study for the intermediate grades. A book containing a vast amount of information relating to insect life—the life story of the spider, the fly, the bee, the wasp, and other insects—told by one who was at once a lover of nature, a great scientist, and a most entertaining writer. Maeterlinck calls Fabre the “insects’ Homer,” and declares that his work is as much a classic as the famous Greek epic, and deserves to be known and studied as a classic.
This is the first time that Fabre’s writings have been made available for school use, and the book will prove a delight to school children wherever they are given the chance to read it. No live boy or girl could fail to be interested in nature subjects presented by so gifted a naturalist as Fabre in the form of such absorbing adventures.
The many quaint sketches with which the book has been illustrated by Elias Goldberg complete its charm.
A useful index is included.
Cloth.300 pages.Price $1.40
WORLD BOOK COMPANYYonkers-on-Hudson, New York2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago