TO MY WIFE 



DORA BAY EMERSON 



"The Subject indeed is small, but not inglorious. The Ant as 

 the Pr.nce of Wisdom is pleased to inform us, is exceeding wise. 

 In this Light it may, without Vanity, boast of its being related to 

 you, and therefore by right of Kindred merits your Protection." 



WILLIAM GOULD, "An Account of English Ants," 1747. 



