TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 



This is the second volume on Beetles in 

 the complete English edition of Henri Fa- 

 bre's entomological works. The first is en- 

 titled The Sacred Beetle and Others; the 

 second and the third will be known as The 

 Life of the Weevil and More Beetles respec- 

 tively. 



The Glow-worm, which gives its name to 

 the present book, did not form part of the 

 Souvenirs entofnologiques as originally pub- 

 lished. It is one of two essays written spe- 

 cially, at my request, for translation into 

 English, towards the close of Henri Fabre's 

 life; in fact, this and The Ant-lion, a short 

 essay for children, were the last works that 

 came from the veteran author's pen. The 

 Glow-worm appeared first in the Century 

 Magazine. Of the remaining chapters, sev- 

 eral have appeared in various periodicals, 

 notably the English Review and in Land and 

 Water, the editor and proprietors of which 

 admirable weekly have shown the most en- 

 lightened interest in Fabre's work. 



