Translator's Note 



of these chapters in the present volume. 

 They did so without fee or consideration of 

 any kind, merely on my representation that 

 it would be a great pity if this uniform edi- 

 tion of Fabre's Works should be rendered 

 incomplete because certain essays formed part 

 of volumes of extracts previously published 

 in this country. Their generosity is almost 

 unparalleled in my experience; and I wish to 

 thank them publicly for it in the name of 

 the author, of the French publishers and of 

 the English and American publishers, as well 

 as In my own. 



Some of the chapters have appeared in 

 England in the Daily Mail, the Fortnightly 

 Review and the English Review; some in 

 America in Good Housekeeping and the 

 Youth's Companion; others now see the light 

 in English for the first time. 



I have again to thank Miss Frances Rod- 

 well for the invaluable assistance which she 

 has given me in the work of translation and 

 in the less interesting and more tedious de- 

 partment of research. 



Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. 

 Chelsea, 19 14. 



