364 ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS. 
BOOK THE FIRST.—METAMORPHOSIS. 
CHAPTER I.—TERROR AND REPUGNANCE OF CHILDHOOD. 
Extract from a Journal written by Madame Michelet, 
In which she describes a visit to the home of her childhood, 
Painful impressions produced by the ravages of the insect, 
The writer comments on the repugnance with which the insect is viewed hy childhiood, 
This repugnance is not shared by Nature, ... 
Which protects and facilitates it in its work, 
On account of its vast importance, 
CHAPTER II.—COMPASSION. 
The artist Gros reproached a young man for cruelty towards a butterfly, 
Lyonnet, the naturalist, equally insisted on tenderness towards even the lowest forms of 
life, 
The writer records his Riventiee wath a iene, hich he Proneet He bad allied, ina eaomieat 
of petulance, ; 
His happiness on seeing the Fae revive, 
Begins to study the insect seriously on a core domme, 
Another extract from Madame Michelet’s Journal, 
In which is described the author’s retreat at Montreux on eis pier on the ake ip 
Geneva, 
In one of her walks she ebeeres a combat rene a see trecile and a ectle ae afore 
size, 
The stag-beetle is eaanured fon the purpose of Scammtanting, 
Effect produced upon it by the vapour of ether, 
Regret expressed at having terminated its existence, 
CHAPTER III.—WORLD-BUILDERS. 
The world outside the terrestrial world, 
The world of the infinitely little ; the architects ae ocean, 
The immense works pee aaiened by the lower organisms, 
They build up reefs, banks, islands, ... 
The manufacture of chalk described, 
How a coral-island is gradually developed, ... 
Examples of the iabours of the coral animals, 
CHAPTER IV.—LOVE AND DEATH. 
Above these organisms in the scale of creation comes the insect, 
Its individuality is explained ; its mode of reproduction, 
The insect-mother dies in producing her offspring, : 
But with extraordinary sagacity has provided for its pEppene and preetion 
Examples given of this wonderful maternal prevision, 
The labours of the mother-bee explained, 
Reference to the ‘‘ Nymphs of Fontainebleau,” 
CHAPTER V.—THE ORPHAN : ITS FEEBLENESS. 
The insect enters upon life naked and necessitous, 
But all its wants have been carefully anticipated, 
Night, however, is the great protection of the embryo, 
How it endeavours to guard against cold, 
In its necessities originate its various industries, 
After a time comes its season of trial, 
Of which it exhibits a marvellous presentiment, pad for solide it paren, arene 
CHAPTER VI.—THE MUMMY, NYMPH, OR CHRYSALIS. 
The meaning of the insect to the ancient Egyptians, 
The beetle was regarded as a symbol of Eternity, 
Has modern science swept aside the ancient poetry ? 
That it is not so, is shown by Réaumur’s discoveries, 
Which show us the marvellous changes the insect undergoes, 
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