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PREFACE 



all outdoors, is commonly observed by children, is the most 

 intelligent insect, and has been an interesting object of 

 study, speculation or observation by many people, from 

 rustic to savant, since the beginning of recorded literature. 

 How many hundred years since Aesop wrote the story of 

 "The Ant and Grasshopper"? What child in any land has 

 not heard or read the story! 



J. DEAN SIMKINS. 



East San Diego, California. 



July 1, 1922. 



