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ANEW supplementary reader in nature study for the 

 intermediate grades. A book containing a vast 

 amount of information relating to insect life the life 

 story of the spider, the fly, the bee, the wasp, and other 

 insects told by one who was at once a lover of nature, a 

 great scientist, and a most entertaining writer. Maeter- 

 linck calls Fabre the "insects' Homer," and declares that 

 his work is as much a classic as the famous Greek epic, 

 and deserves to be known and studied as a classic. 



This is the first time that Fabre's writings have been 

 made available for school use, and the book will prove 

 a delight to school children wherever they are given the 

 chance to read it. No live boy or girl could fail to be 

 interested in nature subjects presented by so gifted a 

 naturalist as Fabre in the form of such absorbing ad- 

 ventures. 



The many quaint sketches with which the book has been 

 illustrated by Elias Goldberg complete its charm. 



A useful index is included. 



Cloth. 300 pages. 



WORLD BOOK COMPANY 



YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK 



2126 PRAIRIE AVENUE, CHICAGO 

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I INSECT ADVENTURES 



By J. HENRI FABRE 



Selected and Arranged for Young People by Louis Seymour Hasbrouck 



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