SECTION VII. THE SCHOOL OF El&AUMUE 



JOHANN LEONHAED FKISCH 

 1666-1743 



Besohreibung von allerley Inseoten in Teutsoh-Iand, &c. 13 pts. 4to. 

 Berlin. 1720-38. 



Keaumur is of course the chief figure in this Section, but 

 before we enter upon Reaumur it will be convenient to 

 notice his forerunner Frisch, who studied insects in the 

 same spirit, though with less power, and with none of 

 the advantages of wealth and position which his great 

 successor enjoyed. 



Frisch, the writer of the first important German 

 treatise on insects, was rector of a gymnasium in Berlin, 

 author of several dictionaries, and director of historical 

 studies under the Berlin Academy of Sciences. He is 

 also remembered as the introducer of the mulberry into 

 Prussia. When past fifty he began to publish his Insects 

 of Germany, which appeared in parts for eighteen years, 

 and at length included three hundred diff"erent insects. 

 It found plenty of readers, and more than one edition 

 appeared in his life-time. Then he undertook the Birds 

 of Germany, and had worked at them for eight years 

 when death put a stop to his varied labours ; the memoir 

 was completed by one of his sons. 



Frisch was a careful and diligent observer, bent not 



