10 WAYS OF THE SIX-FOOTED 



Offers the wanderiug bee 

 A fragrant chapel for his matin lay." 



Thus Bryant finds the bee a " Fellow Worshipper." 



The bumblebee has ever been a favorite with Amer- 

 ican poets. Emerson has thought her worthy a separate 

 poem, in which he pays this tribute to her music : — 



" Hot midsummer's petted crone, 

 Sweet to me thy drowsy tone 

 Tells of countless sunny hours, 

 Long days, and solid banks of flowers." 



The Minnesingers 



To the minnesingers belong the insects which sing 

 in order to facilitate their wooings. These are all 

 of the masculine gender and are provided by nature 

 with various sorts of instruments, upon which they 

 play for the delectation of their ladies, who are mostly 

 shy, silent creatures ; however, they seem to have a 

 very appreciative and, at the same time, a very dis- 

 criminating taste for music. The first of the insect 

 troubadours which we Avill stiidy is the cicada. 



This musician is no near relative of the other love 

 singers, as he belongs to another order of insects alto- 

 gether. He is an interesting-looking fellow, with a 

 stout body and broad, transparent wings quite ornately 

 veined. Probably because of his song, his name has 



