MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



in white and gray shades by the paper, while twenty 

 were immensely helped by it and to the half-tones it 

 gave a background of tempting richness. So the major- 

 ity of "points" was overwhelmingly in favour of clay 

 coated paper, and knowing how long and patiently I 

 had worked over the material, the powers that control 

 the destiny of this book graciously left it to me to decide 

 questions concerning its manufacture. I have loved the 

 work above anything I ever have done, a fact you will not 

 be slow to recognize as you read and examine the illus- 

 tration. 



There is a wide gulf between a Naturalist and a Nature 

 Lover. A Naturalist devotes his life to delving into 

 stiff scientific problems concerning everything in nature 

 from her greatest to her most minute forms. A Nature 

 Lover works at any occupation and finds recreation in 

 being out of doors and appreciating the common things 

 of life as they appeal to his senses. 



The Naturalist always begins at the beginning and 

 traces family, sub-family, genus and species. He deals 

 in Latin and Greek terms of resounding and dishearten- 

 ing combinations. At his hands anatomy and markings 

 become lost in a scientific jargon of patagia, jugum, 

 discocellulars, phagocytes, and so on to the end of the 

 volume. For one who would be a Naturalist, a rare 

 specimen indeed, there are many volumes on the market. 

 The list of pioneer lepidopterists begins authoritatively 



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