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A Naturalist'' s Boyhood xi 



The Story of the Floundering Beetle i 



Fox-fire 1 1 



A Homely Weed with Interesting Flowers 24 



Two Fairy Sponges 34 



Green Pansies 44 



Mr. and Mrs. Tumble-bug S3 



Those Horse-hair Snakes 64 



" Professor Wiggler " 72 



" Cow-spit, Snake-spit, and Frog-spit " Sj 



The Paper Wasp and His Doings gi 



The Spider's Span 104 



Ballooning Spiders , 112 



The Lace-wing Fly 122 



The Perfumed Beetles 130 



