ANALYSIS OF 

 CUEIOUS HOMES AND THEIE TENANTS. 



An analysis of a volume like the present, which is but 

 a slight sketch of the work called for by the subject, and 

 not in any sense a systematic treatise — it would defeat the 

 author's purpose to make it so — must necessarily be very 

 general in character, and rather devoted to suggestions 

 with regard to the further pursuit of the themes started 

 than to any formal epitome of its contents. The book is 

 divided into a number of sections, under each of which is 

 grouped together a description of the habitations of men 

 and animals belonging to it, so that their homes can readily 

 be compared and conclusions reached with regard to the 

 relative excellence or imperfection of each in its own 

 particular class. 



In the introduction, the ancient races which inhabited 

 America before the advent of the red man upon the con- 

 tinent are described as having built better homes, shown 

 a greater excellence in manufactures of various kinds, and 

 a much greater advance in social order than the native 

 American Indians ever did ; and all this notwithstanding 

 the fact that these ancient races were nothing more than 

 insects. Let the pupil read up on the aboriginal tribes of 

 America and upon social insect communities, and take 

 note of the dijEferences in the manner of living and of the 

 habitations of the one and the other, and also of analogies 

 that certainly exist between them. Let him, as far as he 



