January , 1849. 
LIST OF WORKS 
ON 
| NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 
\ PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY 
j REEVE, BENHAM, AND REEVE, 
l KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND. 
L 
EPISODES OF INSECT LIFE. By ACHETA DOMESTICA, M.E.S. 
The Athenceum. 
“ We have seldom been in company with so entertaining a guide to the Insect 
World. Few merrier or wiser companions could be submitted to our fire-sides 
at this genial season. We should, however, give an imperfect idea of its merits, 
if we did not speak of its beautiful illustrations and amusing tail-pieces. 5 ’ 
The Morning Chronicle. 
“ The whole pile of Natural History — fable, poetry, theory, and fact — is stuck 
over with quaint apophthegms and shrewd maxims deduced for the benefit of 
man from the contemplation of such tiny monitors as gnats and moths. Alto- 
gether the book is a curious and interesting one, quaint and clever, genial and 
well informed.” 
The Ladies’ Newspaper. 
“ Rich veins of humour in a groundwork of solid, yet entertaining information. 
Although lightness and amusement can find subject-matter in every page, the 
under-current of the ‘Episodes’ is substance and accurate information. The 
publishers have decorated their work with admirable figures ; the Ant-field would 
not disgrace the portfolio of an insect Wouvermans, a Cooper, or an Allan.” 
The Scotsman. 
“ This beautiful volume is Entomology made, not only easy, but attractive and 
amusing. The writer has a thorough scientific and practical knowledge of his 
subject, and a style exceedingly suitable in its quietness and refinement. A vein 
of tender feeling and of natural piety is pleasantly mixed with a quiet and kindly 
humour, never misplaced or misapplied.” 
The Literary Gazette . 
“ This volume is beautifully got up, printed in almost a matchless style, and 
its plan is most laudable. There is no repulsive dryness ; it is altogether and 
thoroughly lively. The illustrations are, nevertheless, truly scientific, and it is 
only in the text we seem to play with the lessons that are so cleverly taught.” 
The North British Daily Mail. 
“We do not remember to have seen a more beautifully executed work than 
these sketches of Insect Life and character. The text combines two qualities but 
rarely brought together in works on Natural History — a scientific familiarity 
with the subject, and a capability of describing it in a light and alluring style. 
“ It is in every way a wonderful book.” 
