THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
beams upon our path, and the smile is 
upon our lip while the tear dims our 
eve ; ‘ nil desperandum,’ never despair — 
have faith — faith in yourself — faith in 
your friends. 
“Humility and industry must be the 
allies of genius ; industry, steady un- 
flinching industry— not that kind of 
fuming industry that tries to crowd the 
work of a year into the space of an hour, 
attempting, like Prospero’s Ariel, to place 
a girdle round the earth in forty minutes, 
and finding the effort useless sinks into 
inanity — but a steady, persevering indus- 
try, having an object in view, and trying 
by all means to attain it. Now, 1 sup- 
pose that many of my readers are work- 
ing men who have taken up the study of 
Entomology as a relaxation, after the 
severe toils of life ; but shall it be relax- 
ation only, a mere toy? Is not the 
study of the works of Nature, the tangi- 
ble evidences of a good and great 
Creator, deserving of a higher position 
than that of a mere toy? I think so; 
and in order to study them aright we 
must bring our heart to the work, deter- 
mining that whatever we accomplish we 
may accomplish well ; and in order to do 
this we must do all things in their 
appointed time, not leaving that till to- 
morrow that ought to be done to-day, or 
doing that in the night to which the 
hours of the day ought to be legitimately 
devoted ; thus neglecting our business on 
the successful prosecution of which our 
worldly comfort hangs. I will relate an 
anecdote in point.” 
But for this anecdote we must refer 
our readers to page 51 of the work in 
question, as our space will not allow us 
to give further extracts at present. Pro- 
bably wc may recur to this little book, 
which marks an era in Entomology, ano- 
ther week ; for though there have been 
several attempts to popularize Entomo- 
logy, by writing books on it suited to the 
working classes, this is the lirst instance, 
to our knowledge, in which one of that 
class has himself turned author. 
The work abounds with practical ad- 
vice concerning breeding-cages, sugar- 
ing, &c., and the principal game to be 
expected in each month is especially 
noticed: excursions are made to many of 
our principal collecting-grounds, and the 
descriptions of scenery have a pleasant 
freshness about them, and are inter- 
spersed with many appropriate poetical 
quotations. We prophecy a great suc- 
cess for the ‘ Practical Hints.’ 
The World of Insects ; a Guide to 
its Wonders. By J. W. Douglas, 
Secretary to the Entomological Society 
of London. Price 3s. 6d. Van Voorst. 
A most important addition to our En- 
tomological literature, comprising a vast 
amount of valuable information in a 
compact portable form, well condensed 
and arranged, but yet by no meaus dry or 
tedious. 
As Aquariums are now becoming so 
extensively used, Mr. Douglas thinks 
they might be employed to entomologi- 
cal advantage. 
“Now that the Aquarium has become 
fashionable, I think it might be turned to 
account to unravel the mysteries of the 
early life and education of the numerous 
species of water-beetles, of which we 
know next to nothing, and to do this 1 
believe would require less attention than 
the rearing of Lepidoptera. 
“ For an invalid here is a never-end- 
ing amusement and employment. Some 
kind relative or attendant could bring, 
day by day, the strangers who were to be 
made at home, and induced to unfold 
their wonders and glories to admiring 
eyes. And if no other end were attained 
than to have cheated sickness, if not of 
its pain, at least of the attention of the 
patient, it would surely be worth the cn- 
