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AN ADDRESS TO 
AN ADDRESS 
TO 
YOUNG ENTOMOLOGISTS 
AT 
ETON, HARROW, WINCHESTER, RUGBY, 
AND AT ALL OTHER SCHOOLS. 
(By the Editor.) 
Almost every celebrated follower of Entomology has dated 
his predilection for that pursuit from his school-boy days; 
consequently among those who now at school are fond of 
Entomology, are concealed the Cuviers, the Kirbys, the 
Erichsons, from whose labours we shall all derive instruc¬ 
tion ere twenty years have passed away, and many who still 
in round jackets and turn-down collars read these lines will, 
before they are live years older, have materially assisted the 
writer by their own observations; such is my firm conviction . 
Have not I then a strong interest in increasing, to the utmost 
in my power, the number of my readers, in urging each in¬ 
dividual to increased assiduity and encouraging him to seek 
information ? 
The feeling of admiration for butterflies, and a desire to 
catch them, appears instinctive in almost every child; those 
who shrink from a beetle and fear a wasp or a dragon-fly, 
feel no abhorrence at the sight of the butterfly; beita°garden 
white, a peacock or a nettle tortoise-shell, it is alike admired 
and pursued; but many may be disposed to imagine that 
