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Contents. 
INTRODUCTION. 
I. THE LIVING INFINITE, 
II. OUR STUDIES AT PARIS AND IN SWITZERLAND, ... 
III. OUR STUDIES AT FONTAINEBLEAU, 
IV. OUR STUDIES AT FONTAINEBLEAU (CONTINUED), ... 
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BOOK I.—METAMORPHOSIS.' 
I. TERROR AND REPUGNANCE OF CHILDHOOD, 
II. COMPASSION, ... 
III. WORLD-BUILDERS, 
IV. LOVE AND DEATH, 
V. THE ORPHAN: ITS FEEBLENESS, 
VI. THE MUMMY, NYMPH, OR CHRYSALIS, ... 
VII. THE PIICENIX, 
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BOOK II.-MISSION AND ARTS OF THE INSECT. 
I. SWAMMERDAM, .. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 129 
II. THE MICROSCOPE:—HAS THE INSECT A PHYSIOGNOMY? ... ... .. ... 143 
III. THE INSECT AS THE AGENT OF NATURE IN THE ACCELERATION OF DEATH AND LIFE, 155 
IV. THE INSECT AS MAN’S AUXILIARY, ... ... ... ... .. ... 165 
V. A PHANTASMAGORIA OF LIGHT AND COLOUR, . ... .. ... ... 175 
VI. THE SILKWORM, ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 185 
VII. INSTRUMENTS OF THE INSECT : AND ITS CHEMICAL ENERGIES, AS IN THE COCHINEAL 
AND THE CANTHARIDES, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 193 
VIII. ON THE RENOVATION OF OUR ARTS BY THE STUDY OF THE INSECT, ... .. 201 
IX. THE SPIDER—INDUSTRY—THE STOPPAGE, . . • .. . ..211 
X. THE HOME AND LOVES OF THE SPIDER, .. ... .. ... ... 223 
