PREFACE 
phers,” “ Tiny Builders of a Great Nation,” 
“ Some Clever Weavers,” “ Rope Dancers,” 
“ Tunnel Builders,” “An Insect Tailor,” etc. 
Here we meet spiders that indulge in airship 
rides; ants that keep cattle; caterpillars that 
weave marvelous garments; silkworms that have 
made fortunes for their owners; and many an¬ 
other worker whose life story reads like the 
romance which it really is. 
As we turn these pages we can but recall the 
exclamation of David, the Psalmist: “ Great and 
marvelous are thy works, O God, and thy won¬ 
ders past finding out! ” 
