Insect Life, Its Why and Wherefore (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Hubert George Stanley

9780484621250: Insect Life, Its Why and Wherefore (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484621254 ISBN 13: 9780484621250

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Insect Life, Its Why and Wherefore

Having from time to time written articles on insect life for journals and lectured upon the lives and habits of various small creatures, I have been struck with the great interest shown by the public, and this despite the very large number of books already published upon Such subjects. To A recent investigation among the shelves a. Of one of our largest libraries. Has opened my eyes as to the reason of so much rm ignorance existing, with such a mass of Q knowledge obtainable It is that so many 3 entomological experts use terms which Z are totally incomprehensible to the uninitiated, while, on the other hand, some of the most pleasing little books upon the subject are written for children, in childish language, or mixed up with a mass of information upon trees, ﬂowers, shrubs, etc., etc. I am venturing in these brief pages to place in the hands of farmers, gardeners and others interested, a few.

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