Zoology Books

The Life of the Grasshopper

Jean-Henri Fabre

The child is essentially conservative. Custom and traditions become indestructible once they are confided to the archives of his memory. We owe to him the celebrity of the Cicada, whose woes he stamme..

Butterflies and Moths, Shown to the Children

Theodore Wood

In this little book I want to tell you something about the common butterflies and moths which you may find in almost all parts of the country. But, first of all, I think that perhaps I had better say ..

The Sea-Shore, Shown to the Children

Theodore Wood

In this little book I want to talk to you about some of the strange and wonderful creatures which you may find when you go to stay by the sea-side. And first of all I should like to tell you something..

The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe

A. E. Holt White

All the species and varieties of Teneriffe butterflies, with the exception perhaps of three, are found between the months of November and May; so that anyone staying there for the winter and spring mo..

The Life of the Scorpion

Jean-Henri Fabre

On the other hand, I know of another function, which is very easily observed when the Scorpion meanders, belly uppermost, over the wire trellis of my dish-covers. When he is at rest, the two combs are..

The Sacred Beetle, and Others

Jean-Henri Fabre

This is the first of the four volumes containing Fabre’s essays on Beetles, the order of insects to which, if we judge by his output, he devoted the longest study. Of the eighteen chapters that m..

Animal Life in Field and Garden

Jean-Henri Fabre

The other twelve will come some day, my boy; at present you have the right number of teeth for a child of your age. They do not all come at one time, but one after another. We begin with twenty, and n..

The Life of the Caterpillar

Jean-Henri Fabre

November arrives, however, bringing cold weather; the time has come to build the stout winter tabernacle. High up in the pine the tip of a bough is chosen, with suitably close-packed and convergent le..