NOTES TO CHAPTER 16.
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Letter to his brother, 4th February, 1900.
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To his brother, 18th July, 1908. At this time the eighth volume of his "Souvenirs" had just appeared, and the ninth was in hand.
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Id.
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"Chimie agricole."
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To his brother, 10th October, 1898.
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Private letter, 30th March, 1908.
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Id.
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Id.
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Unpublished experiments.
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To Charles Delagrave, 27th January, 1899.
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To his brother, 4th February, 1900.
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This prize was awarded to Fabre in 1899. The amount of the prize is 400 pounds sterling. It is one of the chief prizes of the Institute.
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Edmond Rostand. Private letter, 7th April, 1910: "His books have been my delight during a very long convalescence."
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This magnificent atlas, the gem of Fabre's collections, comprises nearly 700 plates, and a large body of explanatory and descriptive matter.
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To Charles Delagrave, undated.
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Maeterlinck. Private letter, 17th November, 1909.
"Les 4 Chemins,
"Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes).
"You overwhelm me with pleasure and do me the greatest honour in allowing my name to be inscribed among those of the committee which proposes to celebrate the jubilee of Henri Fabre...Henri Fabre is, indeed, one of the chiefest and purest glories that the civilized world at present possesses; one of the most learned naturalists and the most wonderful of poets in the modern and truly legitimate sense of the word. I cannot tell you how delighted I am by the chance you offer me of expressing in this way one of the profoundest admirations of my life."
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J. Belleudy, prefect of Vaucluse. Private letter, 29th September, 1909.
"It pains me to see so great a mind, so eminent a scientist, such a master of French literature, so little known. Two years ago, when the Gegner prize was awarded to him, I felt that I must speak of him to certain of those about me; and they had hardly heard his name!"
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Letter to Frédéric Mistral, 4th July, 1908.
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Council General of Vaucluse, session of August, 1908. The words of the recorder, M. Lacour, mayor of Orange, to‑day deputy for Vaucluse, a personal friend and ardent admirer of the old master.
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Edmond Rostand. Private letter, 20th November, 1909.
"I am, sir, not only greatly touched, but also and above all delighted that you have thought of including me among the friends who wish to fete Henri Fabre. Thanks for having considered that my name would assist your undertaking. The "Souvenirs entomologiques" have long ago made me intimate with his charming, profound, and moving genius. I owe them an infinity of delightful hours. Perhaps also I ought to thank them for having encouraged one of my sons to pursue the vocation which he entered. If, in order to honour Henri Fabre, you run the pious risk of disturbing, for a moment, the studious retreat in which, for so many years, he has pursued his life and his work, it is an act of justice toward this great scientist, who thinks as a philosopher, sees as an artist, and feels and expresses himself as a poet."
Romain Rolland. Private letter, 7th January, 1910.
"You cannot imagine what pleasure you have given me by requesting me to associate myself in the glorification of J.H. Fabre. He is one of the Frenchmen whom I most admire. The impassioned patience of his ingenious observations delights me as much as the masterpieces of art. For years I have read and loved his books. During my last holidays, of three volumes that I travelled with two were volumes of his "Souvenirs entomologiques." You will honour me and delight me by counting me as one of you."
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Edmond Rostand. Telegram.
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RomainRolland.
[INDEX.]
Achard, M.
Agaricus, luminosity of.
"Agricultural Chemistry."
Ajaccio, Fabre at.
Ammophila.
Anthidium.
Anthophora.
Anthrax.
Arachne clotho.
Arachnoids, cannibalism of.
Audubon.
Avignon, Fabre at.
--suggested agronomic station at.
Balaninus.
Balzac.
Bees.
Belleudy, M.
Bembex.
Bergson.
Bernard, Claude.
Blanchard.
Blue fly.
Bombyx.
Bordone.
Bossuet.
Bourdon.
Buffon.
Buprestis.
Calendal.
Calendar-beetle.
Calosoma sycophanta.
Candolle, de.
Cannibalism.
Cantharides.
Cantharis, courtship of.
Capricornis.
Carabidae.
Carpentras.
--fauna of.
Caterpillars, poisonous.
Centipedes.
Cerceris.
Chalcidia.
Chalicodoma.
Charrasse, Louis.
Chermes.
Cicada (Cigale).
Cicadelina.
Cicindela.
Cione.
Clathrix.
Clythris.
Clytus.
Cleona opthalmica.
Coincidence in life of parasites.
Coleoptera of Avignon.
Conchology, Fabre studies.
Copris.
Corsica.
Courrier.
Crickets, courtship of.
Crioceris.
Cuckoo.
Curves, properties of.
Darwin, Charles, Fabre an opponent of.
--praises Fabre.
--corresponds with Fabre.
Darwin, Erasmus.
Decticus.
Delagrave, Charles.
Dermestes.
Devillario, Henry.
Dorthesia.
Dufour, Léon.
Dumas.
Dung-beetles.
Duruy, Victor.
--sends for Fabre to attend Court.
--fall of.
Dyticus.
"Earth, The."
Eclipse of sun.
Education in France.
Ephippigera.
Epeïra.
Emerson.
Empusa.
Ergatus.
Eucera.
Eumenes.
Evil.
Evolution.
Fabre, Aglaë.
Fabre, Antoine.
Fabre, Antonia.
Fabre, Antonin.
Fabre, Émile.
Fabre, Frédéric.
Fabre, Henri.
--birthplace.
--childhood.
--boyhood.
--school days.
--a primary teacher.
--marriage and loss of first child.
--professor of physics at Ajaccio.
--professor at Avignon.
--takes up entomology.
--salary.
--poverty.
--as teacher.
--character.
--his pupils.
--goes to Court and is decorated.
--writes textbooks for schools.
--portraits of.
--meets J.S. Mill.
--denounced for subversive teaching.
--evicted.
--settles at Orange, money difficulties solved by Mill.
--breaks with the University.
--continues his series of textbooks.
--repays Mill money lent.
--dismissed from Requien Museum.
--researches concerning madder.
--leaves Orange.
--work at Sérignan.
--second marriage.
--his workshop.
--methods of work.
--attitude toward evolution.
--corresponds with Darwin.
--ideas as to origin of species.
--methods of work.
--compared with Réaumur.
--life at Sérignan.
--love of music.
--old age.
--poverty.
--jubilee celebrated.
Fabre, Henri, of Avignon.
Fabre, Jules.
Fabre, Paul.
Fabre, Mme (mother of Henri).
Fabre, Mme (1st wife).
Fabre, Mme Antoine.
Favier.
Female education.
Frog, bellringer.
Gadfly.
Gegner prize.
Geometry, Fabre's love of.
Geotrupes.
Glow-worm.
Goat caterpillar.
Goethe.
Grasshopper.
Halictus.
Harmas, the.
Heat, takes place of food.
Helix raspaillii.
Hemerobius, curious garment of.
Horace.
Horn-beetle.
Horus Apollo.
Huber.
Hugo, Victor.
Hyper-metamorphism.
Instinct.
Intelligence, function of.
Janin, Jules.
Jullian.
Jussieu, de.
La Fontaine.
Lamarck.
Lapalud.
Latreille.
Larra.
Leibnitz.
Leucopsis.
Libellula.
Linnaeus.
Locust.
"Log, Story of the."
Lycosa.
Madder, Fabre's researches concerning.
Magendie.
Malaval.
Mantis.
Maquis, the Corsican.
Marius.
Mason-bee.
Medicine, Fabre's inclination toward.
Megachile.
Meloë.
Michelet.
Mill, J.S.
--helps Fabre in difficulties.
death of.
Mill, Mrs.
Millipedes.
Mimicry.
Mind, of animals.
Minotaurus.
Mistral.
--corresponds with Fabre.
Mitscherlich.
Montyon prize.
Moquin-Tandon.
Mushrooms, recipe for cooking.
Napoleon III.
Necrophorus.
Number, properties of.
--poem.
Odynerus.
Oniticella.
Onthophagus.
Orange, Fabre at.
Orchids, Fabre on.
"Origin of Species."
Orthoptera, primitive.
Osmia, control of sex.
courtship of.
Pasteur.
Peacock moth.
Pelopaeus.
Perrier, Ed.
Philanthus.
Phryganea.
Pieris.
"Plant, The."
Pliny.
Poems, Fabre's.
Polygons, properties of.
Pompilus.
Potato.
Processional caterpillar.
Psyche.
Rabelais.
Raspail.
Racine.
Réaumur.
--compared with Fabre.
Requien of Avignon.
Requien Museum.
Rhynchites.
Ricard, Pierre, schoolmaster.
Rose-beetle.
Roumanille.
Saint-Léons.
Saprinidae.
Sarcophagus.
Scarabaeus sacer.
Scolia.
Scolopendra.
Scorpion.
Sérignan.
Fabre settles at.
evenings at.
Sicard's portraits of Fabre.
Silkworm moth.
Sisyphus.
Sitaris.
"Sky, The."
"Souvenirs entomologiques."
Spaeriaceae.
Sphex.
Spiders, aeronautic.
Sport, Fabre's love of.
Staphylinus.
Tachina.
Tachinarius.
Tachytes.
Tarantula.
Taylor, Harriett (Mrs. J.S. Mill).
Taylor, Miss.
Terebinth louse.
Theophrastus.
Thomisus.
Tolstoy.
Toussenel.
Trox.
Vanessa.
"Vaucluse, Flora of the."
Vaucluse, General Council of, grants Fabre a pension.
Vayssières, M.
Ventoux Alp.
--banquet on the.
Vezins.
Villard, Marie (Mme Henri Fabre).
Virgil.
Volucella.
Wasps' nest in winter.
Weevils, sloe.
--poplar.
--acorn and poplar.
Woodland bug.
Xylocopa.