NOTES TO CHAPTER 4.
[4/1.]
To his brother, from Avignon, 1st August, 1854.
"I have arrived at Toulouse, where I have passed the best examination one could possibly wish. I have been accepted as licentiate with the most flattering compliments, and the expenses of the examination should be returned to me. The examination was of a higher level than I had expected."
[4/2.]
To M. -- (of the Institute), from Avignon, 1854.
(Letter communicated to M. Belleudy, prefect of Vaucluse, by M. Vollon, painter.)
[4/3.]
Id.
[4/4.]
To his brother, from Ajaccio, 10th October, 1852.
[4/5.]
Observations concerning the habits of the Cerceris and the cause of the long preservation of the coleoptera with which it provisions its larvae.--"Annales de Sc. natur.," 4th series, 1855.
[4/6.]
"Souvenirs entomologiques," 10th series, chapter 22.
[4/7.]
"I had only one idea: to free myself, to leave the lycée, where, not being a fellow, I was treated as a subordinate. An inspector-general told me frankly one day, 'You will never amount to anything if you are not a fellow' (agrégé). 'These distinctions disgust me,' I replied." (Conversations.)
[4/8.]
To his brother, from Ajaccio, 14th January, 1850.
[4/9.]
Inquiries respecting the tubercles of Himantoglossum hircinum. Thesis in Botany, 1855.
[4/10.]
Inquiries respecting the anatomy of the reproductive organs, and the developments of the Myriapoda. Thesis in Zoology, 1855.
[4/11.]
Prize for experimental physiology, 1856.
[4/12.]
Letter to Léon Dufour, 1st February, 1857.
[4/13.]
"The Origin of Species," 1857 (?), translated by Barbier, page 15.
[4/14.]
"Souvenirs entomologiques," 1st series, chapter 1, and 5th series, chapter 1.
[4/15.]
Id., 1st series, chapter 16.
[4/16.]
Id., 1st series, chapter one.
[4/17.]
Henry Devillario, magistrate at Carpentras, where he performed his duties as juge d'instruction until his death. A notable collector and distinguished publicist.
Dr. Bordone, to‑day at Frontignan. Vayssières, professor of Zoology in the faculty of sciences at Marseilles.
[4/18.]
"Souvenirs entomologiques," 1st series, chapter 13.
[4/19.]
He was subject in his youth to violent headaches, "which sometimes developed into a cerebral fever," as well as strange nervous troubles: "A few days ago I was attacked, at night, with a sudden nervous illness, of a terrifying nature, which I have not as yet been able to identify." To his brother, 3rd September, 1848.
Severe disappointment or annoyance always had a great effect upon him; on the occasion of his first marriage he fell into a sort of cataleptic condition as a result of the opposition of his parents and relations, who sought to oppose it. (Conversations with his brother.)
[4/20.]
"Souvenirs entomologiques" 9th series, chapter 23.
[4/21.]
Id., 10th series, chapter 22.
[4/22.]
Letter to Lèon Dufour, 1st February, 1857.
"Steps have been taken to obtain for me the post of drawing-master (maître des travaux graphiques). If they succeed, thanks to the little talent I have for drawing, my salary will reach a reasonable figure, 120 pounds sterling, and I can then, by giving up these abominable private lessons, cultivate rather more seriously the studies into which you have initiated me." Communicated by M. Achard.
[4/23.]
"Souvenirs entomologiques" 10th series, chapter 22.
[4/24.]
Oubreto Prouvençalo. La Cigale et la Fourmi.
[4/25.]
Lavisse. A minister. Victor Duruy.
[4/26.]
Letter to the municipal councillors of Avignon.
[4/27.]
J. Stuart Mill, "Autobiography," chapter 6.
[4/28.]
I have visited this house; nothing, at all events outside, has changed in the least.
[4/29.]
Mill collaborated in his "Flore du Vaucluse": "A virtuous man whose recent loss we shall all deplore joined his efforts to mine in this undertaking." Letter to the Mayor of Avignon, 1st December, 1833, communicated by M. Félix Achard.
NOTES TO CHAPTER 5.
[5/1.]
"Chimie agricole."
[5/2.]
"Le Ciel." Lectures et Leçons pour tous.
[5/3.]
"La Terre." Lectures et Leçons pour tous.
[5/4.]
"La Chimie de l'oncle Paul." Lectures courantes pour toutes les écoles.
[5/5.]
"Histoire de la bûche."
[5/6.]
"Les jouets. Le Toton" (manuscript).
The primitive fountain, the "antique appliance" transmitted by inheritance, "the invention perhaps of some little unemployed herd-boy," consisted originally of three apertures and three straws; two similar apertures on one side, with two short straws, which dipped into the water, and a single orifice on the other side for the longer straw which delivered the water. Happening one day to use only two straws, one on each side, the little Fabre perceived that the device worked just as well, and "so, quite unconsciously, without thinking of it, I discovered the syphon, the true syphon of the physicist." Loco cit.
[5/7.]
"The chemistry course is a great success at home." To his brother, from Orange, 1875.
[5/8.]
To his son Émile, 4th November, 1879.
"The household; discussions as to domestic economy for use in girls' schools."
[5/9.]
"Souvenirs entomologiques," 2nd series, chapter 1.
[5/10.]
To the Mayor of Avignon, 1st December, 1873. Communicated by M. Félix Achard.
[5/11.]
Letter to his brother, 1875.
[5/12.]
Id.