TORONTO
[Frontispiece.
THE SACRED BEETLE.
INSECT LIFE
SOUVENIRS OF A NATURALIST
J.-H. FABRE
DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES
‘that inimitable observer.’—Charles Darwin
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
BY THE
AUTHOR OF ‘MADEMOISELLE MORI’
WITH A PREFACE BY
DAVID SHARP, M.A., F.R.S.
AND EDITED BY
F. MERRIFIELD
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
M. PRENDERGAST PARKER