THE LIFE OF THE FLY:
With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography
By J. Henri Fabre
Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
CONTENTS
[ TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] THE HARMAS
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE ANTHRAX
[ CHAPTER III. ] ANOTHER PROBER (PERFORATOR)
[ CHAPTER IV. ] LARVAL DIMORPHISM
[ CHAPTER V. ] HEREDITY
[ CHAPTER VI. ] MY SCHOOLING
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE POND
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE CADDIS WORM
[ CHAPTER IX. ] THE GREENBOTTLES
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE GREY FLESH FLIES
[ CHAPTER XI. ] THE BUMBLEBEE FLY
[ CHAPTER XII. ] MATHEMATICAL MEMORIES: NEWTON'S BINOMIAL THEOREM
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] MATHEMATICAL MEMORIES: MY LITTLE TABLE
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] THE BLUEBOTTLE: THE LAYING
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE BLUEBOTTLE: THE GRUB
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] A PARASITE OF THE MAGGOT
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] RECOLLECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] INSECTS AND MUSHROOMS
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] A MEMORABLE LESSON
[ CHAPTER XX. ] INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY