INTRODUCTION.

I. THE LIVING INFINITE.

The writer is moved by the voices of the Insect World, [17]

Which leads him to reflect on its infinite numbers, [18]

He refers to his loving study of the Bird, [19]

But the Bird had a language; has the Insect?, [19]

In many respects, it is an enigma which Man cannot read, [20]

The Insect, however, has much to plead in self-defence, [21]

And between it and Man the interpreter must be Love, [22]