INTRODUCTION.
I.[THE LIVING INFINITE],17
II.[OUR STUDIES AT PARIS AND IN SWITZERLAND],23
III.[OUR STUDIES AT FONTAINEBLEAU],36
IV.[OUR STUDIES AT FONTAINEBLEAU (CONTINUED)],46
BOOK I.—METAMORPHOSIS.
I.[TERROR AND REPUGNANCE OF CHILDHOOD],57
II.[COMPASSION],67
III.[WORLD-BUILDERS],79
IV.[LOVE AND DEATH],89
V.[THE ORPHAN: ITS FEEBLENESS],99
VI.[THE MUMMY, NYMPH, OR CHRYSALIS],109
VII.[THE PHŒNIX],119
BOOK II.—MISSION AND ARTS OF THE INSECT.
I.[SWAMMERDAM],129
II.[THE MICROSCOPE:—HAS THE INSECT A PHYSIOGNOMY?]143
III.[THE INSECT AS THE AGENT OF NATURE IN THE ACCELERATION OF DEATH AND LIFE],155
IV.[THE INSECT AS MAN'S AUXILIARY],165
V.[A PHANTASMAGORIA OF LIGHT AND COLOUR],175
VI.[THE SILKWORM],185
VII.[INSTRUMENTS OF THE INSECT]: AND ITS CHEMICAL ENERGIES, AS IN THE COCHINEAL AND THE CANTHARIDES,193
VIII.[ON THE RENOVATION OF OUR ARTS BY THE STUDY OF THE INSECT],201
IX.[THE SPIDER—INDUSTRY—THE STOPPAGE],211
X.[THE HOME AND LOVES OF THE SPIDER], 223
BOOK III.—COMMUNITIES OF INSECTS.
I.[THE CITY IN THE SHADOWS: THE TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS],235
II.[THE ANTS:—THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY—THEIR NUPTIALS],245
III.[THE ANTS:—THEIR FLOCKS AND THEIR SLAVES],259
IV.[THE ANTS:—CIVIL WAR—EXTERMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY],271
V.[THE WASPS: THEIR FURY OF IMPROVISATION],283
VI.["THE BEES" OF VIRGIL],293
VII.[THE BEE IN THE FIELDS],301
VIII.[THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS: THE CITY],311
IX.[HOW THE BEES CREATE THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMON MOTHER],321
[CONCLUSION],333
[ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES],341
[ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS],363

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The Pursuit,Rouget,[Frontispiece]
A Home among the Mountains—Lucerne,Sargent,[15]
On the Watch,Berveiller,[17]
Border—Amongst the Flowers,Berveiller,[18]
Border—Insect Life,Berveiller,[19]
Border—Mailed Insects,Méaulle,[20]
Border—Bees and Beetles,Méaulle,[21]
Border—Grasshoppers and Beetles,Méaulle,[22]
Tailpiece—Naturalist's "Traps,"Berveiller,[22]
Border—Caterpillars,Coste,[23]
Tailpiece—The Author's Implements,Ansseau,[35]
The Forest of Fontainebleau,Rouget,[39]
The Woodpecker,Berveiller,[46]
Tailpiece—Flowers,Morison,[52]
Fallen Fruit,Whymper,[55]
Horned Beetles,Méaulle,[57]
The Childhood's Home of Madame Michelet,Rouget,[59]
Tailpiece—Insect Prey,Méaulle,[63]
A Winged Intruder,Sargent,[65]
War!Méaulle,[67]
Between Chillon and Clarens,Jonnard,[71]
The Field—Various Insects,Berveiller,[72]
Tailpiece—An Etherized Prisoner,Méaulle,[75]
World-Builders,Méaulle,[77]
Polyzoa,Jonnard,[79]
"Food for Fishes,"Jonnard,[82]
Coral Island,Whymper,[84]
Tailpiece—Shells,Jonnard,[85]
Sunshine and Shade,Jonnard,[87]
Love and Death,Méaulle,[89]
In the Wood,Sargent,[91]
Gathering Sweets,Berveiller,[92]
Tailpiece—A Shady Nook,Morison,[95]
Nest of Humble-Bee,Rouget,[97]
"The Chilly One,"Sargent,[99]
Tailpiece—Cocoon,Berveiller,[105]
The Dragon-Fly,Jonnard,[107]
The Sacred Beetle of the Egyptians,Jonnard,[109]
Butterflies and Flowers,Jonnard,[112]
Tailpiece—Chrysalis,Sargent,[115]
The Phœnix,Méaulle,[117]
Seeking the Light,Whymper,[119]
A Winged Warrior,Berveiller,[122]
The Imperial Weevil,Berveiller,[123]
Tailpiece—The Weevil on the Mountain-Top,Morison,[124]
Swammerdam,Méaulle,[127]
Dutch Landscape,Méaulle,[129]
"Melancholy Meads,"Ansseau,[132]
A Tempest on the Dutch Coast,Méaulle,[137]
Tailpiece—The Task,Ansseau,[139]
Under the Microscope,Méaulle,[141]
A Philosopher's "Den,"Coste,[143]
Tailpiece—A Finished Task,Ansseau,[151]
A Coleopterous Giant,Méaulle,[153]
An Agent of Nature,Rouget,[155]
"Rhinoceros-like Cuirassiers",Méaulle,[159]
Tailpiece—Horned Beetle,Méaulle,[162]
Man's Auxiliary,Rouget,[163]
Carabidæ,Jonnard,[165]
Hunting the Enemy,Ansseau,[168]
Tailpiece—The Pilgrim Locust,Ansseau,[172]
Aerial Beauties,Sargent,[173]
The Acrocinus,Whymper,[175]
Streaked Taupin, and Earwig,Ansseau,[176]
Buprestidans,Coste,[179]
Tailpiece—Butterfly and Flower,Berveiller,[182]
Insect Manufacturers,Méaulle,[183]
The Dead-Leaf Moth,Sargent,[185]
Cocoons,Jonnard,[188]
Tailpiece—A Prisoner,Jonnard,[189]
Long-Horned Beetles,Méaulle,[191]
Insects and their Weapons,Méaulle,[193]
Tailpiece—Cat and Cantharides,Ansseau,[197]
A Thing of Beauty, Jonnard,[199]
Leaf-Rollers,Berveiller,[201]
Grasshopper of Guiana,Ansseau,[203]
Cassida,Coste,[205]
Tailpiece—Insects "Fantastic and Wonderful,"Méaulle,[207]
The Spider,Rouget,[209]
Aquatic Spiders,Jonnard,[211]
On the Look-out,Berveiller,[216]
Blue-Bottles and Beetles,Ansseau,[217]
Tailpiece—Bird-catching Spider,Berveiller,[219]
The Garden Spider,Jonnard,[221]
Trap-door Spider and House,Sargent,[223]
Spider and Butterfly,Méaulle,[226]
Tailpiece—The Musical Spider,Ansseau,[230]
The City in the Shadows,Méaulle,[233]
Ruins Caused by the Termites in Valencia,Méaulle,[235]
Tailpiece—Termites (Solders, Worker, and Female)
from the Coast of Guinea,		Berveiller,[241]
Ants at Work,Rouget,[243]
The Nuptials of the Ants,Jonnard,[245]
Nest of Russet Ants,Rouget,[249]
Carpenter Ants,Berveiller,[253]
Tailpiece—Ants and Flowers,Jonnard,[255]
A Migration of Ants,Rouget,[257]
Roses, Grubs, and Ants,Whymper,[259]
A Feast for the Ants,Berveiller,[266]
Tailpiece—Honey-making Ants,Ansseau,[268]
The Nightingale—"Dreaming and Listening,"Rouget,[269]
Bramble and Ants,Berveiller,[271]
Tailpiece—The Unhappy Fugitive,Berveiller,[280]
The Home of the Wasps,Rouget,[281]
Polystes and their Nests,Berveiller,[283]
Eumenes domiformes and their Nests,Sargent,[287]
Tailpiece—Wasp and Fruit,Méaulle,[289]
A Tomb at Père-Lachaise,Sargent,[291]
The Living and the Dead,Berveiller,[293]
Tailpiece—Virgilian Bees,Berveiller,[298]
The Bee in the Fields,Berveiller,[299]
Bees and Wild Flowers,Berveiller,[301]
Bees and Blossoms,Berveiller,[305]
Tailpiece—Drone Bee,Berveiller,[308]
"Busy Bees,"Méaulle,[309]
The Sphinx Atropos,Méaulle,[311]
Tailpiece—A Winged Brigand,Méaulle,[317]
Bees on the Wing,Méaulle,[319]
Inside the Hive,Berveiller,[321]
Bees in Search of the Natural Hive,Jonnard,[326]
Tailpiece—Queen-Bee,Berveiller,[329]
The Praying-Mantis, and other Insects,Berveiller,[331]
Lady-Birds and Grain,Méaulle,[333]
Butterfly and Moth,Jonnard,[334]
The Stag-Beetle,Méaulle,,[335]
Tailpiece—The Author's Visitors,Berveiller,[338]
Book, Flowers, and Insects,Berveiller,[339]
Stag-Beetle,Sargent,[341]
Carabus Auratus,Sargent,[345]
A Sacrifice to Science,Méaulle,[346]
Horned Centrote and Globular Bocydie,Sargent,[347]
Beetle,Méaulle,[348]
Caterpillar and Leaf,Sargent,[348]
Butterfly and Flower,Sargent,,[350]
Rhinoceros-horned Beetle,Méaulle,[351]
Birds and Lady-Bird,Berveiller,[351]
Wasps,Morison,[352]
Tuft-horned Beetle,Morison,[353]
Garden Spider,Morison,[354]
Termite: Long-sheathed Nymph,Ansseau,[354]
Rhinoceros-horned Beetle,Morison,[356]
Dragon-Fly and Ants,Ansseau,[356]
Wasps,Berveiller,[357]
Bees,Ansseau,[358]
Bird and Butterfly,Berveiller,[362]