A WORD TO THE CHILDREN AND THE WISE v

I. THE JOURNEY 1

II. RANGELEY VILLAGE 11

III. THE LITTLE ARMY (Locusts and Grasshoppers) 21

IV. FIDDLERS (Crickets) 34

V. HOW KATY DID (Katydids) 43

VI. FISHING (Dragon-flies) 50

VII. THE SWIMMING-POOL (The May-fly) 61

VIII. THE RAINY DAY (Leaf and Tree Hoppers) 68

IX. THE PRIZE (Lace-Wing, Ant-Lion, and Caddis-Worm) 77

X. A NAGGING FAMILY (Flies and Mosquitoes) 90

XI. CAMPING OUT (Butterflies and Moths) 103

XII. CAMP-IN-THE-CLOUDS (Butterflies and Moths, continued) 114

XIII. STORM BOUND (Beetles) 122

XIV. A DAY'S HUNTING (Bees) 136

XV. LEAVING CAMP (Wasps) 153

XVI. EYES AND NO EYES (Ants) 167

NOTE.--We do not think it practicable to give classifications except as

they exist unnamed in the above titles: (1) straight winged: locusts,

grasshoppers, crickets, katydids; (2) tooth-shaped: dragon-flies; (3)

ephemerals: may-flies; (4) half-winged: leaf and tree hoppers; (5)

nerve-winged: lace-wings, ant-lions, and caddis-worms; (6) two-winged:

flies and mosquitoes; (7) scaly winged: butterflies and moths; (8)

sheath-winged: beetles; (9) membranous-winged: bees, wasps, and ants.

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