The Hunting Wasps
By Jean-Henri Fabre (1915)
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre (1915). Unabridged Charlotte Mason living book edition for Form III-VI Natural History & Science.
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Chapter 2: Translator’s Note
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 2
Henri Fabre’s essays on Wasps will fill three volumes in all, of which this is the first. The others will be entitled The Mason-Wasps and More Hunting Wasps. The former will include the chapters on the Common or Social Wasp.
The first seventeen chapters of the present book appeared some years ago, wholly or in part, in a version of vol. i. of the Souvenirs Entomologiques prepared by the author of Mademoiselle Mori for Messrs. Macmillan and Co., by arrangement with whom I am now permitted to retranslate and republish them for the purpose of this collected and definite edition of Fabre’s entomological works. Of the remainder, ‘The Modern Theory of Instinct’ first saw the light in the English Review, and ‘An Unknown Sense,’ in an abbreviated form, in the Daily Mail.
It is a pleasure once more to express my thanks to Miss Frances Rodwell, who, as usual, [vi]has rendered me much valuable assistance, and to Mr. Geoffrey Meade-Waldo, of the Natural History Museum, who has been kind enough to set me right on many an entomological point.
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.
Chelsea, 1916. [vii]
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Table of Contents
44 ChaptersEvery chapter below is pre-indexed for oral narration and easy 1-click scheduling into your weekly Charlotte Mason lesson plan.
Chapter 2: Translator’s Note
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 2
Chapter 3: The Buprestis-Hunting Cerceris
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 3
Chapter 4: The Great Cerceris
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 4
Chapter 5: A Scientific Slaughterer
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 5
Chapter 6: The Yellow-Winged Sphex
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 6
Chapter 7: The Three Dagger-Thrusts
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 7
Chapter 8: The Larva And The Nymph
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Advanced Theories
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 9
Chapter 10: The Languedocian Sphex
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 10
Chapter 11: The Wisdom Of Instinct
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 11
Chapter 12: The Ignorance Of Instinct
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 12
Chapter 13: Experiment I
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 13
Chapter 14: Experiment II
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 14
Chapter 15: Experiment III
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 15
Chapter 16: Experiment IV
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 16
Chapter 17: An Ascent Of Mont Ventoux
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 17
Chapter 18: The Travellers
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 18
Chapter 19: The Ammophilæ
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 19
Chapter 20: The Bembex
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 20
Chapter 21: The Fly-Hunt
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 21
Chapter 22: A Parasite Of The Bembex. The Cocoon
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 22
Chapter 23: The Return To The Nest
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 23
Chapter 24: The Hairy Ammophila
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 24
Chapter 25: An Unknown Sense
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 25
Chapter 26: The Modern Theory Of Instinct
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 26
Chapter 27: Cerceris Antoniæ—H. Fab
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 27
Chapter 28: Cerceris Julii.—H. Fab
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 28
Chapter 29: Bembex Julii.—H. Fab
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 29
Chapter 30: Ammophila Julii.—H. Fab
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 30
Chapter 31: A
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 31
Chapter 32: B
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 32
Chapter 33
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 33
Chapter 34
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 34
Chapter 35: E
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 35
Chapter 36: F
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 36
Chapter 37: G
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 37
Chapter 38
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 38
Chapter 39
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 39
Chapter 40: P
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 40
Chapter 41: S
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 41
Chapter 42: T
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 42
Chapter 43: W
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 43
Chapter 44: Availability
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 44
Chapter 45: Abbreviations
The Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre — Chapter 45
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