British Insects. A familiar Description of the Form, Structure, Habits, and Transformations of Insects

Abstract

TO compose a work on so extensive and difficult a subject as “British Insects,”which shall convey a large amount of useful and interesting information without being too much overloaded with bare facts,—which shall be accurate without being dry, and amusing without being flippant,—is no easy task, yet it is accomplished by the author of this work in a very creditable manner. The introductory chapters are condensed and clear, just giving enough information on the general structure and economy of insects to interest the uninitiated reader, and lead him on to the more detailed account of each order given in the succeeding chapters.

British Insects. A familiar Description of the Form, Structure, Habits, and Transformations of Insects.

By E. F. Staveley, Author of “British Spiders.” (London: L. Reeve and Co., 1871.)