Abstract
IN taking up any work on natural history by Maurice Maeterlinck, we know that we may expect to find a picturesque compilation of facts for the most part well authenticated, recounted in an agreeable style, and diversified by comments of a moralising character which, though not always convincing, are generally not without interest. The present book is in these respects true to type. The author has been to the best sources for his facts; his philosophical deductions bear the impress of a mind which, if somewhat uncritical in method, is yet sound in its estimate of the importance of human life and destiny.
The Life of the White Ant.
By Maurice Maeterlinck Translated by Alfred Sutro. Pp. 213. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1927.) 6s. net.
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D., F. The Life of the White Ant. Nature 121, 166–167 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121166a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/121166a0