The Life of the Fly

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Entomology, History, France, Biography & Memoir

• Author: J. Henri Fabre
• ISBN: 1230000109799
• Publisher: VolumesOfValue
• Publication: February 24, 2013
• Language: English

THE LIFE OF THE FLY:
With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography
By J. Henri Fabre
Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos Fellow of the Zoological Society of London

CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
CHAPTER I. THE HARMAS
CHAPTER II. THE ANTHRAX
CHAPTER III. ANOTHER PROBER (PERFORATOR)
CHAPTER IV. LARVAL DIMORPHISM
CHAPTER V. HEREDITY
CHAPTER VI. MY SCHOOLING
CHAPTER VII. THE POND
CHAPTER VIII.THE CADDIS WORM
CHAPTER IX. THE GREENBOTTLES
CHAPTER X. THE GREY FLESH FLIES
CHAPTER XI. THE BUMBLEBEE FLY
CHAPTER XII. MATHEMATICAL MEMORIES: NEWTON'S BINOMIAL THEOREM
CHAPTER XIII. MATHEMATICAL MEMORIES: MY LITTLE TABLE
CHAPTER XIV. THE BLUEBOTTLE: THE LAYING
CHAPTER XV. THE BLUEBOTTLE: THE GRUB
CHAPTER XVI. A PARASITE OF THE MAGGOT
CHAPTER XVII. RECOLLECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER XVIII. INSECTS AND MUSHROOMS
CHAPTER XIX. A MEMORABLE LESSON
CHAPTER XX. INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY