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348 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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worm expressed to an to elderl me , y after gentleman I had dissecte . He remained d and exp silent lained for the some anatomy time , of and a silk then
uttered disconnected exclamations of astonishment . I asked him what had new so much world astoni to me shed . I him always . ' thoug Why ht / said that he caterp , ' it illars ' s that were caterp nothing illar . but It skin is a 7
and squash . " Our childhood ' s old friend , the Woolly Bear , we are glad to see ,
has due honour shown him in Mr . Wood ' s little volume , and that too , under his picturesque old-fashioned cognomen .
while 6 t Hitherto feeding it it curls ( the wooll itseli y round bear ) has like been a hed tolerabl gehog y active fall ; and to the if ground alarmed
the hoping fall h to its lie hairy concealed armour among which the stands foliage out , on and all guarded sides and from secures the effects it from of ,
all harm . y But a time approache , s wherein it will have no defence and no means of escape , so it must find a means of lying quiet and concealed and sets .
off This on object its travels it achieve to find s in a the retired follo spot win , g where manner it . may It le sling aves its ts h food ammock and sleep in peace . Having found a convenient spot it sets much busily like to work sailor , and
h in ammock a very short in sha time eand spins used for itself in the a kind same of manner silken . net It , is not a a solid ' s p sufficientl iece , for the creature p , to bear can the be weig seen ht throug of the h th enclosed e meshes insect , but and it is to more very guard than it
from small y foes strong . It casts off its skin for the last timeand , instead of being In a hirsute this state and active it abides caterp for illar a time , becomes that varies a smoo according th and , quiescent to the time chrysalis of year .
to and the degree light of of temperature the sun a perfect , and insect at last . bursts its earthly foldings , coming surface When is first bathed the in creature an oily kind becomes of liquid a chrysalis , which , soon its c hardens olor is white in the air and and its woollbear
chang and darkens ing its skin in the , and light seizing . On it immediatel one occasion y that I watched the task a was accom y - _JSText plished day , put the it into irit was spirits found of to wine have , intending dissolved to keep the it oil for coating observation and .
all the limbs and sp wings of the future moth were standing away boldl y y out . " , But we must refer our readers to the pages of the little work
itself for details of greater interest , such as the instinct of the goldtailed mothwhowith a pair of delicate pincers , which she carries
, , at the end of her tail , delicately and dexterously pinches off portions of the golden tuffc of down which adorns her person , in order
carefully to cover up and imbed her eggs , " giving the whole mass some finishing touches , like a mother tucking in her little baby in
the bed-clothes ; " such as details of insect warfare , heroic and fatal tecture enough and to have attire , been romantic sung by , fantastic Homer ; , and of insect gorgeous domestic enoug life h t archi o put
-, to shame the invention even of Hans Christian Andersen , or the authors of the " Arabian Night ' s Entertainment ; " of odd and
unimaginable habits and instincts of bats , moles , shrew , field and harvest mice ; of water-rats , snakes , newts , tad-poles , and
sticklebacks , and take leave of this pleasant little book with good wishes for its success , regretting only that its pages are too few to satisfy
teem our laudable around us curiosit during walks and thirst in our after gardens these , or natural into the marvels lanes and which fields ,
348 Notices Of Books.
348 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 348, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/60/
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