The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-Flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies (Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera) (Classic Reprint)

Foreign Stamps, Crests, and Coins ;but very few comparatively collect Natural Objects. Now it will be admitted by all that the collecting of Natural Objects, such as I nsects, Shells, Plants, Fossils, Minerals, etc., possesses immense advantages over that ofF oreign Stamps and the like; for the former, besides satisfying the collecting ambitions, also cultivates the observant and intellectual faculties, while at the same time affording healthful recreation in the fields and woods. A gain, a mere collectors province may be exhausted in a few years, whereas the study and observation of Natural History, which are the usual fruits of collecting Natural Objects, are practically inexhaustible. A nother great advantage which Natural History possesses, is that it may be prosecuted with very little expense, and is therefore a subject which even the poorest person may conveniently undertake. This little handbook is intended to be aG uide to Collecting I nsects, which by way of Natural History, we may remark, is becoming more popular every day in this country. Hitherto, however, there have been very few books published onE ntomology for beginners, but for those who wish to go more deeply into the subject than the present brief manual can pretend, we would strongly recommend them to obtain Mr. Kirby sexcellent illustrated TextB ook of Entomology (S wanS ormenschein Co.), to which work we are greatly indebted for much valuable and interesting information.
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