The Life of the Grasshopper
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1. Front matter2. BOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRE3. CONTENTS4. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE5. CHAPTER I THE FABLE OF THE CICADA AND THE ANT6. CHAPTER II THE CICADA: LEAVING THE BURROW7. CHAPTER III THE CICADA: THE TRANSFORMATION8. CHAPTER IV THE CICADA: HIS MUSIC9. CHAPTER V THE CICADA: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGS10. CHAPTER VI THE MANTIS: HER HUNTING11. CHAPTER VII THE MANTIS: HER LOVE-MAKING12. CHAPTER VIII THE MANTIS: HER NEST13. CHAPTER IX THE MANTIS: HER HATCHING14. CHAPTER X THE EMPUSA15. CHAPTER XI THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: HIS HABITS16. CHAPTER XII THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGS17. CHAPTER XIII THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: THE INSTRUMENT OF SOUND18. CHAPTER XIV THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER19. CHAPTER XV THE CRICKET: THE BURROW; THE EGG20. CHAPTER XVI THE CRICKET: THE SONG; THE PAIRING21. CHAPTER XVII THE LOCUSTS: THEIR FUNCTION; THEIR ORGAN OF SOUND22. CHAPTER XVIII THE LOCUSTS: THEIR EGGS23. CHAPTER XIX THE LOCUSTS: THE LAST MOULT24. CHAPTER XX THE FOAMY CICADELLA25. INDEX