Beautiful, simply written observations about the beetle, cicada, praying mantis, glow-worm, wasp, grub, cricket, locust and other creatures, describing how they hunt, build nests, feed families, and more.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Publisher's Note -- I My Work and My Workshop -- II The Sacred Beetle -- III The Cicada -- IV The Praying Mantis -- V The Glow-Worm -- VI A Mason-Wasp -- VII The Psyches -- VIII The Self-Denial of the Spanish Copris -- IX Two Strange Grasshoppers -- X Common Wasps -- XI The Adventures of a Grub -- XII The Cricket -- XIII The Sisyphus -- XIV The Capricorn -- XV Locusts -- XVI The Anthrax Fly.