The Story-Book of Science
By Jean Henri Fabre
Translated from the Nineteenth French Edition by Florence Constable Bicknell
A book of popular science, about the metals under the earth, the plants and animals on the surface, and the planets in the heavens above, told in story-form by the most gifted nature writer the world has known in a hundred years. It is a book especially for young people of from ten to sixteen years; it is a fascinating and accurate account in crystal-clear language for grown-ups with hearts still young enough to permit them to be interested in the great living but inarticulate world around them.
Maeterlinck has called Fabre “the insects’ Homer.” In France his popularising hand-books have gone into many editions. Of recent years, too, the entire world that reads has bestirred itself to do honor to the eminent scientist who studied the nature world with the zeal of a medieval monk, whose background of scholarship and innate chivalry and good humor always made itself felt in his writing, and who expressed himself with the simplicity and fire of a poet.
The Century Co. counts itself fortunate in being able to offer this French classic in this admirable translation.
“It should prove an invaluable book for growing children.… It makes scientific facts little known common property for all, and is withal a deeply interesting, charming exposition of natural truths.”—The Literary Digest.
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