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THE object of Fabre in writing the series of essays under notice was to impart general knowledge about things that are familiar to the eyes, though not necessarily to the understanding. The first seven essays deal with insect-life, and these are followed by a number on birds, on some of the facts of plant-life, on the various forms of water and the application of steam, on the elementary phenomena of electricity, etc. These essays, which touch on so many subjects, illustrate Fabre's method of arousing the interest of young people in the phenomena around them. In all, forty-eight essays are reproduced, but the name of the translator does not appear.
The Wonder Book of Science.
J. H.
Fabre
By. Pp. 287. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., n.d.) 8s. 6d. net.
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The Wonder Book of Science . Nature 109, 270 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109270e0
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