Produced by Chris Curnow, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE STORY-BOOK OF SCIENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE STORY-BOOK OF SCIENCE BY JEAN-HENRI FABRE “Author of SOCIAL LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD,” etc, TRANSLATED FROM THE NINETEENTH FRENCH EDITION BY FLORENCE CONSTABLE BICKNELL [Illustration: Publisher’s Logo] NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1917 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1917, by THE CENTURY CO. –––––––– Published, August, 1917 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE SIX 3 II THE FAIRY TALE AND THE TRUE STORY 7 III THE BUILDING OF THE CITY 11 IV THE COWS 16 V THE SHEEPFOLD 20 VI THE WILY DERVISH 25 VII THE NUMEROUS FAMILY 30 VIII THE OLD PEAR-TREE 37 IX THE AGE OF TREES 40 X THE LENGTH OF ANIMAL LIFE 45 XI THE KETTLE 49 XII THE METALS 52 XIII METAL PLATING 55 XIV GOLD AND IRON 59 XV THE FLEECE 64 XVI FLAX AND HEMP 67 XVII COTTON 71 XVIII PAPER 77 XIX THE BOOK 80 XX PRINTING 84 XXI BUTTERFLIES 88 XXII THE BIG EATERS 93 XXIII SILK 99