1921. J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment. Under Fabre's magic touch the commonplace phenomena of daily life take on new meaning, and the beauty of science lies unlocked to the observer. Fabre uses the character of Uncle Paul to acquaint the reader with the various helpers of man in his labors as tiller of the soil. He tells about their ways of living their habits and their aptitudes and the services they render. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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"IN these talks that we shall have together," said Uncle Paul, as he sat with his nephews one evening in May under the big elder tree in the garden, "I propose to designate as 'friends' those forms of animal life that, though not domesticated or cared for by us, nevertheless come to our aid by waging war on insects and various other devouring creatures which would in the end, unless their excessive multiplication were kept in restraint by others besides ourselves, eat up all our crops and lay waste our fields; and it is these ravagers of the farmer's carefully tilled acres that I shall speak of as 'foes.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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"IN these talks that we shall have together," said Uncle Paul, as he sat with his nephews one evening in May under the big elder tree in the garden, "I propose to designate as 'friends' those forms of animal life that, though not domesticated or cared for by us, nevertheless come to our aid by waging war on insects and various other devouring creatures which would in the end, unless their excessive multiplication were kept in restraint by others besides ourselves, eat up all our crops and lay waste our fields; and it is these ravagers of the farmer's carefully tilled acres that I shall speak of as 'foes.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
viscous tongue, wing sheaths, perfect insect, slender beak, diurnal birds, nocturnal birds, horseshoe bat, spotted woodpecker, young hares, white underneath, progressive supranuclear palsy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Paul, One-eyed John, Mother Ambroisine New!
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