. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . drag-on-fly as an emblem for cover and title-page will certainlybe unnecessary to those who are familiar with this gro-tesque of the insect world. The natural symbol of om- Xll THROUGH MY SPECTACLES niscience, a creature of the two elements, sharp-eyedalike in both, possessed of a head which is, in fact, alleyes, have we not here an embodied and tangible quivive, beside which the fabled Argus of old is a tameconception ? The seat of its keen intelligence, double-domed and literally begemmed with sight, rei
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . drag-on-fly as an emblem for cover and title-page will certainlybe unnecessary to those who are familiar with this gro-tesque of the insect world. The natural symbol of om- Xll THROUGH MY SPECTACLES niscience, a creature of the two elements, sharp-eyedalike in both, possessed of a head which is, in fact, alleyes, have we not here an embodied and tangible quivive, beside which the fabled Argus of old is a tameconception ? The seat of its keen intelligence, double-domed and literally begemmed with sight, reinforced,too, with wings which convert the horizon to a presentkingdom, where shall my volume look for a more aptemblem ? Moreover, what reminders of red-letter days areawaked in his familiar shape—visions of lush green tan-gles, of water-weeds and lily-pads, of rippling brooksand clipping oars and dancing bobbers; placid lakes,cool forest glades, and meadows redolent with we not accept our dragon-fly even as a courier? July 10, 1891. W. HAMILTON GIBSON, Washington,
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