Chapter III: Book II: Mission and Arts of the Insect

I. SWAMMERDAM, 129
II. THE MICROSCOPE:--HAS THE INSECT A PHYSIOGNOMY? 143
III. THE INSECT AS THE AGENT OF NATURE IN THE
ACCELERATION OF DEATH AND LIFE, 155
IV. THE INSECT AS MAN'S AUXILIARY, 165
V. A PHANTASMAGORIA OF LIGHT AND COLOUR, 175
VI. THE SILKWORM, 185
VII. INSTRUMENTS OF THE INSECT: AND ITS CHEMICAL
ENERGIES, AS IN THE COCHINEAL AND THE CANTHARIDES, 193
VIII. ON THE RENOVATION OF OUR ARTS BY THE STUDY OF THE INSECT, 201
IX. THE SPIDER--INDUSTRY--THE STOPPAGE, 211
X. THE HOME AND LOVES OF THE SPIDER, 223