Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823 - 1915) was a French entomologist and author. He is best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his marvelous teaching ability and his manner of writing about the lives of insects in biographical form, which he preferred to a clinically detached, journalistic mode of recording. In this book: The Life of the Spider The Wonders of Instinct The Life of the Fly The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The Mason-bees More Hunting Wasps Bramble-bees and Others Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos