Excerpt from The Young Naturalist: A Handy Volume Upon the Collection, Preservation, and Arrangement of Butterflies and ShellsLo! The bright train their radiant wings unfold, With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold On the gay bosom of some fragrant ¿ower They, idly ¿uttering, live their little hour, Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their age, and sunshine all their day. Mrs. Barbauld.Ahat a pleasant life that must he to lead! I ll methinks I hear my young readers exclaim.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.