Excerpt from Entomologist, Vol. 2 Like Rip van Winkle, it awoke after a twenty years' slum ber, rubbed its eyes, and stepped forth amongst its living namesakes with all the formality of its pristine appearance. A few months have altered this, and the Entomologist' of '65, although commenced with due solemnity, is as different from the 'entomologist' of as good sound Saxon is from the canine Latin in which 1 formerly had the misfortune to rejoice. It became obvious that I had mistaken my calling. 1 had no skill in that very peculiar language which, like the Rev. Edward Irving's, owes its popularity to its obscurity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.