Excerpt from Curiosities of Animal Life: With the Recent Discoveries of the Microscope The object of the writer is to unfold a few pages of the immense and deeply interesting volume of Natural History, relating to those simple, but wonderful forms of life, of which little, as yet, is kwn. And as the results of scientific observation are often repulsive to the general reader, from the form in which they are given and their numerous technicalities, he has aimed to render them popular and attractive. The inspired truth that the works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein, exerts far too little influence. 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 techlogy 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.