Excerpt from Record of My Life Work in Entomology This Introduction was first printed as a separate pamphlet by the Cam bridge (england) University Press, and was dated January 30, 1901. This second edition is a reprint of the first, and the principal change introduced consists in the mode of reference to the Chapters on various subjects which, instead of being distributed among the items of the List of my publications (an arrangement that I had announced in the Prospectus of my Record published in June, appear now collected in Part II. The reason for this change will be found explained in the Preface of that Part. 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.