Daniel Carter Beard Quote

Bugs, butterflies and beetles are a busy lot, they need watching, they are mischievous little gnomes, but the Great Creator supplied the earth with birds to keep these little insect fairies in subjection.


The American Boys' Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles, Chapter One (p. 31), J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1915


Bugs, butterflies and beetles are a busy lot, they need watching, they are mischievous little gnomes, but the Great Creator supplied the earth with...

Bugs, butterflies and beetles are a busy lot, they need watching, they are mischievous little gnomes, but the Great Creator supplied the earth with...

Bugs, butterflies and beetles are a busy lot, they need watching, they are mischievous little gnomes, but the Great Creator supplied the earth with...

Bugs, butterflies and beetles are a busy lot, they need watching, they are mischievous little gnomes, but the Great Creator supplied the earth with...