The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities

Everything a Victorian found astonishing, gathered into one enormous volume — burning springs and buried cities, freaks of storm and flood, the habits of bees and the manners of nations, filed under headings like “Curiosities Respecting Man.”

Ants

3 pages in this part of Wonders and Curiosities.

Curiosities Respecting Insects (Their proceedings which all)

of their proceedings, which all tend to promote the general good. Distress or difficulty falling upon any member of their society…

Curiosities Respecting Insects: Gould

The wars of the red ant (M. rubra) are usually between a small number of the citizens; and the object, according to Gould, is to get rid of…

Curiosities Respecting Insects: Huber (M P Huber is the only modern)

M. P. Huber is the only modern author that appears to have been witness to these combats. He tells us, that when the great attack the…

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