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Excerpt from Letters on the Natural History of the Insects Mentioned in Shakespeare's Plays: With Incidental Notices of the Entomology of Ireland Advantages which may be anticipated from the proposed in quiry. Subject of the present Letter, - Insects in their early or imperfect states. Expression used by Hamlet, If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog. Distinction between the vertebrate animals and insects. Destructive powers possessed by caterpillars frequently mentioned by Shakspeare. The pupa state. There is a difference be tween a grub and a buttery. The smirch'd moth eaten tapestry. The worm i' the bud the canker. Cocoon of the silk-worm; its value. The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk. An empty hazel nut. 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.