And So Ad Infinitum' (The Life of the Insects) / An Entomological Review, in Three Acts, a Prologue and an Epilogue |
PROLOGUE ACT I THE BUTTERFLIES ACT II CREEPERS AND CRAWLERS ACT III THE ANTS EPILOGUE DEATH AND LIFE
An Entomological Review, in Three Acts
a Prologue and an Epilogue BY
THE BROTHERS ČAPEK The authorized translation from the Czech
by Paul Selver FREELY ADAPTED FOR THE ENGLISH STAGE
BY NIGEL PLAYFAIR AND CLIFFORD BAX ‘So, Naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite ’em, And so proceed ad infinitum.’ Dean Swift. HUMPHREY MILFORD
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