Editing Auguste Forel (section)

====''Les fourmis de la Suisse'' (1874)====
Following a field trip to southern Switzerland in his early twenties, Forel wrote a 450-page essay, ''Les Fourmis de la Suisse'', which was first published in a three part series in a Swiss scientific journal, beginning in 1874.{{sfn|Forel|1874}} It earned him the Schafli prize awarded by the Swiss Natural History Society. Forel sent Charles Darwin a copy of the essay when it was published as a book in 1874, and Darwin commended his work. The Paris Academy of Science also honored him with the Thore prize for the essay. His 1874 450-page treatise, was selected by scholars for its cultural importance{{emdash}}it is part of the knowledge base of civilization.{{sfn|Forel|1874}}{{sfn|Forel|1921}} ''Les Fourmis de la Suisse'' was commended by [[Charles Darwin]]. It was translated into English when it was reissued in 1890.

Sir [[John Alexander Hammerton|J.A. Hammerton]] wrote a chapter entitled "The Senses of Insects: Auguste Forel", in his 1937 book, ''Outline of Great Books'' in which he praised Forel's 1874 "prize essay on the Ants of Switzerland". Hammerton said that it was "the most important contribution to insect psychology ever made by a single student...He made the senses and mental faculties of insects his chief study. His work on insects has served the study of human psychology, and is in itself perhaps the most important contribution to insect psychology ever made by a single student."{{sfn|Hammerton|1937|page=470}}