My Studio Neighbors is a collection of illustrated nature essays by W. Hamilton Gibson, first published in 1898. Writing from his studio, he observes birds, insects, flowers, and small dramas of the natural world with curiosity and gentle humor. It is worth listening to for its close attention to common wildlife and accessible, warm prose.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
frontis, (signed) W Hamilton Gibson MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS BY WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1898 Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Transcriber note: Page 132 has wide margins to accommodate the illustration. CONTENTS CONTENTS Page A Familiar Guest 3 The Cuckoos and the Outwitted Cow-bird 23 Door-step Neighbors 57
A Queer Little Family on the Bittersweet 87 The Welcomes of the Flowers 105 A Honey-dew Picnic 151 A Few Native Orchids and Their Insect Sponsors 171 The Milkweed 227 Index 239 LIST OF DESIGNS LIST OF DESIGNS Page William Hamilton Gibson Frontispiece Initial. The Studio Door 3 The Rose-bush Episode 9 A Corner of My Table 12 An Animated Brush 14 A Specimen in Three Stages 16 The Studio Table 18 Initial 23 The European Cuckoo 24 The Yellow-billed Cuckoo 26 Browsing Kine 29 A Greedy Foster-child 34 The Yellow Warbler 44 A Blighted Home 46 The Normal Nest of the Yellow Warbler 47 The Yellow Warbler at Home 49 A Suspicious Nest of the Yellow Warbler 50 The Nest Separated 52
Initial 57 The Door-step Arena, with its Pitfalls 60 Fishing for Tigers 65 Tiger-beetle 68 The Spider Victim 70 Filling the Spider's Grave 71 Black Digger-wasp 73 Black Digger-wasp and His Victim, Showing the Egg of the Wasp Attached 75 Protecting the Burrow while Searching for Prey 79 The "Cow-spit" Mystery Disclosed 81 The Tiger's Head, from the Victim's Stand-point 84 Initial. Branch of the Bittersweet 87 A Bittersweet Covey 90 Flushing the Game 92 Specimen Twig 94 Building Froth-tent 100 Butterflies and Flowers 105 A Row of Stamens 106 The Parts of a Flower 109 Historical Series, Showing the Progress of Discovery of Flower Fertilization 110 The Garden Sage 120 Cross-fertilization of the Sage 121 Elastic Stamens. Anthers Inserted in their Pockets 124
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