The Newtown bee., 1896-07-24


 were his skarchg4. which, in natural his
 tory aud b.tal,v. wer" drawn with nj - egoecoplg uJcIjty, He published several
 volumes, including "A Winter IdyI,
 'SpTngtime, ''The Heart of the White
 Mountains, " 'Pictorial Edition of Long ifell0w," " ''ln berkshire, With the Wild Flowers, written by Dora and Elaine Goodaie; "Camp Life in the Woods,
 and the "1'ricls of Trapping and Trap M@kil 2. "''Com lote American Trapper,' '' , "Highway8 and By-Ways; or, SauEter- iag5 n New EngIaud Sharp Eyes, 8 7 R4mb)cr's Calendar of Fifty-two Weeks l Amoug Insects, Birds, and Flowers ;''
 "Happy Hunting Grounds; Tribute to the Woods and Fields, and Our Edible Iushrooms, " his last book, He became :. water color exhibitor in 1872, and join sd the Water Color Society in 1885. He va also d member of the Authors Club and of the Art Union. His Autumn Study was exhibited at the London Wa ter Color Exhibition in 1873, and in Edin- hu-gh the same year.
 r. might be hard to say, perhaps, where 1 in Mir Gibson cxcolled, whether as an il- iustrator, author or on the lecture plat !. fullu. But it WAS in this latter field in 1 lis latest years that he WAS most active, end doubtless thc most successful He i .2as iu constant demand for lectures dur { 5JR the winter scaaon by the leading so~ CioLics ir the rtius of this country, and I:Ireudv his cjmc for the season of '9G-'H7 ] Was well engaged. His recent visit to his ! tagjvt town when he lccturcd at our ! Town nell 1o large audience is remem- hcred with pleasure. To give an idea of bis work on the lecture platform we qNote from TIE BEES report of his lee tule at that time.
 Mir Gibson hal ,nc -ympatly ot lis audience with hjlu rom tue start. The dircctne,s with v Hie.}l u'. aAndled ui4 subject pleasing. lie went stl ii iu businoas-ikc way, He cN- planned how the 4ui5eCt had grown upon him and bow .lu orjcr lu present inc subject in ' uur lecture. he was 0hli4cd 10 c0udcu-o, and : a- tbtt ar@.Io,Hn. }ucn would say, 'Yjoil" his uare1lal down n'tu sluaII compass. The lee. rlrer cau>ed U -a4io 10 pHes over the audi . elce when he stit that he bad come to the . conclusion H- Fl result Q: ht5 observation tHat . botlu.raI know ledge was not epidemic in any . -oliu"nIJy.
 The bagguttul charts he exhibited. with their i ugrnIous lntcnani7Iu, won thv admiration oI . every hrhrltl,.r, He stated on the threshold . f Hi- that h- ~unjrct w}.4 moi 10 treat flowers i0 his lcs ,ulc ut the, evening }tS botan- ,cal specimens, but 10 sHuv the relation be- , Eoru lue insect and flower. He referred to The then wohucltM 'Ii~oovrrtr- of Inc early . ontUl'=}4. Ir'iurtvd H sentence from Sprcn- ..Ie, which h" said >>1s un excellent motto tor . 'uyone tu lajla wtti! them as they wtnt into . .ue hc.d, "1ua wI~o Author ot Nature would . 1o' rr''u+ even q hair lu vuin."
 II }a- uol been given, .u.d th- lecturer, to ,ay one uau O discover the whole ruth. Dis | .o> vlic~ have been made by three noted men, ,trI u- !! were standing on the shoulders of . Or other. MT tHhaon nlgh5 have added, a rourth discorercr had arisen, but hc 1nodestly . uIa'le no reference to the many valuable dis nUNcriu7 he has made himself in the world of 'utouy. ri" lecturer referred 10 Darwin ns . 'H" 3isc0vrrer ut the wonderful theory Or rIo-7 tcrtiIjlatiou. He crrnted considerable . . Iuuerlu%nt hy showing m illustrated chart . "t pigeons. He called attention to the bsauti- Ii wlld pigeon, arst then showed "ulan's pig . tuI,7. ua he calIeu them, oddities produced ivy hrccuuL. He dcclaIed that mans i'm ! l.rDycutH.ls arc stt n tisu,tyautage in nature
 
 or"7s.t"rljGz"tiou hy 1n~octa, t,nd explained the great value of lue nuuhlo bee. Mir Gibson made n happy statement in referring to bo- tuHIc'u WulAs "I woudeI." sl.I he, eff the .ne will ever come when a man may read iolaHlcn work without understanding at. l1. lir then said h" vyaS iii work on such u u"pA in "iich he proposed To tell in English ar people coulu und-rstAnd ot the wonders .uo' u..-%crIe~ t) the floral kingdom.
 Wherein Mir Gibson cAcQIled as au au- i thor "1,5 in bringing to the everyday aciaou tlc beauties If Nature he disc0v- . rcd. He usc0untcuanced Latin and I ambiguous phra5eG, and in plain and 7 beautiful English told his story. His l aim in this regard is shown in his intro iGction to one ot his most popular works Sharp Eyes in which he says sharp Eyos. then, is, in brief, a cordial rec. l 'mru"uIttion and invitation to wnlk the "oods and fields with me- and reap the per 'ejunl "harvest Of quiet eye" which Nature everywhere ncstows, to witness with me the tr1ng" rey yeluIon4 Of this wild bal rnasGuo; " a"8h, to admire, to study, to ponder, to s hIl"-ophiI"-botwe"n the Iines--to,uestion ! ,nd always 10 rejoice and give thanks, I sharp Eyes Is, moreover, q plea for the ra
 
 messenger to That thoughtless host.tu whom f 'a' urc Is Ii closed hook-nOt only unopened, < 'ut with leaves uucut-to those who would 7ke il "waIk," perhaps, but to whom it would eem, the only virtues ot a walk are cOmpris l 7 al in the quickenin% pulse, the expansion of | ung, anal the cultivation of brawn. To such walk may be an exhiIaration and a positive e benefit, but scarcely the means of grace which $ impHed in the stroll or ramblc. l would ay open few, a very few, of these uncut 'aBes, which have learned by heart that a 'Hlue may be read," even as we run. i would give at lGast one worthy motive for i stroll for every day in the years storm or shine, summer or winter-cOnscious that in hus seeing through my spectacles my prose ytes will surely rejoice in their conversion.
 As q man Mr Gibson was most genial .. and ati4ble, and was considered perhaps the most popular man of the Washington summer colony. He will be sadly miss- ed in the town of his adoption. ( The last sad 0bsequjes were attended { on Sunday afternoon from his late resi- E dence, The Sumacs." The service was { by Rev Robert Carter, assist I ed by Rev MT Turner and Prof k. ". / Raymond of Brooklyn, the latter making | a strikingly beautiful address. The pail t bearers were B. $. Barnes, Clarence t Deming, Walter Logan, William G. John Brinsmade and Dr ( Ford. The burial was in the cemetery, t on the Green.