William Hamilton Gibson: artist—naturalist—authorAdams, John Coleman
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William Hamilton Gibson: artist—naturalist—author
Adams, John Coleman
Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896; Illustrators -- United States -- Biography
It is impossible to trace or to enumerate the anonymous and
fugitive articles scattered through the periodicals and other
publications from 1872. The same is true of illustrations. Gibson’s
extraordinary productiveness and industry enabled him to furnish a
vast amount of material to many publishers. Among the more
important works which he illustrated, wholly or in part, the
following may be named:
“The American Agriculturist.”
“Hearth and Home.”
“Appleton’s Encyclopedia” (Botanical Drawings).
“Picturesque America.”
“Success with Small Fruits,” E. P. Roe.
“In Berkshire with the Wild Flowers,” Elaine and Dora Goodale.
The Heart of the White Mountains,” S. A. Drake.
“The Master of the Gunnery.”
“Nature’s Serial Story,” E. P. Roe.
“The Pictorial Longfellow.”
“Sketches in the South,” Charles Dudley Warner and Rebecca Harding
Davis.
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Books for the Country
=NATURE STUDIES IN BERKSHIRE.= By JOHN COLEMAN ADAMS. With 16
illustrations in photogravure from original photographs by ARTHUR SCOTT.
8º, gilt top, $4.50. Popular edition, illustrated, 8º, $2.50.
“The book on the whole is a sane and sympathetic tribute to nature, a
tribute that is much enhanced by the accompanying beautiful
photographs.”--_Chicago Tribune._
=LANDSCAPE GARDENING.= Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn-Planting,
Laying out and Arrangement of Country Places, Large and Small Parks,
etc. By SAMUEL PARSONS, Jr., Ex-Superintendent of Parks, New York City.
With nearly 200 illustrations. Large 8º, $3.50.
“Mr. Parsons proves himself a master of his art as a landscape gardener,
and this superb book should be studied by all who are concerned in the
making of parks in other cities,”--_Philadelphia Bulletin._
=LAWNS AND GARDENS.= How to Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure Ground,
and Garden. By N. JÖNSSON-ROSE, of the Department of Public Parks, New
York City. With 172 plans and illustrations. Large 8º, gilt top, $3.50.
“Mr. Jönsson-Rose has prepared a treatise which will prove of genuine
value to the large and increasing number of those who take a personal
interest in their home grounds. It does not aim above the intelligence
or æsthetic sense of the ordinary American citizen who has never given
any thought to planting and to whom some of the profounder principles of
garden-art make no convincing appeal.”--_Garden and Forest._
=ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS.= For Garden, Lawn, and Park Planting. By LUCIUS D.
DAVIS. With over 100 illustrations. 8º, $3.50.
“Mr. Davis writes with authority upon his chosen theme.... The book is
full of information upon the subject of which it treats, and contains
many suggestions that will prove helpful.”--_N. Y. Times._
=THE LEAF COLLECTOR’S HANDBOOK AND HERBARIUM.= An aid in the preservation
and in the classification of specimen leaves of the trees of
Northeastern America. By CHARLES S. NEWHALL. Illustrated. 8º, $2.00.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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