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MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS

WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1898

Copyright, 1897, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

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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

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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