GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON

(1850-1896), an American writer and illustrator; 6. in New York City. He received his education in the Poly technique Institute, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and soon after graduating began making botanical drawings for Harpers’ Magazine and other periodicals. These were delicately tinted in a few colors and attracted considerable attention. Later he also exhibited water colors of landscapes and flowers, and illustrated books whose text he also supplied. Among ee latter are Camp Life in the Woods, Highways and Byways, 1883, and Our Native Orchids, 1895, * GIDDINGS, FRANKLIN HENRY (1855), an American sociologist, b. in Sherman, Conn. He graduated from Union College, in 1877, was for ten years engaged in journalism, and then began teaching as profe or at Bryn Mawr College. He stands in the fore rank of American sociologists.. Since 1906 he has been profe or of sociology and the history of civilization at Columbia University. Among his books are The Theory of Sociology, 1894; The Theory of Socialization, 1897; Democracy and Empire, 1900; Descriptive and Historic at Sociology, 1906; Pagan Poems, 1914, and The Responsible State, 1918. 1864), a U. S. congre man; 6. in Athens, Pa. He studied law and began to practice in Ohio, in 1820. In 1838 he was elected to Congre , where he soon acquired distinction as a bitter opponent of the institution of slavery. In his fiery speeches he again and again pre-, dicted the coming struggle between the > North and the South over the question | of slavery. In 1861 he was sent to Canada as United States Consul General. He wro te The Exiles of Florida, 1858, and The Rebellion; Tits Authors and Its Causes, 1864.