Ivi MEMOIR. 



He was Kind and Beneficent to his Relations, 



Benevolent to the Poor, 



and deservedly respected by all his Friends and Neighbours. 

 He was born July 18th, 1720, O.S., 



And died June 26th, 1793. 



Nee bono quicquam mali evenire potest, 



nee vivo, nee mortuo." 



The foregoing simple sketch of the life of Gilbert 

 White, imperfect and unsatisfactory as it is, serves to 

 bring before the readers and admirers of his book some 

 traits of his mind and character which harmonize per- 

 fectly with those which are less obviously developed in 

 his writings. The same combination of simplicity and 

 refinement, the same acuteness of observation, the same 

 humility and absence of all ostentation and self-con- 

 sciousness which together constitute the great charm of 

 his work, are equally conspicuous in his familiar corre- 

 spondence arid the everyday habits of his life. Anecdotes 

 which have formerly been told me show that, besides the 

 qualities to which I have alluded, his temper was parti- 

 cularly placable and forgiving. An amusing instance of 

 this was related to me by his own nephew. His old 

 servant, Thomas (who, it would appear, was somewhat 

 spoilt by indulgence), came one day to his master and 



Rebecca (Mrs. Snooke); Dorothea, who became the wife of her father's 

 successor as vicar of the parish; and Elizabeth, who married her 

 second cousin, the Rev. Charles White, Rector of Bradley, who, as 

 has been before stated, left the Selborne house to Gilbert, who had 

 been his curate. Charles was therefore his uncle only by marriage. 

 In the church register at Selborne I find the following entry: 

 " 17ff . William Henry Cane, Yicar of Selborn, and Mrs. Dorothea 

 White were married Jan. 3rd." 



" The Rev. Charles White, Rector of Bradley, and Mrs. Elizabeth 

 White, of this parish, were also married on the same day, Jan. 3rd, 



