THE GILBERT WHITE OF THE NORTH” 9 
“THE GILBERT WHITE OF THE NORTH.” 
HIS was the name under which the Archbishop of York 
referred to the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, whose death 
was briefly recorded in Nature Notes for March last. 
We had hoped that some Selbornian who was per- 
sonally acquainted with Mr. Morris would have sent us some 
particulars of his life, for he was eminently a Selbornian, and 
was interested in Nature Notes from the date of its institution. 
Rev. F. O. Morris. 
But it was not until September that we found in Good Words for 
that month a paper such as we desired, by Mr. E. W. Abram. 
Permission was at once granted to reproduce, in a summary 
of this, two of the illustrations which accompanied it, but the 
pressure on our space has until now rendered it impossible to 
avail ourselves of the opportunity. 
For particulars as to Mr. Morris’s descent and earlier life, 
Mr. Abram’s paper must be consulted. He was born near Cork 
in [1810, but his education and feelings were entirely English. 
