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Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin: A century of family letters 1792-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2. [page break] [page i

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CHAPTER XI 1819 1823 Emma Allen at Maer Fanny and Emma Wedgwood A gigantic cheese Races and Race-Balls A singing party at the Mount, Shrewsbury Dr Darwin and his daughters Fanny and Emma at school in London Sunday-school at Maer The Sismondis at Geneva. IN 1819 the Wedgwoods left Etruria, and from now onwards lived at Maer. Whilst the house was being painted the family went to Cresselly, leaving Fanny and Emma, then 13 and 11 years old, under the charge of their aunt Emma Allen at Maer. Emma

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EMMA DARWIN A CENTURY OF FAMILY LETTERS 1792-1896 EDITED BY HER DAUGHTER HENRIETTA LITCHFIELD IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED VOL. II LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1915 [page iv

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CHAPTER VI 1843-1845 The death of John Allen Emma and Fanny Allen leave Cresselly Josiah Wedgwood's death Our nurse Brodie Henrietta Darwin born Sept. 25, 1843 Charles at Shrewsbury Madame Sismondi at Ch ne A visit to Combe Florey Emma at Maer Mazzini and Carlyle George Darwin born July 9, 1845 Improvements at Down. JOHN ALLEN, the brother so beloved by all his sisters, died in April, 1843. Emma and Fanny Allen now left Cresselly, which Seymour, John's eldest son, inherited, and joined Jessie

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1814. John Allen's marriage Jessie, Emma, and Fanny Allen at Dulwich The Mackintoshes in Great George Street An escapade of the Duke of Brunswick London parties and Madame de Sta l . . . . . . . . . 30 50 CHAPTER IV. MAER. Maer Hall The children of Josiah Wedgwood A picnic at Trentham Emma Caldwell's picture of life at Maer Emma Darwin's comment seventy-two years later Emma's childhood 51 62 CHAPTER V. 1814 1815. The Prudent Man's Friend Society The John Wedgwoods and Drewes at Exeter The Battle

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sister Bessy's reply Some account of Sismondi Their early married life Posting across France . . . . . . 123 133 CHAPTER XI. 1819 1823. Emma Allen and her nieces, Fanny and Emma Wedgwood A gigantic cheese Races and Race-Balls Dr Darwin and his daughters A singing party of girls at the Mount, Shrewsbury Fanny and Emma at school in London Sunday-school at Maer The Sismondis at Geneva . . . . 134 148 [page] xii

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CHAPTER XII. 1823 1824. Bessy's lessening strength A Wedgwood-Darwin party at Scarborough Visit to Sydney Smith at Foston Rectory a memorable debate An averted duel Emma confirmed Revels and flirtations Kitty Wedgwood's death Sarah Wedgwood builds on Maer Heath ....... 149 164 CHAPTER XIII. 1825 1826. Fanny and Emma Allen return to Cresselly The death of Caroline Wedgwood The Grand Tour of the Josiah Wedgwoods Frank Wedgwood at Maer Their return home in October Allen Wedgwood Vicar of Maer The

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Onibury Miss Martineau and Mrs Marsh Hensleigh Wedgwood's scruples as to administering oaths William Clifford abroad A tour in Switzerland and visit to Queen Hortense at Constance 253 265 CHAPTER XIX. 1835 1837. Home life at Maer Mrs Marsh as novelist Fanny Allen on Mr Scott Emma Wedgwood visits Cresselly Mrs John Wedgwood's sudden death at Shrewsbury Emma Wedgwood at musical festivals Charles Darwin returns home Emma at Edinburgh C. D. on marriage ...... 266 277 CHAPTER XX. 1837 1838. The younger

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Sismondis at Gower Street and Tenby Miss Edgeworth and Emma Darwin Anne Elizabeth Darwin, born Erasmus and Miss Martinean Charles and Doddy at Shrewsbury Sismondi's fatal illness The birth of Edmund Langton . . . . . . 50 63 CHAPTER IV. 1842. A Revolution at Geneva Taking children to the pantomime Charles Darwin meets Humboldt He visits Shrewsbury Elizabeth with Emma at Gower Street Emma at Maer Sismondi dies June 25, 1842 Jessie comes to live at Tenby 64 74 CHAPTER V. DOWN. Down The dangerous

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A CENTURY OF FAMILY LETTERS CHAPTER I 1792 1800 Emma Wedgwood The Allens of Cresselly Sir James Mackintosh The Wedgwoods and Darwins Josiah Wedgwood's marriage A ball at Ramsgate Tom Wedgwood's ill-health The Wedgwoods at Gunville. EMMA WEDGWOOD was born on May 2, 1808, at Maer Hall in Staffordshire. She was the youngest child of Josiah Wedgwood of Maer, and his wife, Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of John Bartlett Allen, of Cresselly, Pembrokeshire. The first part of this family record

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CHAPTER XIX 1835 1837 Home life at Maer Mrs Marsh as novelist Emma Wedgwood visits Cresselly Mrs John Wedgwood's sudden death Emma Wedgwood at musical festivals Charles Darwin returns home Emma at Edinburgh C. D. on marriage. THE home life at Maer had by now become much changed. Emma had lost through the death of Fanny the companionship of a sister of her own age, and the failure of their mother's health made it necessary that either Elizabeth or Emma should always be at home. It is as nurse

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happiness is Charles's thorough affection and value for Papa. I am, my dear uncle, yours affectionately, EMMA W. Charles Darwin to Emma Wedgwood. SHREWSBURY, Wednesday Morning [14 Nov. 1838]. MY DEAR EMMA, Marianne and Susan will have told you what joy and happiness the news gave all here. We have had innumerable cogitations; and the one conclusion I exult in is that there was never anyone so lucky as I have been, or so good as you. Indeed I can assure you, many times since leaving Maer, I have

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place to find a pin or a pair of scissors was his study. I remember one little anecdote told me by my mother about her sister Fanny. When their cousin, Mrs Swinton Holland, gave three little brooches to Fanny, Emma, and their cousin Jessie Wedgwood, Fanny had first choice, and Emma saw distinctly that Fanny was choosing the least pretty one, but she herself had not unselfishness enough to act in the same way, and her turn coming next, she chose the prettiest. Emma's childhood must have been a most

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CHILDREN OF DR ROBERT WARING DARWIN (1766 1848) AND HIS WIFE SUSANNAH WEDGWOOD (1765 1817). 1. Marianne (1798 1858) m. Dr Henry Parker. 2. Caroline (1800 1888) m. her cousin Josiah Wedgwood of Leith Hill Place. 3. Susan (1803 1866) unmarried. 4. Erasmus Alvey (1804 1881) unmarried. 5. Charles Robert (1809 1882) m. his cousin Emma Wedgwood. 6. Catherine (1810 1866) m., late in life, Rev. Charles Langton. Charlotte Wedgwood was his 1st wife. [page xx

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kept by Emma Caldwell. My mother's comment is added, written seventy-two years later to her niece Julia Wedgwood (always called Snow ). Extract from a Journal of Emma Caldwell, afterwards Mrs Henry Holland. July 7, 1819. My Aunt took me to Maer. Miss Emma Allen, Charlotte, with Caroline [Darwin] came to dinner from Shrewsbury. 9th. Rode with Charlotte and Harry to Newcastle. A very pleasant ride indeed. Harry agreeable I do like a person easy to talk to for my own pleasure, even though they

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CHAPTER IX 1818 The Josiah Wedgwoods in Paris The Collos Cousins William Clifford Dancing lessons Madame Catalani Emma's first letter Society and housekeeping in Paris Fanny and Emma at school A letter from their old Nurse. IN 1818 Josiah Wedgwood, his wife, and his four daughters journeyed to Paris, and stayed there some months. Elizabeth was 24, Charlotte 21, Fanny nearly 12, and Emma nearly 10 years old. Young as she was, Emma vividly remembered to the end of her long life the impression of

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CHILDREN OF DR ROBERT WARING DARWIN (1766-1848) AND HIS WIFE SUSANNAH WEDGWOOD (1765-1817). 1. Marianne (1798-1858) m. Dr Henry Parker. 2. Caroline (1800-1888) m. her cousin Josiah Wedgwood of Leith Hill Place. 3. Susan (1803-1866) unmarried. 4. Erasmus Alvey (1804-1881) unmarried. 5. Charles Robert (1809-1882) m. his cousin Emma Wedgwood. 6. Catherine (1810-1866) m., late in life, Rev. Charles Langton. Charlotte Wedgwood was his 1st wife. [page xiv

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nesses and prejudices, Jessie was quoting them almost as oracles of undisputed truth. Emma Allen describes how much Jessie suffers from the humiliation of her deafness, but adds, I would advise all who love her not to be afraid of coming near her, she has such a power of loving and of exciting love that some way or other I always find it good to be near her. [page] 7

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CHAPTER VII 1846 Emma at Maer The death of Bessy, March 31, 1846 Elizabeth leaves Maer Emma and two of her children at Tenby. BESSY'S health was now failing fast; Emma went for a few days alone to Maer in January, 1846, on this account. Emma Darwin to her aunt Madame Sismondi. MAER, Thursday [Jan., 1846]. Elizabeth is looking well and in good spirits. She is buoyed up by instinctive hopefulness, though if you were to ask her what it was she hoped, I don't know what she would say, but it makes

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Emma Darwin to Charles Darwin. [DOWN] Monday 21st [April, 1851]. Your two letters just come. I am confused now and hardly know what my impression is, but I have considerable hopes. Except at post-time my sufferings are nothing to yours. Charles Darwin to Emma Darwin. [MALVERN] Wednesday, 23rd April [1851]. MY DEAR DEAREST EMMA, I pray God Fanny's note may have prepared you. She went to her final sleep most tranquilly, most sweetly at 12 o'clock to-day. Our poor dear dear child has had a very

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CHAPTER VI. 1843 1845. The death of John Allen Emma and Fanny Allen leave Cresselly Josiah Wedgwood's death Our nurse Brodie Henrietta Darwin born Sept. 25, 1843 Charles at Shrewsbury Madame Sismondi at Ch ne A visit to Combe Florey Emma at Maer Mazzini and Carlyle George Darwin born July 9th, 1845 Improvements at Down . . . . . . 82 97 CHAPTER VII. 1846. The death of Bessy on March 31st, 1846 Elizabeth leaves Maer Emma Darwin and two of her children at Tenby . 98 104 CHAPTER VIII. 1847 1848

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A CENTURY OF FAMILY LETTERS CHAPTER 1 1838-1839 Charles and Emma engaged Dr. Darwin's delight Suburbs versus London A letter from Sismondi House-hunting. IT seems to have been in the summer of 1838 that my father determined to ask Emma to be his wife. He was however far from hopeful, partly because of his looks, for he had the strange idea that his delightful face, so full of power and sweetness, was repellently plain. He went to Maer on Nov. 8, and on Nov. 11 The day of days, is written in

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CHAPTER IV MAER Maer Hall The children of Josiah Wedgwood A picnic at Trentham Emma Caldwell's picture of life at Maer Emma Darwin's comment seventy-two years later Emma's childhood. WE now leave the earlier life in which the group of Allens are the chief figures, and take up the story of Emma Wedgwood. Josiah Wedgwood of Maer had nine children, of whom eight lived to grow up. Emma was the youngest child, born May 2nd, 1808. Maer Hall, where Emma spent her life till she married, was so deeply

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much that we think of going again next Sunday. Jessie Allen, commenting on this account, sends a very tender kiss to the Doveleys, the tenderest to Emma, but do not tell her so. How much I should have liked to see her little prim face on the water. Fanny Allen wrote to her niece Elizabeth Wedgwood (Oct. 11, 1813): Sarah gives an excellent report of the poetical taste of little Emma. I hope this will grow on her. Is she not the first of you that has read through Paradise Lost? You must not let

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CHAPTER XIII 1825 1826 Fanny and Emma Allen return to Cresselly The death of Caroline Wedgwood The Grand Tour of the Josiah Wedgwoods Frank Wedgwood at Maer Their return home Allen Wedgwood Vicar of Maer The anti-slavery agitation. IN 1825 a great change took place in the lives of Emma and Fanny Allen. Their brother John's wife died after a long illness, and they returned to live at Cresselly to take care of his four children Seymour Phillips (called Bob), Harry, Johnny, and Isabella. Fanny's

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said on occasion of our admiring the beauty of Emma Pictet that he would not give one of his own little Emma Wedgwood for ten Emma Pictets. He admires Fanny very much, and as he never hides anything he feels, he tells her he thinks her very pretty will this do her any harm, think you? None at all I believe, for they will not believe themselves a bit more good-looking because he calls them jolie. [page] 19

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Hensleighs have just taken a house four doors only from Emma, which Emma very much likes. She will find it a great comfort, for they are neither of them idle people to fall into the error of running in and out at all hours. Charles goes to his own room to work after breakfast till two o'clock, so that Emma has a good deal of time to herself in the mornings, which I should think very comfortable. Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her husband in Gower Street. MAER, Wednesday, Dec. 11th, 1839. MY DEAR JOS, I need not

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Elizabeth Wedgwood to her sister Emma Darwin. MAER, Monday [6 April, 1846]. MY DEAR EMMA, We have been talking a little of our plans. I think we shall come to the conclusion that as we must break up from here, there is little use in lingering, and that we shall probably not stay more than a month. I don't feel that leaving the place (though I shall never see another I shall like anything like it) will be much of a grief. How glad I should have been if Jos and Harry would have taken to it; I

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CHAPTER VI 1815 1816 The Allen sisters abroad Paris after Waterloo Harriet Drewe's engagement to Mr Gifford Fanny Allen and William Clifford A family gathering at Bath Sarah Wedgwood's love-affairs Bessy visits Mrs Surtees Geneva society The Sydney Smiths at Etruria Kitty Mackintosh and her daughters The Allen sisters journey to Florence. IN the autumn of 1815 the three sisters Jessie, Emma, and Fanny Allen went abroad for three years. Jessie was 38, Emma 35, and Fanny 34 years old. They were

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CHAPTER XIV 1826 1827 The Sismondis in England Bessy and her daughter Charlotte at Ampthill Fanny and Emma Wedgwood at Geneva Sarah Wedgwood's generosity The Prince of Denmark Edward Drewe's love-affair Harry Wedgwood on French plays Fanny and Emma return home Lady Byron at Geneva. IN the spring of 1826 the Sismondis came over to England. Fanny Allen wrote of Jessie (May 25, 1826), her countenance is as charming as ever, which makes her better worth looking at than any beauty I know. Harry

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death of Mr Surtees, and Emma wrote as if before this visit she had scarcely seen her aunt Harriet, whom she thought more like her mother than any of her other aunts. The Mackintoshes had come for a stay of six months. Book-shelves and writing-tables had been specially prepared for Sir James to work at his History. Emma wrote, Sir James shook hands with me, to my great surprise. He is very pleasant and talkative. Bessy described his bearing the bitter disappointment of getting nothing in

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Wedgwood, Emma Wedgwood and Catherine Darwin all made a trip to Paris to meet them, and there spent about three weeks. Emma Wedgwood to her mother. BOULOGNE, May 15, 1838, Sunday. MY DEAR MAMMA, Here we are safe and sound after a most excellent passage. This morning we have had our breakfast interrupted only by running to the window to look at the diligences going by. I will now go back to the beginning of our adventures. We had a very pleasant drive to Birmingham, Harry in a rapture with the green

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congratulations. Believe me my dear Lyell, Yours most truly obliged, CHAS. DARWIN. Dr Darwin to Josiah Wedgwood. SHREWSBURY, 13 Nov. 1838. DEAR WEDGWOOD, Emma having accepted Charles gives me as great happiness as Jos having married Caroline, and I cannot say more. On that marriage Bessy said she should not have had more pleasure if it had been Victoria, and you may assure her I feel as grateful to her for Emma, as if it had been Martineau herself that Charles had obtained. Pray give my love to Elizabeth, I

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, accompanied by her sister Emma, set out for Geneva and Ch ne. Madame Sismondi to her niece Emma Darwin. CH NE, July 13th, 1844. I seem so near him here, that the separation does not appear so complete and terrible as when I was in England, where all the regret for him seemed centred in my own [page] 8

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sunny day to cheer them. I have no doubt that both would prefer a quiet wedding-day, with no reminiscences to sadden either party, and the wedding taking place now will suit you all. Think of Emma D. being, after long deliberation, on the side of the Federals, whom I detest with all the fire that is left me! their hypocrisy respecting slavery is most odious, and their treatment of the poor negroes atrocious. The following letter is written in a tiny hand on a little sheet of paper 3 2 : Emma

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my father had made a deep impression upon Fanny Allen; she speaks of a friend as the most devoted wife she ever knew, except Emma, and she is an exception to every wife. Emma Darwin to her aunt Fanny Allen. [Probably 1865]. I have taken a little to gardening this summer, and I often felt surprised when I was feeling sad enough how cheering a little exertion of that sort is. I also like cutting and carving among the shrubs, but as my opinion is diametrically opposite to the rest of my family, I

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he and his wife came to live at Down. Leonard, now in the Royal Engineers, went to New Zealand to observe the Transit of Venus. Fanny Allen to her niece Emma Darwin. June 30th, 1874. DEAREST EMMA, Your boy starts on his star-gazing expedition with excellent weather. November is not far off and he may be back almost before Mrs Evans's1 tears are dried. Elizth says in her letter that she is going up in her own carriage. She is wise if she indulges herself in this luxury. The Spirits will not do

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returned; and I think it may be said that there was never from beginning to end one instant's jar in their many years of close intercourse. On April 19th, 1887, the anniversary of my father's death, she wrote: I do not find that the day of the month makes the anniversary with me but the look out of doors, the flowers, and the sort of weather. Emma Darwin to Margaret Shaen after the sudden death of her father. EASTBOURNE, Monday [Ap. 4, 1887]. In my great loss I felt that the sudden end was a

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Emma Darwin to her son Francis. [Nov., 1887.] I share some of your feeling of relief that what I have been rather dreading is over, and that I don't believe there will be anything disagreeable to go tho'. Your relief is not from this sort of feeling however. I have been reading the scientific letters, and in almost every one there is some characteristic bit which charms one. A little mention of me in a letter of [his to] Laura1 sent me to bed with a glow about my heart coming on it

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they have dabbled themselves in ink the least in the world, the thing is impossible.... Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her sister Emma Allen. PARKFIELDS, Nov. 27 [1813]. MY DEAR EMMA, Nothing can be more delightful than the present course of events, public and private, a post is quite flat now if it does not bring news of a revolution.2 Give my kind love to Sarah and thank her for her letter. In the pleasing uncertainty in which her mind was when she wrote to me, I cannot guess whether she will be glad or

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ever he had before to apply, and I am sure he will be content with a little if he can make her happy, which I hope to God he will do.... My little Emma is gone up with Harry to pay Fanny Mackintosh a visit, and I have only just heard of her arrival at Clapham, and seeing the dining-room all lighted up as she drove into the court, and the Historian himself in full discourse (as she saw through the window) with a party of gentlemen. Emma, however, desired to be shown up to Mrs Rich's room

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near us at Down, and my father told us how our uncle Charles would not buy Baston, a charming house on Hayes Common, because he saw one rough-looking man on the Common, and thought it would not be safe for his wife and little boy to walk there alone. This summer Emma lost her beloved sister Fanny, from whom she had never been parted for more than a week or two. She died on August 20th, 1832, aged 26, after a few days illness from some inflammatory attack. Her sister Charlotte wrote to Emma, I

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The piano mentioned above was her father's present to her. I remember it well in its handsome mahogany case; it kept its beauty of tone longer than any later piano. For the sake of quiet they lived, grand piano and all, in the smallish back room looking on the garden, which smoky though it was, was a great boon to their country souls. Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her daughter Emma Darwin. MAER, February 4 [1839]. A thousand thanks to you, dearest Emma, for your delightful letter which from the

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poetic without knowing it, which is the prettiest poetry of all. The drop of water on the cabbage-leaf is delicious. Emma [Allen] cried out on the charms of Georgey, and began telling me instances of his promising genius. She thought him a very remarkable child. She says he has a laugh so hearty, so merry, she would defy anyone not laughing with him. Blessed mother of happy children you are, my Emma; I believe with the Turks there is no cloud without a silver lining. Now that I stand at the end

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effect of stops, etc. (my bed is quite comf.). This casual style is very characteristic of her, though what was the connection in her mind between the two ideas no mortal man can tell. Emma Darwin to her son Leonard. Summer, 1880. F. has no proof sheets and has taken to training earthworms but does not make much progress, as they can neither see nor hear. They are, however, amusing and spend hours in seizing hold of the edge of a cabbage leaf and trying in vain to pull it into their holes

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CHAPTER IV 1842 A Revolution at Geneva Taking children to the pantomime Baron Humboldt Charles visits Shrewsbury Elizabeth with Emma at Gower Street Emma at Maer The death of Sismondi Jessie moves to Tenby. SISMONDI was now seriously ill and Jessie's life was full of sadness and anxiety. Her deafness interfered with her enjoyment of society, and she and Sismondi were miserable at the revolution which broke out in Geneva. Finding he could neither guide nor stem it, he was arranging to leave

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, Lady, meeting with, i. 203, 204 Byron, Lord, i. 38, 39, 45, 50; the Corsair, i. 64; Sarah Wedgwood on his poetry, i. 109 Caldwell, Anne. See Marsh, Mrs Caldwell, Emma. See Holland, Mrs Henry Caldwells of Linley Wood, the, i. 53, 60; in Paris, i. 117, 119 Caldy Island, Elizabeth Wedgwood's school at, ii. 106, 107 Cambridge: Charles Darwin's visit, ii. 248, 249; Emma Darwin goes to live at, ii. 260, 263 Cameron, Mrs, ii. 190, 191 Campbell, Thomas, i. 21 n., 49; ii. 109 Candolle, Madame de, i. 153

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celebration, ii. 167; Charles Darwin's attachment to, ii. 260; visits the Grove, ii. 266 Horner, Francis, i. 20 n., 23, 94, 105; ii. 200 Horner, Leonard, i. 105 Hortense, ex-Queen of Holland, i. 263, 264 Houghton, Lord (Monckton Milnes), ii. 114; Macaulay on, ii. 121 Humboldt, Baron, i. 116 n.; ii. 67 Huxley, Mrs: beginning of friendship with Emma Darwin, ii. 177, 178; tribute to Emma Darwin, ii. 186 Huxley, T. H.: his children at Down, ii. 177; on Polly, ii. 198, 199; the gift to, ii. 212, 308

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Salisbury, Lady, i. 4 Sand Walk, ii. 76, 164, 254, 268 Sanderson, Sir J. B., ii. 244, 245 Sartor Resartus, i. 276 Scarborough, the Josiah Wedgwoods at, i. 149-151 Scarlett, James (Lord Abinger), i. 157 Schimmelpennick, Mrs, i. 107 n. Schools, boys', Emma Darwin on, ii. 250 Scott, Alexander J., i. 234 n., 274, 287; ii. 87 Scott, Sir Walter: Mackintosh and Sharp's opinion of novels by, i. 143; Life of, ii. 22; Emma Darwin's admiration for, ii. 275 Sedgwick, Professor Adam, ii. 40 n.; on The Origin of

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two children formed an inseparable pair, and were the pets of the family. The Doveleys is the name by which they are known in many of the letters. Their mother wrote from Cresselly, 25 Aug., 1812, I am glad that the Doveleys are good and agreeable. Theirs are the only pretensions I like. At the date of the following letter Fanny and Emma were seven and five years old. Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her sister Emma Allen. ETRURIA, July 15th, 1813. .... I am so deeply in debt to you all, dear girls, for