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Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1904. Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Cambridge: University Press printed. Volume 1. [spine] EMMA DARWIN VOL. I. [half title

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EMMA DARWIN Wife of Charles Darwin A Century of Family Letters by her daughter H. E. LITCHFIELD In Two Volumes Illustrated VOL. I Privately Printed CAMBRIDGE: Printed at the University Press 1904 [All Rights reserved.] [pages] iv -

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EMMA DARWIN Wife of Charles Darwin A Century of Family Letters by her daughter H. E. LITCHFIELD In Two Volumes Illustrated VOL. II Privately Printed CAMBRIDGE: Printed at the University Press 1904 [All Rights reserved.] [pages] iv -

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CHAPTER IV. The Josiah Wedgwoods Life at Maer The Doveleys A picnic at Trentham Emma Caldwell's picture of the family life, with Emma Darwin's comment seventy-two years later. 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 beloved

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Miss Edgeworth thinks Emma Darwin like her mother The Charles Darwins talk of leaving London Emma's second child, Anne Elizabeth, born Erasmus and Miss Martineau Charles and Doddy at Shrewsbury Sismondi's fatal illness begins Edward Allen and his running away from school Charlotte Langton's baby, Edmund, born. 8 27 CHAPTER III. 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

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X. 1819. Jessie Allen and Sismondi Her hesitations about accepting him An outpour to her sister Bessy's reply Some account of Sismondi Their early married life Posting across France, a troublesome journey. 159 171 CHAPTER XI. Fanny and Emma Wedgwood at 13 and 11 years old Their aunt Emma Allen's account of them A gigantic cheese from Geneva Races and Race-Balls Life at the Mount, Shrewsbury Taking Fanny and Emma to School in London The Sismondis at Geneva The Tollets at Betley. 172 192 CHAPTER

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Fanny Allen writes to her niece Elizabeth Wedgwood (Oct. 11, 1813): Sarah [Wedgwood] 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 this be a reproach to you any longer now Emma has set you the example. My mother told us about this apparently precocious taste for a child of five, how she began Paradise Lost and asked her mother to finish it for her, and how nice it

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worthless people and impostors, and must have done a great deal of harm, as well as in other ways so much good. Emma Allen to her niece Emma Darwin. CRESSELLY, March 7 [1839]. My dear Emma, How generous you have been in repaying my few lines with such a nice long letter. The tone of happiness and affection with which it was written was very delightful to Fanny and me, and very earnestly do I pray that such happiness may long continue. Many are concerned in the prayer, for most true it is, my

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absence from Ch ne Fanny Allen on Mr Scott Emma visits Cresselly, the Hill, and Onibury Mrs John Wedgwood's sudden death at Shrewsbury Emma at musical festivals Charles Darwin returns from his voyage round the world Dr Holland thinks his journal not worth publishing Emma at Edinburgh C. D. on marriage. EMMA WEDGWOOD in 1835 was 27 years old, and her girlhood was left behind. The loss of her sister Fanny, and her mother's failure in health, altered the whole conditions of her existence. It is as

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CHAPTER XI. Fanny and Emma Wedgwood at 13 and 11 years old Their aunt Emma Allen's account of them A gigantic cheese from Geneva Races and Race-Balls Life at the Mount, Shrewsbury Taking Fanny and Emma to School in London The Sismondis at Geneva The Tollets at Betley. IN 1819 the Wedgwoods left Etruria for good and from now onwards lived at Maer. Whilst the house was being painted the family went to Cresselly, leaving little Fanny and Emma, then 13 and 11 years old, under the charge of their

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more cause to be satisfied with the conduct and present circumstances and future prospects of our families. I could have parted with Emma to no one for whom I would so soon and so entirely feel as a father, and I am happy in believing that Charles entertains the kindest feelings for his uncle-father. I propose to do for Emma what I did for Charlotte and for three of my sons, give a bond for 5000 and, to allow her 400 a year, as long as my income will supply it, which I have no reason for thinking

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think Emma always liked the scheme best. The teaching at this school could not have been very enlightened. In French history they never got beyond Charlemagne, as with every new girl the class began again at the beginning with Clovis. Emma was one of the show performers on the piano, and was one day sent for to play to George IVth's Mrs Fitzherbert. One of their pleasures at school was being taken out walks by their brother Harry, which he was constant in doing. He was at this time reading for

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. The Josiah Wedgwoods Life at Maer The Doveleys A picnic at Trentham Emma Caldwell's picture of the family life, with Emma Darwin's comment seventy-two years later. 66 84 CHAPTER V. 1814 1815. Elizabeth Wedgwood with the John Wedgwoods and Drewes at Exeter The battle of Waterloo Young Tom Wedgwood's campaigning experiences His letters from Waterloo and Paris Fanny Allen's pro-Buonapartism The Maer party at a raceball. 85 100 [pages] xii - xii

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, Lord Abinger, i. 207 Schimmelpennick, Mrs, i. 138, 139 n. School, Emma Darwin on her boys at, ii. 192, 193 Schoolmaster at Down, a severe, ii. 353, 354 Schools, boys', Emma Darwin on, ii. 322 Scott, Alexander J., i. 319, 320, 374, 375; and the Epistle to the Romans, i. 387; Emma Wedgwood hears, i. 409; his lectures, ii. 36 Scott, Mrs A. J., ii. 80 Scott, Sir Walter, Mackintosh and Sharp's opinion of novels by, i. 185; Life of, i. 437 Scrattle, i. 179 n. Seabridge, i. 68 Sedgwick, Adam, Prof., i

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Fanny Allen makes a round of visits Jessie Sismondi on the French Revolution of '48 Charles Darwin at Shrewsbury Francis Darwin born August 16th, 1848 Dr Darwin's death November 13th, 1848. In 1847 the three sisters Jessie Sismondi, and Emma and Fanny Allen, were moving house. There appears to have been much heart-searching as to whether they should uproot altogether and follow their favourite nieces Elizabeth, Charlotte, Emma, and Fanny Hensleigh to the home counties, but eventually they decided

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and Jenny Allen had been married for some years, so that there were four sisters now left at Cresselly, Jessie, Octavia, Emma, and Fanny. The following letter describes a meeting of Bessy and her two sisters Jessie and Octavia, with the Mackintoshes at Broadstairs. It must have been the first time she had seen her sister Kitty since her marriage to Mackintosh in April of the same year. Bessy appears at this time to be taking care of Octavia, who was threatened with consumption. Mrs Fosiah Wedgwood

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Cresselly, the Hill, and Onibury Mrs John Wedgwood's sudden death at Shrewsbury Emma at musical festivals Charles Darwin returns from his voyage round the World Dr Holland thinks his journal not worth publishing Emma at Edinburgh C. D. on marriage. 369 392 CHAPTER XX. 1837 1838. The younger Josiah's engagement to his cousin Caroline Darwin The Sismondis at Pescia A tour in the Apennines Charles Darwin refuses Elizabeth's invitation to a music meeting Mrs Norton at Cresselly Emma at Shrewsbury

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their lives. 1 This group of Allen children (my mother's first cousins) was as follows: Seymour Phillips (called as a child Bob) 11 years old, Henry George (Harry) 10 years old, John Hensleigh 6 years old, Isabel Georgina (Isabella or Pippy). Fanny's pet was the lovely Johnny. Emma devoted herself to little Isabella. After regretting that her sister Jessie had no children, Emma writes: It is very consoling to live among the springing things when you are yourself declining, and without children I

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CHAPTER XV. 1827 1830. The Mackintoshes at Maer A bazaar at Newcastle Fanny Allen the first companion in the world Bessy on the Drewe-Pr vost affair The house in York Street sold Harry, Hensleigh, and Frank The John Wedgwoods abroad Edward Drewe's marriage The Mackintoshes settle at Clapham Emma more popular than her sisters Bessy's illness at Roehampton The John Wedgwoods leave Geneva Fanny and Emma dragonnesses at archery Elizabeth Wedgwood and Mrs Drewe on the Rhine Harriet Surtees at Ch ne

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, as the colours of the walls and furniture were those of a macaw. The dear old mahogany arm-chairs at Down, covered in red stamped velvet, came out of it, and I think the old dining-room sofa. Charles Darwin to Emma Wedgwood. Saturday Afternoon [29 December, 1838]. My dear Emma, I am tired with having been all day at business work, but I cannot let a post go by without writing to tell you Gower Street is ours, yellow curtains and all. I have to-day paid some advance money, signed an agreement

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that poor little face. Goodbye, my dear Fanny, with my best love to Hensleigh. E. D. Every word you say is true and comforting. I think this letter, so simple and sincere, reveals her nature at any rate it recalls her to me, just as she was, in a way I cannot describe. Elizabeth Wedgwood to her sister Emma Darwin. MAER, Wednesday, Nov. 2 [1842]. My dear Emma, I am glad to hear of your doing such a thing as take a walk and the walks sound very pretty. I have quite an old affection for Traveller's

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John Allen, the brother so beloved by all his sisters, died. Emma and Fanny Allen now left Cresselly, which Seymour, John's eldest son inherited, and joined Jessie Sismondi and Harriet Surtees at their house in Tenby. Emma Allen writes: TENBY, May 4th [1843]. Among us four to think and talk of him is no pain but all consolation. In my most dear Henry his father's sweet, affectionate character is most observable. My love for him has had a strong increase by seeing what use and comfort he was to

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here, everything going on as favourable as possible. She has slept more tranquilly almost all afternoon, perhaps too tranquilly. 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

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Butler, S., ii. 256 Buxton, C, Notes of Thought by, ii. 267 Byron, Lady, meeting with, i. 278 Byron, Lord, i. 50, 51, 65; Sarah Wedgwood on his poetry, i. 141 Caerdeon, ii. 226 228 Caldwell, Anne, see Marsh, Mrs Caldwell, Emma, see Holland, Mrs Henry Caldwells, the, of Linley Wood, i. 69; in Paris, i. 152 Caldy Island, Elizabeth Wedgwood's school at, ii. 100, 101 Calvinism, i. 192 Cambridge, Emma Darwin visits, ii. 213, 214; the Charles Darwins' visit to, ii. 320, 321 Cambridge Scientific Instrument

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Emma went. Now I have had these three weeks of her company. I feel satisfied and think no more of her loss, and have got rid of the fits of sadness that would take me sometimes unawares. The Hensleighs are coming down the end of this month, and Hensleigh will return to town after bringing them down, and I then mean to run up with him and see Emma in her own house for ten days or so. The Hensleighs have just taken a house four doors only from Emma, which Emma very much likes. She will find it a

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(Phillpotts), ii. 108 Exeter, residence of the John Wedgwoods and of Mrs Drewe, i. 87 n. Exhibition, the Great, of 1851, ii. 151 153; children at, ii. 153 Expression of the Emotions, the, ii. 255 Fairfax, Murray, portrait of Emma Darwin by, ii. 372 Farrer, Ida, see Darwin, Mrs Horace Farrer, Lady (Euphemia Wedgwood), Effie, her singing, ii. 233, 244; her marriage, ii. 264, 265 letter to Emma Darwin, ii. 326 Farrer, Lord, ii. 218, 264, 265 Farrer, Mrs Tom, ii. 36 n. Farrer, Miss, i. 320 Fauntleroy

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be a pity if something is not made of it, but like most other Englishmen he will be ashamed to learn I daresay. Writing to Emma Darwin in the spring of 1844: I think Willy [aged 4] must have the sweetest and most affectionate disposition in the world. We are all charmed with your anecdote of him, Aunt Sarah especially. I hope he will keep his resolution always to comfy Annie, and I daresay he will easily understand the distinction of duties between himself and Charles. He did not always charm

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youngest sisters, Emma and Fanny Allen, who never married, were important members of the group. Emma Allen was the only plain woman among the sisters. She talks of her half-formed face, and she was quite aware how much more the beautiful Jessie and the vivacious and piquant Fanny were sought after. But she had no doubt of her welcome at Maer. She ends a letter in 1803 to her sister Bessy (sixteen years older than herself and whose marriage took place when Emma was twelve years old): I have a very

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be made but when you are absolutely in the wrong, and are willing to be considered so . Emma was confirmed in the autumn of 1824. Her mother writes as to this to Elizabeth (June 1824), As the confirmation will soon take place I think it will be right in Emma [now 16] to be confirmed, and therefore I hope she will feel no objection. I daresay some of the Tollets will go, so I should advise your enquiring of Mrs Tollet, as perhaps it would be agreeable to join her party. You and Fanny had better

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hardly be green before June, the spring is so very late. Do not let Frank set out before the month of May, or if he does, be it to remain quiet. Let me yet have them thro' May if you possibly can. I am ashamed to ask for more than you are ready to grant and they to stay. Edwd's love affair annoys me till I hear how Caroline takes it. I wish it had been Emma, I should have had no trouble. Emma Wedgwood to her mother. GENEVA, Ap. 24 [1827]. My dear Mamma, I cannot tell whom I owe a letter most to, but

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she said it was a work of danger consuming slippery buttery pikelets in ball costume. Since the Genevan visit, Emma, in writing to Jessie Sismondi, expresses herself with greater warmth and expansiveness than is usual with her, and often signs herself your affectionate child. Jessie adopts the phrase and from this time forth generally calls Fanny and Emma her children. Emma Wedgwood to her aunt Madame Sismondi. MAER, Sunday [April, 1828]. My dearest Aunt Jessie, Mamma sent us down your letter some

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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 (Fanny's step-sister], where she had a very comfortable cup of tea and dish of chat with her. Fanny came up to ask Emma whether she would come down and see Mr Wilberforce and Mr Whishaw and Mr R. Grant, all which she declined, and I dare say M. thought her a great fool for doing so. Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to

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rough-looking man on the Common and thought therefore it would not be safe for Charlotte and their little boy to walk alone there. Very likely his caution about the ponies was however quite reasonable, horsestealing being much commoner then than now. This summer Emma lost the sister-companion, Fanny, from whom she had never been parted for more than a week or two. She died on Aug. 20th, 1832, after a few days' illness from some inflammatory attack. Her sister Charlotte writes to Emma (31 Aug

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had been here. My room is so quiet, that the contrast to Marlborough [Street] is as remarkable as it is delightful. It is now near 9, and I will write no more, as I am thoroughly tired in the legs, but wish you a good night, my own good dear Emma, C. D. Tuesday morning. Once more I must thank you for your letters, which I have just read. I have been busy at work all morning, and have made my own room quite charming, so comfortable. Charles Darwin to Emma Wedgwood. Wednesday Evening, ATHEN UM [2

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very pretty indeed, but we did like him here. Emma never saw her mother again. She died on the 31st March, 1846. Elizabeth wrote to her sister Emma: Oh how thankful I am that her death was so gentle! In the evening I heard her saying as I had done before, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. For her own sake no one could wish her half-extinguished life to be prolonged. For us it was still a happiness to be able to look on that sweet countenance, and see a faint gleam now and then

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Emma and I are continually exclaiming How Elizth and Charlotte will enjoy this quiet scene after all their labours. And how we have longed to hear that they were finished. And there has been a desponding burst, I am sure Elizabeth won't come, Lord knows when we shall see her. I really am most grateful to Sara for it is to her we owe you. I am very glad indeed she [Sarah] was pleased with my letters, tho' I wrote the first in great fear, she is such an incalculable person. I shall be very glad

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Susan whom I love. But she too imposes on me. I am not sure that I should not feel quite at ease with Marianne, but I have seen too little of her to be certain . The Lort Phillipses parted company with the two aunts at Shrewsbury and returned home, whilst Jessie Sismondi and Emma Allen continued their tour to the Lakes, where they met Fanny Hensleigh. On their return journey through North Wales they climbed Cader Idris from Dolgelly no mean expedition for Jessie Sismondi, now aged 72. Emma Allen

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chosen one of Heaven. My sweet little neighbour Mrs Partridge draws closer to me than ever, walking in late in the evening and sometimes playing a game of backgammon. She reminds me of Emma as a mother, so affectionate and so watchful. My mother's devotion to 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

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. You must not trouble yourself to write to me, my dear aunt F., as Eliz. will forward me some of your news. With my best love to my dear Hope, Yours, E. D. Fanny Allen to her niece Emma Darwin. February 26th, 1873. My dear Emma, I had so nice a letter from Henrietta that I feel inclined to tell you so, and to thank you for a dear letter I had from you now a fortnight ago. I keep all your letters and shall leave them to Bessy most likely, or Horace, and this last is missing in consequence of

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of my father's children with a strong taste for natural history. Leonard, now an R.E., 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. I am rather puzzled to guess at the advantage gained by the learned to watch the transit from New Zealand instead of staying at home

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thought he had a great charm, and so he has still. It all looks dry and baked, which is a cheerful look we have not seen for a long time . My brother Frank, who lived with my mother at the Grove, Cambridge, had become engaged to Ellen Wordsworth Crofts, lecturer on History at Newnham College, in the summer of 1883, and was married in the same autumn. This ended my mother's care of her grandchild Bernard, now six years old. Emma Darwin to her son Francis. DOWN, 1883. My dear Frank, This is only

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These were her two nieces, daughters of her brother Harry Wedgwood. Caroline, who often came to be my mother's companion, had an intense love for all animals and could not make enough of Dicky. She was most faithfully good to my mother, reading to her and acting like a daughter, and we all feel true gratitude to her, although we know that her visits to the Grove only involved what was to her a labour of love. Emma Darwin to her son Leonard. CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday, May 6th [1891?]. The day was

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of many of the old journals, lists of books, and prayers being bound in the covers of the anti-slavery pamphlets and tracts. CHAPTER XIV. 1826 1827. The Sismondis in England Fanny and Emma Wedgwood go with them back to Geneva Bessy and her daughters Elizabeth and Charlotte at Ampthill Frank Wedgwood's account of Maer Life at Geneva Sarah Wedgwood's generosity The Prince of Denmark and Mrs Lambton Edward Drewe's love-affair Harry Wedgwood on French play Josiah Wedgwood, accompanied by Caroline

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The John Wedgwoods had left The Hill in 1835, and had gone to winter at Cresselly and Tenby, intending finally to settle in Staffordshire. Indeed I think they had already taken Seabridge, a house within a few miles of Maer. Jane, who had never had good health, was now seriously ill. Fanny Allen in various letters blinds herself to the condition of this beloved sister. The end came quite suddenly during a stay at Shrewsbury, where they went to consult Dr Darwin. Fanny Allen to her niece Emma

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will have felt at Clifton; his state of mind was so happy, that sorrow is doubly felt under its influence. I think his marriage with Anne Tylor promises as much happiness as is ever likely to fall to the share of anyone, weighing all matters fairly. Anne has a most sweet and gentle nature as well as temper, a most ardent affection for him and all his family, and is liberal as daylight. My tender love to dearest Bessy, Ever affectionately yours, my dear Emma, F. ALLEN. In 1836 and 1837 I have

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Emma Darwin to her aunt Fanny Allen. DOWN, Friday [Spring of 1870]. My dearest Aunt Fanny, We have just seen Effie [Wedgwood] drive off after a three days' visit, which was only too short. She has the faculty of putting one into better spirits than anyone I know, and her good sense is as refreshing as her spirits and wit. The boys are always charmed with her. The Penny Reading was brilliant on Tuesday with Effie's singing. She pronounces her words so clearly that it is a great merit, but I

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F1552.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1904. Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Cambridge: University Press printed. Volume 2. Text Image PDF

, Kate, ii. 201; Emma Darwin goes to her farewell performances, ii. 216 Thorley, Miss, ii. 141, 186 Thorley, Mrs, ii. 150 Thornton, Marianne, friendship with Fanny Mackintosh, i. 247, 248. See also i. 321 n.; ii. 456 letter to Hannah More, i. 248 Tierney, i. 45 n. Tindal, Judge, i. 206 Tollet, Ellen, i. 385; death of, ii. 394 letter to Emma Darwin, i. 426 Tollet, Georgina, letter to Emma Darwin, i. 425 Tollet, Mr, of Betley Hall, i. 69, 131 Tollet, Mrs, i. 190, 191 Torquay, stay at, ii. 193