Lord Kelvin's early home : being the recollections of his sister the late Mrs. Elizabeth King / together with some family letters and a supplementary chapter by the editor, Elizabeth Thomson King ; with illustrations from Mrs. King's own drawings and those of her daughters.

  • King, Elizabeth, 1818-1896.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Lord Kelvin's early home : being the recollections of his sister the late Mrs. Elizabeth King / together with some family letters and a supplementary chapter by the editor, Elizabeth Thomson King ; with illustrations from Mrs. King's own drawings and those of her daughters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bundled up in the corner of the sofa, sobbing as if his little heart would break. I pleaded hard that he would take the flower, but it remained unheeded. At last we were friends, kissed, and were comforted. Except this one quarrel, the summer has left no memory but of joy and sunshine.^ Even the few wet days made only an inter- esting change. At all times we had plenty of occupation and amusement. Pleasant lessons, rambles on the hills, gathering shells on the sands, and blackberries among the rocks ; sometimes there was the delight of finding a bird’s nest hidden among the whins and ^ [Fifty-eight years later, at a time when my mother was very ill, my uncle James wrote : “ 2 Florentine Gardens, Glasgow, ird December^ 1884. “ My Dear Niece Elizabeth, I sympathise very much with your mother, my sister, in her suffering and weakness ... I have happy memories of all our associations as sister and brother, and as members together of our father’s family, from our nursery times forward. I have much memory of happy intercourse and none at all of discord. I hope she will be spared to us all for a long time yet. I am. Your loving uncle, James Thomson.” So even the one quarrel over the orchid had faded from his mind. —E. T. K.]