1888-1892] 28l 



CHAPTER XX 



18881892 



Mrs Josiah Wedgwood of Leitli Hill Place dies Frank Wedgwood's 

 death The Parnell Commission My mother's ill-health Her 

 affection for Down Lord Grey and Princess Lieven The death 

 of Hensleigh Wedgwood My illness at Durham Leonard 

 Darwin stands for Lichfield The grandchildren at Down. 



MY father's only surviving sister, Caroline, the widow of 

 Josiah Wedgwood, of Leith Hill Place, died on January 5, 



1888. 



J in. 8th, 1888. 



I feel that I [have lost the only real link with old times. 

 I do not count my brothers, as I think most men, and they 

 especially, do not like remembering. I keep almost 

 the last letter which speaks so warmly of caring for my 

 letters, and I am glad that I wrote more often than usual 

 lately. Hers was a very wonderful nature in the power of 

 her affections and interests conquering such discomfort as 



she constantly had. 



March llth, 1888. 



I am driven by stress of bad novels to Carlyle again. 

 His intense integrity about money is admirable. He and 

 his wife were quite angelic about the burning of the MS. 

 A cup of cold water is never wasted on such a heart as 

 Richard's, a propos to my poor little notes. 



THE GROVE, May 29, 1888. 



I am quite longing to see the fun on the 9th 1 : George 

 said he could get me tickets and place me so near the door 



1 The instaUation of the Duke of Devonshire as Chancellor. 



