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THOMAS BEWICK. 



with a / added at the end, though the curate in the first instance spelled 

 Elliot as her family name really was. 



He never had any reason to regret his choice; Mrs. Bewick was ever a 

 devoted wife to her husband, and an attentive, wise, and affectionate mother 

 to the children she afterwards bore him. She well deserved the motto her 

 husband lovingly gave her, "The best of wives and very best of mothers." 

 Bewick took her to his picturesque old house at the Forth, where he had now 

 resided some time. This house was built beside a bowling-green which was 

 made in 1657 ; overlooking the green was a tavern with a projecting balcony 

 and a parapet wall, " from whence the spectators could behold the bowlers." 

 In 1680 a wall was built to enclose this place, and " lime trees brought out of 

 Holland planted around it." The house where Bewick lived had been 

 previously occupied by Dr. Hutton, author of the " Mensuration," from 

 whose wife Bewick is said to have purchased part of the furniture when she 

 removed to London to go to reside with her husband. A delightful house 

 it was, with its extensive garden and old-fashioned belongings, and here 

 Thomas Bewick and his wife lived in happiness and contentedness for many 

 a year. 



" Till death us do part." Vignette in the " Looking Glass for the Mind." 

 From the original block engraved by John Bewick. Lent by Messrs. Griffith and Farran. 



