6/33 She and her golden-headed cane are commemorated in _Lavengro_. Dame Eleanor Fenn had made a reputation in her time. As 'Mrs.Teachwell' and 'Mrs.Lovechild' she had published books for the young of a most improving character, _The Child's Grammar_, _The Mother's Grammar_, _A Short History of Insects_, and _Cobwebs to Catch Flies_ being of the number. The forty-fourth edition of _The Child's Grammar_ by Mrs.Lovechild appeared in 1851, and the twenty-second edition of _The Mother's Grammar_ in 1849. But it is her husband that her name most recalls to us. |