him respecting the portraits he collected, and Tenison asked his advice when projecting a library for St. Martin's parish. A matchless collection of manuscripts which he once possessed and greatly valued gradually passed out of his custody by the dishonesty of those to whom he lent them. The Duke of Lauderdale borrowed some, and not returning them, they were sold with his library. Burnet borrowed others for his "History of the Reformation," and pretended that they had been lost by the negligence of the printers. Still more were borrowed by Pepys, and they are now in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Carnbridge.

Mrs. Evelyn was a
Her tastes were

6. Husband and Father. worthy helpmeet for her husband. congenial with his, for she was an artist herself and loved to aid in the advancement of art. Although she read much and was skilled in etching and painting, she was attentive to the concerns of her household and brought up her family with care and affection.

"The fairest garden in her looks,

And in her mind the wisest books."

One would have been glad to hear more of her in the Diary, but her character has been drawn by Dr. Bohun, and from her own words we learn what was the nature of the relationship between this husband and wife. She wrote in her will, "His care of my education was such as might become a father, a lover, a friend and a husband; for instruction, tenderness, affection and fidelity to the last moment of his life; which obligation I mention with a gratitude to his memory, ever dear to me; and I must not omit to own the sense I have of my parents' care and goodness in placing me in such worthy hands."

The wife survived her husband nearly three years, and dying on the 9th February, 1709, in her seventy

fourth year, she was buried near him at Wotton.1 Although their long life together was happy, they had many sorrows in the loss of their children. We have already seen how deeply Evelyn felt these bereavements, and the Diary is full of tender expressions of his love for those who were taken from him. One son lived to be a comfort to him, but even he died before his father's pilgrimage was ended; so that the aged were forced to follow the young to the tomb.

The following account of this son, and of the subsequent proprietors of Wotton, is taken from Bray's original introduction :

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"His son, Mr. John Evelyn, was of Trinity College, Oxford, and when about 15 years old he wrote that elegant Greek Poem which is prefixed to the second edition of the Sylva.' He translated Rapin on Gardens, in four books, written in Latin verse. His father annexed the second book of this to the second edition of his Sylva.' He also translated from the Greek of Plutarch the life of Alexander the Great, printed in the fourth volume of Plutarch's Lives, by several Hands;' and from the French, the History of the Grand Viziers Mahomet and Achmet Coprogli. There are several Poems of his, of which some are printed in Dryden's Miscellanies, and more in Nichols's Collection of Poems.

"In December, 1688, he was presented to the Prince of Orange at Abington by Col. Sidney and Col. Berkley, and was one of the volunteers in Lord Lovelace's troop, when his Lordship secured Oxford for the Prince. In 1690 he purchased the place of

1 In the British Museum, Add. MS. 15,950, are some of her geometrical exercises, with this inscription: "Mary Evelyn, Horologiograph, fecit à Paris 1650 pour amour de mon maistre Mons. Mallet, philomat." In Add. MS. 15,949 is a statement of her accounts: "My owne expenses in clothes and my 3 girls beginning at Mi 1669-190. 15. o.”

fourth year, she was buried near him at Wotton.1 Although their long life together was happy, they had many sorrows in the loss of their children. We have already seen how deeply Evelyn felt these bereavements, and the Diary is full of tender expressions of his love for those who were taken from him. One son lived to be a comfort to him, but even he died before his father's pilgrimage was ended; so that the aged were forced to follow the young to the tomb.

The following account of this son, and of the subsequent proprietors of Wotton, is taken from Bray's original introduction :

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"His son, Mr. John Evelyn, was of Trinity College, Oxford, and when about 15 years old he wrote that elegant Greek Poem which is prefixed to the second edition of the Sylva.' He translated Rapin on Gardens, in four books, written in Latin verse. His father annexed the second book of this to the second edition of his Sylva.' He also translated from the Greek of Plutarch the life of Alexander the Great, printed in the fourth volume of Plutarch's Lives, by several Hands;' and from the French, the History of the Grand Viziers Mahomet and Achmet Coprogli. There are several Poems of his, of which some are printed in Dryden's Miscellanies, and more in Nichols's Collection of Poems.

"In December, 1688, he was presented to the Prince of Orange at Abington by Col. Sidney and Col. Berkley, and was one of the volunteers in Lord Lovelace's troop, when his Lordship secured Oxford for the Prince. In 1690 he purchased the place of

1 In the British Museum, Add. MS. 15,950, are some of her geometrical exercises, with this inscription: "Mary Evelyn, Horologiograph, fecit à Paris 1650 pour amour de mon maistre Mons. Mallet, philomat." In Add. MS. 15,949 is a statement of her accounts: "My owne expenses in clothes and my 3 girls beginning Midsommer 1669-190. 15. o."