Henrietta Anne Heathorn Huxley

“ Under the affectionate and open-minded care of this she often stayed while her father, always eager for new ventures, pursued elusive fortune For two very happy years she was at school at Neuwied on the Rhine, where mind and character ripened and the foundation was laid of that excellent knowledge of the German language and literature which she shard, later, with her husband. In 1843, at the age of 18, she and her mother and half-sister took the long voyage to Australia to join her father, who had established a brewery and a sawmill some 90 miles from Sydney. ”

“ The cares of a large and growing family pushed into the background her own literary impulses, which had shown themselves in youthful verse and translations. An excellent translation of "Kater Moor" never found time for completion. At one time she wrote nonsense verses for the children, illustrated by her husband's fertile pencil, and, later, a couple of stories to the series of animal drawings by one of her daughters. ”

“ Next year, her half-sister Oriana marrying William Fanning, a Sydney merchant, she paid them a visit which lengthened out to five years, managing the household on Cook's River for her sister, an experience once variegated by a visit from bushrangers. After the Fannings returned to England came the discovery of the Australian goldfields; and under the car of her friend, Mr. Wise, she and Mrs. Wise were the first women to visit the mining camp at Bathurst. ”