The life and letters of Benjamin Jowett, M. A., master of Balliol college, Oxford.

Mr. F. Law's Reminiscences 27
one friend who suffered from bereavement-after speaking
of those of his kindred whom he had lost-he wrote:
' I do not expect to see them again, but I am always
thinking about them.'
Mr. F. Law, whose father and the Master's father were
friends, as mentioned above, has favoured us with the
following reminiscences:'My mother's family had been on very intimate terms with
the family of the late Master, from the early part of the
century'. There was not much difference in the ages of
the children, and the two daughters Ellen and Emily Jowett
were amongst my mother's greatest friends; the friendship
continued after my mother's marriage, and until death put
an end to it.
'My earliest distinct recollections of the Jowetts date back
to 1841, when we were living at Blackheath. Mr. and Mrs.
Jowett, with their surviving daughter Emily and their younger
sons, came to live near us. Mrs. Jowett was not a strong
woman; in fact, during the rest of her life she was always
delicate, requiring constant care, and she did not go out
much; but Mr. Jowett or some of his children came to
our house several times a week, and in the course of our
daily walks we were frequently taken to see Mr. and
Mrs. Jowett. Mr. Jowett was not then in business. Ben
was settled at Oxford, and Alfred and William were working
for their future careers in life.
' Mr. Jowett was tall and carried himself well, and as he
had a large face and head, with a quantity of white hair,
which was worn longer than is usual at the present day,
he was conspicuous in a room. His face was entirely shaven.
When I first remember him, he invariably dressed in black,
and usually wore a dress coat, and, until his latter days,
This must have been during Peckham Lane. Mrs. Law was a
the Jowetts' early married life at younger sister of the late Baron
Peckham, where the Channells Channell.
also lived, at the corner of