Greetings, all.
Does anyone, please, have any information on the life of Mrs. H.K.F. Eden? Mrs. Eden was born Horatia K.F. Gatty, third daughter and fifth child of Mrs. Alfred (Margaret) Gatty, author of the seminal U.K. work, "The Book of Sundials" (1872). After Mrs. Gatty's death, Mrs. Eden, together with Eleanor Lloyd, revised the later editions of the book, culminating in the masterly 1900 edition. We have a life of Mrs. Gatty, written by her granddaughter, Christabel Maxwell (C. Maxwell: "Mrs Gatty and Mrs. Ewing, London: Constable, 1949). The part of this book relating to Mrs. Gatty is summarised by David Young in the Bulletin of the British Sundial Society, 95,3, 1995. Mrs. Ewing was born Juliana Gatty, Mrs. Gatty's second daughter. She was an important writer for children but does not feature in the family sundial publications. Recently I have discovered a second biography of Mrs. Ewing (Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Molesworth and Mrs. Hodgson Burnet, by Marghanita Laski, London, Arthur Barker, 1950). Although there are references in this book to both Mrs. Gatty and Mrs. Eden they are slight. Sundial interest lies in Mrs. Eden, not Mrs. Ewing. Any information on Mrs. Eden and also on Eleanor Lloyd, the "family friend" who listed many overseas dials, would be welcome. Frank Evans -- Frank Evans
