The life and letters of Herbert Spencer . tanning, andan agency in the South of France. Mrs. Mozley urged himto enter the Church. She thinks I am the most adapted tothat of anything. But what he was most inclined to waslace manufacture, for which there was at that time a mania,and which had the further attraction of calling his inven-tiveness into play. When in London in 1823 inspectingpatents, he wrote to his wife : I shall examine particularlywhether there is any machine of the kind you and I areabout to invent. What came of this invention does notappear ; but in the spring of next year he t
The life and letters of Herbert Spencer . tanning, andan agency in the South of France. Mrs. Mozley urged himto enter the Church. She thinks I am the most adapted tothat of anything. But what he was most inclined to waslace manufacture, for which there was at that time a mania,and which had the further attraction of calling his inven-tiveness into play. When in London in 1823 inspectingpatents, he wrote to his wife : I shall examine particularlywhether there is any machine of the kind you and I areabout to invent. What came of this invention does notappear ; but in the spring of next year he tells Thomasthat he and the other brothers had purchased a present we have it in contemplation to convert theschoolroom into a shop for lace frames and learn to workthe frames ourselves. ... I do not intend to teach anymore if I can obtain a living in any other way. . Mn the Autobiography (i., 64, note t) he says there were five otherchildren. This is a mistake. Five were born after Louisas death andtwo while she was No. 31 iri/.MOT STREET, DERBY 1820-37] Childhood and Youth 9 I h;ive several plans in mv head that you may possibly thinkare visionary, but it is one way I take to keep up my spiritsunder my heavy trials. This venture proving a failure, the family moved aboutthe middle of 1824 to Nottingham, mainly on account of itsadvantages as a centre for the lace industry. Commerciallythe move was not a success ; but in other respects it wasbeneficial. His own health, as well as that of his wife,improved, and with better health his spirits rose. How itfared with their son the few letters that exist help one littleto understand, but the passing references are such as torouse ones sympathies for the fair-haired, lonely , he enjoyed more of a country life than hecould have had in Derby, wandering, for the most partby himself, over the neighbouring common.^ Not beingpressed by lessons, he was behind children of his age in bookknowledge. At seven h
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