John Stevenson

Sailor John Stevenson , the only surviving sibling of the future EG , disappeared, either at sea or somewhere in India.

Elizabeth had only one surviving full sibling, John , the eldest of the family. Of the eight children her mother bore, only the oldest and youngest survived, and John, a sailor, disappeared around the time...

EG was early encouraged in private writing. As a child she wrote exuberant letters full of stories to her family and friends, informal travel writings, and when she was in her teens her brother and...