"Hartwell. Wroxham, Norfolk, April, 1919.
In presenting this book, Lord Kelvin's Early Home, to Colleges and Schools, my brother and I feel that we are carrying oat the wish of our sister, now passed away, whose earnest desire in compiling it was to show young people, and especially boys, what an immense influence home-life has in building up character, and in placing success and happiness on a sure foundation. It was also her hope that the book would help them to realize the responsibility cast upon them of assimi- lating all the knowledge they can, and above all, of living pure, unselfish lives, so that in due time they may form in their turn similar homes of their own, to perpetuate that influence. It is on the boys and girls of to-day that Britain's future depends, and her real greatness can be secured only by a high standard
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