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See also:GATTY, See also:MARGARET (1809–1873) , See also:English writer, daughter of the Rev. See also:Alexander See also:Scott (1768-184o), See also:chaplain to See also:Lord See also:Nelson,was See also:born at Burnham, See also:Essex, in 18o9. She See also:early began to draw and to etch on See also:copper, being a See also:regular visitor to the See also:print-See also:room of the See also:British Museum from the See also:age of ten. She also illuminated on vellum, copying the old See also:strawberry See also:borders and designing See also:initials. In 1839 Margaret Scott married the Rev. See also:Alfred Gatty, D.D., See also:vicar of See also:Ecclesfield near See also:Sheffield, subdean of See also:York See also:cathedral, and the author of various See also:works both See also:secular and religious. In 1842 she published in association with her See also:husband a See also:life of her See also:father; but her first See also:independent See also:work was The See also:Fairy Godmother and other Tales, which appeared in 1851. This was followed in 1855 by the first of five volumes of Parables from Nature, the last being published in 1871. It was under the nom de plume of Aunt Judy, as a pleasant and instructive writer for See also:children, that Mrs Gatty was most widely known. Before starting Aunt Judy's See also:Magazine in May 1866, she had brought out Aunt Judy's Tales (1858) and Aunt Judy's Letters (1862), and among the other children's books which she subsequently published were Aunt Judy's See also:Song See also:Book for Children and The See also:Mother's Book of See also:Poetry. " Aunt Judy " was the See also:nickname given by her daughter Juliana Horatia See also:Ewing (q.v.). The editor of the magazine was on the friendliest terms with her See also:young correspondents and subscribers, and her success was largely due to the sympathy which enabled her to look at things from the See also:child's point of view. Besides other excellences her children's books are specially characterized by wholesomeness of sentiment and cheerful See also:humour. Her See also:miscellaneous writings include, in addition to several volumes of tales, The Old Folks from See also:Home, an See also:account of a See also:holiday ramble in See also:Ireland; The Travels and Adventures of Dr See also:Wolff the Missionary (1861), an autobiography edited by her; British See also:Sea Weeds (1862); Waifs and Strays of Natural See also:History (1871); A Book of Emblems and The Book of See also:Sun-Dials (1872). She died at Ecclesfield vicarage on the 4th of See also:October 1873.
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