Henry George Bonavia-Hunt, Mus.D., was born in Malta under somewhat romantic circumstances. His father, who as private secretary to the Bishop of Jerusalem had joined the Bishop in Palestine, was plunged into the deepest grief by the death of his wife and infant son. He was returning to England in a very broken condition, but became so ill that it was thought expedient to land him at Malta. Here he was kindly received and cared for by a certain Dr Bonavia, whose young daughter nursed the stricken Englishman back to convalescence through a long and tedious illness. The inevitable followed. The lonely young widower married his devoted nurse, and later returned to England with their first child—the subject of this memoir.