The Well of Sighs 1862

MRJames was birthed at Goodnestone Parsonage in Kent in 1862, the diocese of which his daddy was coadjutor. From a very early age, James had a penchant for publications and typically brooded over ancient publications on the collection shelf as opposed to playing with other kids. When he was 6, James became seriously ill with bronchitis and, while recuperating, wished to see a seventeenth-century bible in German by a friend of his father, Bishop Ryle. The book had been sent out to him and also he, it is said, had actually climbed from his healthcare facility bed, fascinated consequently web page after page.