UC-NRLF B 3 s^7 n3 BIBLIOGRAPHY THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF THK MEMBERS OF THE BRONTE FAMILY THOMAS J. WISE LONDON : PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY Bv Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd 1917 F A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THK MEMKERS OF THE BRONTE FAMILY A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF THE MF.Mr.EK.S OF THE BRONTE FAMILY BY THOMAS T- WISE LONDON : PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY By Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. 1917 Of this Book One Hundred Copies Only have been printed. 37GC72 PREFACE At first sight it might be imagined that the Bibh'ography of the Brontes included few points Hkely to interest either the Collector or the Student, and presented no problem which called for investigation. However, even a rapid glance over the following pages will serve to correct such an impression, and will show that the subject contributes a by no means insignificant chapter to the Romance of Bibliography. Curiously enough, the most attractive feature, biblio- graphically considered, of the work is that section which deals with the writings of the Rev. Patrick Bronte. With two or three exceptions his books and pamphlets are extremely scarce and difficult to acquire, whilst one of them. Paid Telltnith, which may perhaps prove to be the earliest item in the Bronte series, has so far eluded every effort made to recover it. The name ' Telltruth ' itself was not invented by the author of this particular tract. The cognomen had already been introduced into contro- versial literature long before it was emploj^ed by the Rev. Patrick Bronte. The table of the books of the Bronte sisters included in the present account of their writings is complete to date. But the list is not yet final. The Caxton Club in America yVvV: /•./( 1:. is [Mtpaiiir^ loi issue to its members a prose story by Charlotte which up to the present has remained unprinted. This story is entitled Julia, and was completed in June, 1837. The Manuscript, which extends to ^d octavo pages, is preserved in the library of the late John H. Wrenn, of Chicago, and is described in the Catalogue of his books now being compiled by his son, Harold 13. Wrenn Vol. I, p. 112. No complete collected edition of the works of the members of the Hrontc family has )'et been produced. Cheap reprints of the novels, with a small portion of the poems added, have been distributed in considerable numbers. An edition of Kmily's works, practically com- plete, was issued in 2 Vols, in 1910 — 191 1 [see post, pp. 115 — 124]; a complete, but hopelessly unreliable, edition of the writings of her father appeared in a single volume in 1898 [see/fj>7, pp. 164 — 165] ; but a full edition of the whole works still awaits a publisher. This is unfortunate, for the material is available, and no difficulties would face a suitable editor. Meanwhile the Haworth Ivlition, published in seven volumes by Messrs. Smith, Klder & Co., is the most .satisfactory edition at the disposal of the reader. It is proper to note that the authorship of The Maid of KtUarnty has been cjuestioned, though for what reason I am at a loss to unilcrstand. No critic has yet produced an atom of evidence ti) refute the claim of the Rev. I'atrick lirontc. 1 antici[)ate that the nuinerous facsimiles I have given of the early Manuscripts of the Rronte children will not be regarded as the least interesting feature of the present Hibliograph)-. It has been the custom to explain these PREFACE. \i tiny MSS. by pointing to the poverty of the surroundings in the midst of which the BVonte children were reared. I do not accept this explanation. The ' poverty ' that existed in the Haworth vicarage was comparative, not real. Quite a number of MSS. were penned — by Branwell in particular — in characters of ordinary dimensions, and many were accompanied by no inconsiderable waste of paper. From time to time I have been afforded the opportunity of examining practically the whole of these juvenile MSS., and my opinion is that the little booklets owe their existence to the early ambition of the children to pose as ' authors,' and their desire to preserve their poems and stories in a form as nearly as possible approach- ing that of a printed book. Hence the elaborate title-pages and colophons with which the greater number of them were furnished. I have to express the particular gratitude I feel to Mr. Butler Wood, Bradford's accomplished librarian, for the generous assistance he has accorded me during the per- formance of my task. Without his constant sympathy and aid I could hardly have hoped to render the Biblio- graphy as accurate as I believe it to be. Mr. Wood has also supplied the account of the Bronte Museum at Haworth with which my work is supplemented. My thanks are also due in no small measure to Mr. Clement Shorter, whose unrivalled collection of Bronte literature was placed unreservedly at my service. It is also by his courtesy that I have been able to employ so large an amount of hitherto unpublished material, as the copyrights of such of the Bronte writings as still enjoy legal protection arc his property. To Mr. C. W. Hatfield and Mr. Herbert T. lUitler I am /'h'r.FACJ.. likewise indebted for their kindness in reading ni>- proofs. \\y so doing the>' have helped to free the book from errors and misprints which might otherwise have disfigured its pages. Finall)', I have to thank the trustees of the Bronte Museum for the read}' manner in which they granted me the loan of books and pamphlets, preserved in the Museum library, and not jirocurable elsewhere. Thomas J. Wisi:. 25, liEATii Drive, JIamOsUa.L N. /K. CONTENTS PREFACE PARTS I-III.— EDITIONES PRINCIPES. I. Charlotte Bronte : Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, 1846, First Issue . 5 ,, ,, „ „ Second Issue . 14 Jane Eyre, 1847 16 Shirley, 1849 22 \'illette, 1853 29 The Professor, 1857 jj Letters to Ellen Nussey, 1889 36 The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, 1896 • • • • 39 Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte, 1902 . . 46 Richard Coeur de Lion and ]51ondel, 1912 . . 53 Saul and Other Poems, 1913 54 Letters recounting the Deaths of Emily, Anne and Branwell Bronte, 191 3 62 cox/'/CArs. Tlic Love Letters of Chiirloitc Hrontii, 1914 The \'iolet, 1916 Lament befitting these 'Times of Night, i^ji<> The Red Cross Knight and Other Poems, 1917 The Swiss Eniigranl's Return and Uther I'oems, 191; The Orphans and Other Poems, 1917 II. Kmii.n and Annk Bkomk: Wiilhering Heights, 1S47 .... Agnes (irey, 1S47 Wuthering Heights and Agnes ( ircy, 1S50 The Tenant of Wildfcil Hall, I S48 . Self-Communion, 1900 The Complete Works of Kmily IJronlc, 1910 Dreams and Other Poems, 1917 911 III. I ill-; Ki.v. I'AiKKK liKONlk: Paul Telltrulii. 1 Cottage Poems, ifcli 1 The Rural Minstrel, I.S13 . The Cottage in the Wood, I1S15 . Tiu' Maid of Killarncy, i.SuS A .Sermon in refcrente to an Earthe|uakc. 1.SJ4 The Phenomenon. ]>'•:. \ 97 98 106 "3 11; CONTENTS. XV I'AGE The Signs of the Times, 1835 156 A Treatise on }>aptism, 1836 161 A Funeral Sermon for the Rev. William Weightman, M.A., 1842 163 Collected Works of the Rev. Patrick Brontii, 1898 . . .164 PART IV. The Work ok Patrick Branwell Bronte .... 167 PART V. CONTRIBUTION.S TO PERIODICAL LiTER.ATUKE, ETC. . . . 181 PART VI. Bronti^.ana : Complete Volumes of Biography and Criticis.m . . .217 SUPPLEMENT. I. Voltaire's '' Henriade," Book I, translated by Charlotte Bronte, '917 251 II. The Bronte Museum at Plaworth. Bv Butler Wood . .2;; PART r. EDITIONES PRINCIPP:S, etc. THE BOOKS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE POEMS (•li|IHi:i:, KLLIS, AND ACTON r.KLL. I-0X1)0.\ : AYl.orr AND .TON'KS, 8, rATF,!{M)STKlMU)\V PART I. EDITIONES PRINCIPES, etc. THE BOOKS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE (I) [Poems: 1846] Poems / By / Currer, Ellis, and Acton / Bell. / London : / Aylott and Jones, 8, Paternoster- Row. / 1846. Collation: — Foolscap octavo, pp. iv+i65 ; consisting of: Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; Table of Contents pp. iii — iv ; and Text of the Poems pp. I — 165. Upon the rev'erse of p. 165 is the following imprint, " London : / JoJin Hasler, Printer, Crane-Court, Fleet-Street." There are head-lines throughout, each page being headed with the title of the particular poem occupying it. The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves), B to L (ten sheets, each 8 leaves), and M (a half-sheet of 4 leaves). Sig. M 4 is a blank. The book was issued without an\' half-title. 6 ninLIOGRAPIIV "/■" TflE BROXTES. Iss'icd in cl.irk ki.\M. \rvc quoicJied my lainl', I struck it in that start] i F.MTU .\Ni> I)Ksi'iiNi>KNt V. ['' The -winter ivind is loud and 7vild,\ S A RtMlNlsCKNc K. [yes, thou art gone .' and Jiever more] lo Mk.mextos. \^Arrani^ing long-locked draivers and shelves^ . ii SrAKS. \Ah! why, because the dazzling sun^ 21 The Phii.osoi'Mkr. ['■'■ Enough of thought, philosopher .'] . 23 The Aruour. [ril rest me in this sheltered l>07oer,'\ ... 26 Home. [How brightly glistening in the sun^ 27 The Wife's Will. [Sit still — a word— a breath may break] 28 Remembk.\nce. [Cold in the earth — and the deep smnv piled above thee,\ 31 Vanitas \ANiiATrM, Omn'IA \'ANnAS. [Pn all we do, and hear, and see,] 33 'Yh^\\oo\). [But two miles more, and then 'iOe rest .'] . . . 35 A Death-Scene. ['* O Day / he cannot die] 40 SoNO. ['/Vie linnet in the rocky dells,] . . 43 The Pen'ITENT. [/ mourn 7tt, The Letter. [What is she writing 1 Watch her no%v,\ . . 86 A Day Dream. [On a sunny brae, alone I lay] 89 To Cowper. [Sweet are thy strains, celestial Bard ;] ... 92 Regret. [Long ago I ivished to leave] 94 To Imagination. [ When weary with the long day's care,] . 96 The Doubter's Prayer. [Eternal Poiver, of earth and air.'] 97 Presentiment. [^^^ Sister, you've sat there all the day,] ... 100 How Clear she shines. [Hoiu clear she shines! Ho7v quietly] 103 A Word to the " Elect." [ You may rejoice to think your- selves secure ;] 1 04 The Teacher's Monologue. [The room is quiet, thoughts alone] 107 Symp.-^thy. [There should be no despair for you] iio Past Days. ['J/'x strange to think, there tvas a time] ... i 1 1 Passion. [Some have ivon a wild delight,] 112 Preference. [Not ifi scorn do L reprove thee,] 115 Plead for me. [Oh, thy bright eyes must answer nozv,] . . 118 The Consolation. [Though bleak these woods, and damp the ground] 120 Evening Solace. [The human heart has hidden treasures,] 121 Self-Interrogation. ['' The evening passes fast away,] . 123 S lUliLlOGRArilV OI- TllK llRONThlS. LrNF.s coMrosm in a Woou c^n a ^\■l^•nv Dan. [.I/v s-ul r^'F. is auHikeitedy tux spirit is soariu}^\ 125 Stanzas. \^lf ihou be in a lonely place, \ 126 Dkath. \^Deatli .' that struck ivhen I 7vas most confiJin^\ . 128 Views OF Life. \^]Vhett sinks my heart in hopeless ^loom,\ . 129 Parti Nc. [There's no use in 7vecpin}^,'\ 137 Stanzas TO— — . [Well, some may l:l\ to Messrs. Chambers of Edinburgh for a 'word of advice ; they may have forgotten the circumstance, but I have not, for from them I received a brief and business-like, hut civil and sensible reply, on which we acted, and at last made way." — [From the Bioj^'rapliical Notice prefixed to Wuthering Heights. d^T., 1850, //. rv/V-.v.] The following is such of the correspondence addressed by Charlotte to her ptihlishrrs as is pertinent to the Bibliography of the Poems : — January z^th, 1S46. Gentlemen, May I request to be informed 7vhether you would undertake the publication of a collection of short poems in one volume, S7'o. If you object to publishing the 'ivork at your own risk, would you undertake it on the Author's account 1 1 am, gentlemen, Your obedient humble seixnint, C. Bronte. /anuaty '^\sf, 1S46. Gentlemen, Since you a^ree to undertake the publication of the work respecting which I applied to you, I should wish notv to kno7V, as soon as possible, the cost of paper and printing. I will then send the necessary remittance, together with the manuscript. I should like it to be printed in one octavo volume, of the same v / C liner j Ill/is, / & / Acton / /n7/" in gold across the back. The sides are decorated with geometrical ornaments stamped in blind, the title being repeated as follows in gold upon the centre of the front co\er, " J\)ci/is j l^y , Cinrc)\ EDIT/ ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 15 E/Iis, I and Acton, J Bell. / 4/-." Many copies of the book, however, were put up in the original cloth boards prepared for the first issue of 1846. The leaves, which remained untrimmed, measure 6]LX4| inches. It will be observed that although this second issue of the Poems did not appear until 1848, the date 1846 which stood upon the original tide-page was repeated at the foot of the new one. To this issue of the Poems was added a slip carrying the following list of ERRATA. Page 03, line 'j,h)r " drank " nad " diuiiU." ,, 139, line 10 from bottom, /or "to tliu storm" riaiX "of tlie .storm.'" ,, 7.^, line 4, /or "quail" i-earf " fail." ,, 101, line Itij/oi- " bound " mul " wound." To these four errors a lifth might well have been added. In the table of Contents., p. iv. The Student's Life page 140 should read — I'he Student's Serenade ' ,, 143 It is pleasant to find that already in 1848 the Bronte sisters had gained in the United States a public sufficiently large to induce an American publisher to venture upon an edition of the Poems. In that year there appeared in Philadelphia : Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell ; Authors of '■'■Jane Eyre,'' " Wnthering Heights," ''Tenant of Wildfell Bali;' etc., Lea >S: Blanchard, 8vo, pp. iv + 176. There is at present no copy of the Second Issue of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, with Smith, Elder & Co.'s title- page, in the Library of the British Museum. 1 6 IlIlil.lOGRAPHY or T/IE lUiOXTliS. (3) [ Jam: I'Lvki: : 1847] Jane Eyr(^ / An .Aulohio^riiphy. / Iuliu;cl by / Currer Hell. / In Three Volumes. / X'ol. I. [ Vol. //, &c. I / London : / Smith, I'lklitr, and Co.. Cornhill. / 1S47. Vol. I. Collation : — Post octavo, pp. iv-f 304 ; consisting of : Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; Title-page, as above (with imprint " London : / Prijitcd by Stewart and Mnrra)\\Old Bailey " at the foot of tlie reverse) pp. iii — iv ; and Text pp. i — 304. The head-line is /ane Eyre tiiroughout, upon both sides of the page. At the foot of p. 304 the imprint is repeated thus, " London : Steivart & Murray, Old Bailey." The signatures are B to U (nineteen sheets, each 8 leaves), preceded by an unsigned quarter-sheet of two leaves, carrying the half-title and title-page. Vol.. II. Collation : — Post octavo, pj). iv-l-304 ; consisting of: Half- title (with blank rever.se) pp. i — ii ; Title-page, as above (with imprint " London : / Printed by Stewart and A/urrtryJOld Bailey " at the foot of the rexcrsc pp. iii iv ; and Text pp. I 304. The head-line isy^;y/<- /'.)'/v throughout, upon both sides of the page. At the loot of p. 304 the impriiil is repealed thus, ' Brtnted l!!!l(i?Sn!)M ■ 5 N S E Y R E. cniTED J5V l^ H i; 1' K I! H 1, L. •N TliHEl: VOLi;.\Il-; VOL. 1. LONDON: Siin^H, EI.UEU, AXD CO., COILNHILL, 1847. En/TI(\YFS PRIXCIPES, ETC. 19 by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey'' The signa- tures are B to U (nineteen sheets, each 8 leaves), preceded by an unsigned quarter-sheet of two leaves, carrying the half-title and title-page. Vol. III. Collation: — -Post octavo, pp. iv-}-3i i ; consisting of : Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; Title-page, as above (with imprint " London : / Printed by Stewart and Murray,! Old Bailey " at the foot of the reverse) pp. iii— iv ; and Text pp. 311. The head-line is fane Eyre throughout, upon both sides of the page. The imprint is repeated upon the centre of the reverse of p. 311. The signatures are B to U (nine- teen sheets, each 8 leaves), plus X (a half-sheet of 4 leaves), the whole preceded by an unsigned quarter- sheet of two leaves, carrying the half-title and title- page. Issued (in October, 1847) in dark claret-coloured cloth boards, with blind-stamped decoration, and lettered ''Jane Eyre : I Anf Autobiography! Edited by!Currer BelL ! Vol. I. [Vol. II, &c.] " in gold across the back. The leaves, which are untrimmed, measure 72X4l;| inches. The published price was 3ijr. 6d. A reduced facsimile of the title-page of the first volume of Jane Eyre is given herewith. The complete Manuscript of the novel is in the possession of Mrs. Yates Thompson. A greatly reduced facsimile of the first page of this Manuscript serves as frontispiece to the present Dibliography. 20 i:f/!/j()GA'.\/'//y lU- rnr, iihuiyrjis. Upon pp. 30 — 31 of the first volume oi Jane Eyre is a " ballad, this time a really doleful one," of five four-line stanzas, commencing : " Mv /(■ei they are son, and my limbs they are weary," which were no doubt Charlotte's own comjiosition. There is a copy c)f the First Hdition of Jane Eyre in the Library of the British Museum. The Tress-mark is N. 2647. {Seeond Edition : r.S4,S) \n January, 1S48, a Second Edition o{ Jane Eyre was pub- lished, the types for which were reset throughout. The Title- ]»nge, as below, differs from that of the First Edition in that the name of " Currer Bell " is now given as that of the Author, and no longer merely as that of the Editor, of the book : Jane I'^yrc : / An Autohlo^rapliy. / Hy / Currer Ik'll. / In Three X'olunics. / XOl. I. | \'ol. //. &c.\ / Second Kdilion. / London : / .Smith, Elder and Co., Cornliill. / 1S4S. Collation: — Post octavo, X'ol. I pp. xii-f303 ; Vol. II pp. iv + 304; and Vol. Ill pp. iv4-304. The prelimi- nary matter of the first volume wa.s e.vtetided from four pH<;es to twelve b\' reason of the addition of a Dedication to W. M. riiackera}- and a Preface, both of which api)earcd for the first time in this edition. • EniTIONES J'RINCirES, ETC. 2r The preliininaiy pages therefore collate as follows : Half-title pp. i — ii ; Title-page pp. iii — iv ; Dedica- tion " To IV. iM. Thackeray, Esq.'' pp. v— vi ; and Preface (dated ''Dec. 2ist, 1847") PP- ^ii — •'^'• P. xii is blank. Issued in deep claret-coloured cloth boards, with blind- stamped decoration uniform with that of the First Edition, but lettered as follows in gold across the back, ''Jane Eyre :/ AnI Antobiographyj Edited by jCurrer Bell. I Vol. I. [Vol. II, Sec] j Second Edition^ It was a curious oversight that preserved the fiction of Charlotte's editorship upon the binding of the volumes, whilst removing it from the title- pages. (5) {Third Edition: 1S4S) The Third Edition oi Jajic Eyre was published in April, 184S. It is identical with the Second Edition, save that the first volume contains an additional note by Charlotte denying the authorship of other works which had been ascribed to her. The Fourth Edition appeared in 1S50 in the form of a single volume, post octavo size, price Six ShilHngs. Tliis edition was several times reprinted. In 1S57 the book was still further com- pressed, and issued at half-a-crown. Since then the editions and reprints that have appeared (particularly since the expiration of the copyright) are, with one exception, too numerous to call for any separate record in a work planned upon the lines of the present Bibliography. 2 2 /;HlI.Ii>URAr//y (U- THE IIROXTES. 'ilie one exception alludccl to above is the following: Jiuif E\ri I To 'ivhiih is added / The Moons / an UiiJ>iti'Iis/ied J'ra^^/nent, by j Charlotte Bronte / //'//// Introduction by I //'. Robertson Xieoll j London / //odder and Stou^hton j 27 /\iternoster /i>he(l fragment of a new story by Charlotte Bronte, entitled The Moores^ was first printed as an Appendix to this edition oi Jane Eyre. Sir William NicoU states in his Prefatory Note that the manuscript, which is in pencil, was received from the Rev. A. B. Nicholls ; that it was written by Charlotte during her married life; and that it was probably, though nr)t certainly, the last thing she ever wrote. Mr. Nicholls, however, afterwards asserted tliat the fragment was written by his wife before her marriage. Jane /^\re has been translated into l-'rencli, Cerman, Italian, Danish and other tongues. The story has also fre] Shirlry. / A T.ik-. / 15y / CiirrcT Udl. / Aiithnr of " JaiHj I'Art;." / In 'I'hrec X'oliirnes. / \'ul. I. | I'o/. //, ijfc. 1/ Loiuloii: / .SiTiiih, I'Jtlcr cind Co., 05, Cornliill. / S II I K L E Y ?X Zalt. CURHER BELL, AUTllOll OF "JANK i;\l(£." IN THREE VOLUMES. 1 VOL. I. 1 LONDON: i SMITH, ELDER AND CO., OS, COKNHILL. i 184!'. 1 • . . ■ .'**Ji4dl ...^ EDITION ES r RISC I PES. EI'C. Vol. I. Collation :— Post octavo, pp. iv + 303 ; consisting of : Title- page, as above (with imprint "■London : / Printed by Stcivart and Murray, \.Old Bailey'' at the toot of the reverse) pp. i — ii ; Table of Contents pp. iii — iv ; and Text pp. i — 303. There are head-lines through- out, each verso being headed Shirley, whilst each recto has at its head the title of the particular chapter occupying it. The imprint is repeated upon the centre of the reverse of the last page. The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves), and B to U (nineteen sheets, each 8 leaves). The volume was issued without any Half-title. Vol. II. Collation : — Post octavo, pp. iv+308 ; consisting of: Title- page, as above (with imprint " London : / Printed by Stezvart and Murray, / Old Bailey " at the foot of the reverse) pp. i— ii ; Table of Contents pp. iii — iv ; and Text pp. i — 308. There are head-lines through- out, each verso being headed Shirley, whilst each recto has at its head the title of the particular chapter occupying it. At the foot of p. 308 the im- print is repeated thus, " London : Printed by Stezvart and Murray, Old Bailey." The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves), B to U (nineteen sheets, each 8 leaves), plus X (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves). The volume was issued without any Half-title. 26 lillUJOuRAPIIV OF T/IE UROyriiS. Vol. III. Collation : — Tost octavo, pp. iv + 317 ; consisting of: Title- page, as above (with imprint " London : / Printed by Steivart and Murray, / Old Bailey'' at the foot of the reverse) pp. i — ii ; Table of Contents pp. iii — iv; and Text pp. i — 317. There are head-lines through- out, each verso being headed Shirley, whilst each recto has at its head the title of the particular chapter occupying it. At the foot of p. 317 the im- print is repeated thus, ''London: Printed by Stewart and Mnrray, Old Bailey." The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves), and ]i to X (twenty sheets, each 8 leaves^. The last three pages of Sig. X carry an advertisement of the Third Edition of Jane Eyre, together with a series of Opinions of the Press upon that work. The volume was issued without an)- I lalf-titic. Issued (in October, 1849) in deep claret-coloured cloth bc^ards, with blind-stamped decoration, and lettered •• Shirley, / By / Currer Bell j Vol. I. [Vol. 1 1, &c.] / London / Smith, fJder /■' T//E ni^oXTES. (9) |Ij.tti,rs to I^i.i.kn Xusskv : 1S89] The Story of the Brontes: / Their Home. Haunts, I'Viends, and Works. / Part Second — Charlotte's Letters. Colhition : — Crown octavo, pp. \j — 3S4. There is no titlc- paije proper, the above short title occupying the upper half of tlie first page after the manner of a ' dropped-head.' There are head-h"nes throughout, each verso being headed T/ie Story of the Brontes, and each recto Charlotte's Letters. At the foot of p. 384 is the following imprint, ''Printed for f. Horsfall Turner, I del, Bradford ; / By Thomas Harrison & Sons, Binifley. / \i^Sy-g." The signa- tures are li to X (twenty-three sheets, each 8 Icavesl This hook was designed to form one of a serit-s entitled Bronteaua, projcrlcd by Mr. J. Horsfall TiirntT. The only volume of the scries to lualure was The Rev. Patrick Bronte, A.B., IBs Collected IVorks and Life, which appeared in 189S. The present volume was to have consisted of Charlotte's Letters, and did in fact include the whole of her letters to Ellen Nussey, with a few to Mary Taylor and Miss WheelwTight added. But the restrictions of copyright prevented the scheme from developing, and the book was eventually suppressed, some twelve or so copies alone being preserved. The first sheet, Sig. A, had been reserved for the Editor's Introduction and other preliminary matter. This material was never set up in type, hence the book as it now stands commences with p. 1 7. EDITIONES PR INC I PES, ETC. 37 The following letter, addressed to Mr. Clement Shorter, conveys an interesting account of the end of the unfortunate venture. Fulliam Rectory, Dorcliester, June 2 yd, 1909. Dear Sir, The sight of your hook on the Brontes has recalled a chapter in their story. You are acquainted with the fact that the letters of Charlotte written to Miss JVnssey were printed hut never pul)lislied, and thai most of the copies were eventually destroyed. I destroyed them. When Miss Nussey found that they could not be publislied her difficulty ivas what to do tvith them. My wife and I were among her intiviate friends, and she consulted us as to what she should do. J told her that if she would have them co7iveyed to my house Izvould see that they were destroyed. She accepted the offer, and also consented to my keeping three complete copies of the volume. A few others ivere retained by Miss Nussey. Her own was interleaved for notes. What became of her copies I do not know ; probably they went to her relations, though you had one, I think. In all probability the man who saw the ivork through the press had at least one. 2Vie 7vhole edition was brought to me in a Jiurry from the loft where it had been stored for some time. When I saw the great bundles I felt that I had made a rash offer. Thev were packed aivav in a garden house until I could devise some plan to get rid of them. After a time I had the courage to open some of the packages. One contained sheets all ready folded for bindi7ig ; in another part only were folded. All the others held sheets uftfolded as they came from the press. After removing my three copies /commenced to burn the remainder. I never appreciated before that closely packed paper took so much burning. l^ie marly rdoni was exceedingly prolonged ; there 7vere 38 n/niJOGRAPNV OF THE BRONTES. probably more than 30,000 slwets to >^et rid of. It took weeks of my spare time. My i^arden was at the top of a hill, and the Yorkshire winds were fierce. Often 7vhen I thou^:^ht whole heaps were cinders I would run a pole through them, only to find that complete volumes were not even smoke-stained except at the edges. But not all the doomed sheets passed through the fire ; many went through water instead. Whilst some were burning, many were steeped almost to pulp in the largest tub I could find, and then buried. I don' t think a single sheet ever escaped the bounds of that back garden. I began the ivork of destruction with regret, but as the 7vork went on I gleefully watched the pile diminish. I was glad for my own sake -ichen mv task 7C'as done, but )nore so for Miss Nussey's peace of mind. I really believe that the ivhole transaction, the printing and subsequent difficulties connected with it, 'worried her into weakened health. Poor old lady ! The last years of her life had many disappointments, most of them arising entirely from her 7varped vieics of life. She had a kind heart, and she 7(ias an interesting companion, with many memories of things local and othenvise. Pray excuse this long story. Yours faithfully, /. Ridley. A fiirtlur, but, as strongly asserted by Miss Nussey, by no nuans accurate, account of the history of this volume may be fouiul in Mr. Horsfall 'I'urncr's Introduction to Jyrontcann, 1S98, pp. ix-xiii. riie wliole of the letters included in the supj)resscd volume were reproducei^l by Mr. Shorter in 77ie Pronlcs : Life and Letters, 1908. There is at present no cojiy of jyic Story of the Brontes, c^c, 1S89, in the Library of the 15ritish Museum, but an example is preserved in the Bronte Museum at Ilaworth. This was j)urchased on behalf of the Trustees at the Nussey sale in May, 1S98. EDITIONES PRfNCIPES, ETC. 39 (10) [The Adventures oe Ernest Alemp.ert : i¥»?•. , _•" I'^rTiiV T^^^. vi.i'^ .,.io :. .f- •Shv.-^'.:' ':;:i-;;iiwLf::;^> .,...:. ■r^^^-iZ'^^ :..;;-• ^r!?'/{:^:^iri^" ~a?i.'. ;;v,^'*:.,'r- ^r^..^ai^.;.-.,- iBmii>u •^^•^' ***'T "^^^ «ki^1i .^i^r i ! .A. I I i.,i... w»'--«'»» »%.« *.»..«.•-■ iv.. wn N ., ,»».- •*' '3Lj(fi--iA.* «— -^-;- -•"> •">•'•' V-'--. *•-< »^-. \>'.— V.4 •^..ulJv* . ...--v^v .r u. ,~,.;..« , ..'^;.. .-...- .,..,.»....*..>."...- i-^ . » ..•.•«*-.4 »..n^.^« "31 — • ....i. ^.,. «.»..^ -.,«> , .y •• "•• "** • •--r, '— ' I*'" ';••. ••• •:~'* >'* •»».•»•.•—•* I, » »••• >i r- ED/T/ONES PRINCJPES, ETC. 4 5 library of the late Mr. H. Buxton Forman. With the exception of The Foundling, it is the best existing specimen of those attractive early manuscripts produced by the Bronte children which are now so widely known and so eagerly competed for. The MS. consists of sixteen octavo pages, measuring 7iX4|- inches, stitched in a wrapper of coarse brown paper, with the following title in Charlotte's hand upon the front cover, " The Adventures of Ernest Alevibert. A Talc by C. Bronte. May 25, 1830." This is the only title the book possesses, as the MS. itself is furnished with no title-page. There is a copy of The Adventures of Ernest Alembert in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is 01 1852. g. 61. But by far the finest example of these early manuscripts is The Foundling. This is an octavo MS. consisting of twenty pages, the last two of which are blank, measuring y/g- X 4yV inches. The first leaf carries upon its recto a title-page, fully displayed, and upon its verso a Preface signed with the nom-de-plume Captain Tree. Pages 3 to 18 are occupied by the text of the story, and at the foot of p. 18 is the full signature " Charlotte Bronte. Haworth, June i^th, 1833." The tale has not yet been printed. But the narrative is clear and sustained throughout, and might well be preserved in type. Introduced into the te.xt are several sets of verses, of which the following three were included in The Swiss Emigranf s Return and Other Poems, \^i1 : — The Swiss Emigrant's Return. [I-ong I have sighed for my home in the mountain^ p[). 5 — 7. A Serenade. \Gently the moonbeams are kissing the deep,'] pp. 14—15- A Lament. [Sound a lament in the halls of his father,] pp. 1 6 — 18. I give herewith facsimiles of two of the pages of this interesting and attractive iNLmuscript, i.e. the title-page and p. 13 of the text. 46 niBLioGRArnv or the hrontes. [Poems : 1902] Poems / By / Charlotte, I^mily, and Anne / Bronte / Now for the first time printed/ Xew York / Dodd, Mead and Company / 1902, Collation: — Octavo, pp. x + 214; consisting of: Half-title (with Certificate of Issue upon the centre of the re- verse) pp. i — ii ; Title-page, as above (with imprint " University Press. John Wilson j and Son. Cam- bridge, U.S.A." at the foot of the reverse) pp. iii — iv ; Prefatory Note pp. v — vi ; Table of Contents pj). vii — X ; Fly-title to Poems by Charlotte Bronte (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2; Text of the Poems pp. 3 — 31 ; p. 32 is blank; Fl)'-title to Poems by Emily Bronte (with blank revcrscj p|x 33 — 34 ; text of the Poems pp. 35 — 182 ; Fly-title to Poems by Anne Bronte (with blank reverse) pp. 183 — 184, and Text of the Poems pp. 185 — 214. The head-line is Poems by Charlotte [Emily or Anne, as the case may be] throughout, upon both sides of the page. The register is denoted by numerals, the book consisting of thirteen sheets, each 8 leaves, numbered I to 13, plus a half-sheet of 4 leaves (the last a blank) numbered 14 ; the whole preceded b>' an umiumbered section of si.x leaves, the first of which is a blank, carr\ing the preliminai)- matter. Issued in grc)- paper boards, with uiUriinmcd edges, lettered "Poems I By / Charlotte j Emily j and J Anne j Bronte j RniTIONES PR] NCI PES, PI PC. 47 Dodd, Mead \ & Coutpauy'' in gold across the back, 111)011 two blue cloth labels. The leaves measure / storms has past] 45 [I saw thee c/ii/d one summer day] " . 48 \The battle had passed from the height] 51 {Alone I sat the summer day] 53 \The ni^ht is darkenin^::; round me\ 54 \ril come when thou art sadest] 55 {I would have touched the heavenly he}'] 56 \Noiv trust a heart that trusts in you] 57 [Sleep brings 710 joy to me] 59 [Strong I stand though I have borne] 61 \0 mother I am not regreting] 62 I Awake, aivake, how loud the stormy morning] 66 [O meander not so far a^cay !] 67 [Why do I hate that hme green dclll] 69 Gi.eneden's Drkam. [Tell me, whether is it winter 1\ ... 70 [ICs over nmv, I've known it all] 74 Song. [This shall be thy lullaby^ 76 \^ Twos one of those dark cloudy days] 77 Douc.LAS Ride. [] W II narroiver draiv the circle round,] . 79 SoNO. [ JFhat rider up Gobeloin's glen^ 80 SoNc;. [Geraldine the moon is shining] 83 [J There were ye all? and 'where wert thou] 85 [Light up thy halls I ' Tis closing day :] 86 [O dream, 'where art thou mnv ?] 89 [Ilo'iV still, how happy ! These are words] 90 [Tlie night tvas dark yet winter breathed] 92 The AiiSENT One. [From our evening fireside noiv] ... 95 To THE Bluehki.l. [Sacred whethcr['i^\Q\wave thy bells .'] . 97 [The busy day has hurried by,] 98 I And no7e> the house dog stretched once more] 1 00 [Come hither child, 7C'ho gifted thee] 102 \lhnv lono will yott remain, the midnight hour\ 104 [ Fair sinks the summer evening now] 1 06 [ The 'wind I hear it sighing] 108 EDI TI ONES P RING I PES, ETC. 49 I" AGE \That wind I n-^ed to hear it sivellin^^ no \T/iy sun is near meridian hei^^ht,^ iir \^Far, far is tnirth 'ivithdra'ivn ■] 115 \^rt is too late to call t/iee 7102V,] 117 [If grief for grief can touch thee,'] 118 GERALDiNfR. \^ TuHis night, her comrades gathered all] ... 119 [I see around fue piteous tombstones grey] 122 RosiXA. [Weeks of 7vild deli riufu past,] 124 [In the same place, When nature wore] 128 AsPiN Castle. [Hoiv do I love on summer tiight] .... 131 On the Fall of Zalona. [All blue and bright in golden light] 13^ Grave in the Ocean. [ Where beams the sun the brightest] 140 A Serenade. [Thy Guardians are asleep,] 142 \At such a time, in such a spot] 144 RoDERic. [Lie doion and rest, the fight is done,] 146 [^Tzvas yesterday at early dawn] 148 [This summer imnd with thee and me] 150 \^We7-e they shepherds, who sat all day'] 152 [Rosina, this had never been,] 166 [I knoio that tonight the wittd it is sighing] 167 [A thousand sounds of happiness] 169 [ Come walk zvith me] 1 7 r [Tm standing in the forest noiv] 173 [Deep, deep docvn in the silent grave] 175 [// was flight and on the mountains] 177 [And first 071 hour of inournful musing] 178 [Had there been falsehood in 77iy breast] 180 [Yes holy be thy resting place] 181 The above sixty-seven poems by Emily were reprinted, with numerous revisions of text and punctuation, in The Complete Poe77is of Eynily Bronte, edited by Clement Shorter, 19 10, pp. 85-223, 50 n/ii/./oGRArnv of the broxtk-s. PuKMs r.v Annk Hkontk. r.'.i.y TnK ("\i'iAr\'s Dkicam. \^Metliou\;ht J saw liim hut I knew hi III itot,\ 185 Tin: XoKTii Wind. [That tcind is front the North, / hiioio it well.] 1 87 Tm; I'arting. [The chestnut steed stood by the ^atc,\ . . . iSt; \7'he iady 0/ Ahverno's hn/l,^ 192 Vkksks TO A Child. [O raise those eyes to me ai;ain,] . . 195 Thk Uluehkll. \A fine and snhtle spirit dwells\ 198 An Ori'Han's Lamknt. [She's gone — and twice the suntuicr's sun\ 201 LiXliS wrutkn .\t Thays (Ikkkn. [That summer sun 'whose genial }^hm>,^ 204 SoN(;. \\[\' kiuno where deepest lies the snow, \ 206 SoN(;. [Come to the banquet — triumph in your song,s .'\ . . 207 MiKTH AND Mourning. ['' O cast anuiy your sorrow ; — ] . 209 [lleep not too much my darling :] 212 " .-i considerable proportion of the poems included in the present Vidume are confessedly immature. 'The poems have been deciphered with some difficulty from the original manuscripts. Anne's verses and some of Emily's are written in an ordinarv, quite legible handwrilin}^, and are sig'ned and dated, having, in addition to her (ruin name, generally, one or other of the fanciful names, .McxandriiKi Zcnobia, Olivia Vernon, or /.crona. All of Charlotte's and a few of Emily's verses 'which are here printed are 'written on little scraps of paper of various sizes, in minute angular characters, almost illegible, 'without punctuation, and the spelling; often at fault. 'The effort has been made to print them here exactly as they were 'written, 'without attempt at correction. RICHARD CCEUR DE LION AND RLONDEL B poem CIIARLOTIE 15R0NTE I'RIMI.I) FOR I'RIWATE CI RCf LATIOX ONLY VJ12 ED IT /ONES PR INC I PES, ETC. 53 Those of Charlotte are generally signed and dated at the l>ottoin, most of them having been jvritten at the age of thirteen. Some of EviilVs are signed or initialed and dated at the top. IVith others, only the date is given." [P>oni the Prefatory Note.] The whole of the poems included in this volume appeared in its pages for the first time. There is at ])resent no copy of Poems />v Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte, 1902, in the Library of the British Museum. (12) [Richard Cu:ur de Lion and Blondel : 1912] Richard Cceur de Lion / and Blondel / A Poem / By / Charlotte Bronte / London : / Printed for Private Circulation Only / 191 2. Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 19, consisting of: Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; Introduction (signed " Clement K. Shorter") pp. 5 — 8 ; and Text of the Poem pp. 9 — 19. The head-line is Richard Coeiir de Lion and Blondel throughout, upon both sides of the page. Upon the reverse of p. 19 is the following imprint, "Zc;/^/i3;/ ; / Printed for Tkonias J. Wise, Hampstead, N. IV. / Edition limited to Thirty Copies^' The signatures are A (a full sheet of 8 leaves), plus B (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves). Issued in pink paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 7^ X 5 inches. Thirty Copies only were printed. 54 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BRONTES. Contents. PA(.B Richard C(F,ur de Lion and Hlondki.. \TIu blush, the li^ht, the gorgeous glo7v of Eve\ 9 The Manuscript of Richard Cceiir de Lion and Blondel is in my own possession. It is written upon twenty pages, foolscap octavo, and is bound in red levant morocco, by Riviere. A facsimile of the first page of this manuscript, which is signed in full ^^ Charlotte Bronte, Deer. 27///, 1833," is given herewith. The poem, which appeared here -for the first time, is not included in any edition of its author's works, but an extract from it. King RicharcFs Song, is printed in Bronte Poems, Edited by A. C. Benson, 19 15* pp. 8 — 10. There is a copy of Richard Co'ur de Lion and Blondel in t he- Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C.57. e.39. (13) [S.vui. AND Otiii:r I'oK.Nfs : 1913] Sciul / And Other Poems / By / Charlotte Bronte / London : / Printed for Private Circulation Only / 1913- Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. iS; coasistiiiij of: Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. 3 — ^4; Table of Contents (with blank reverse) pp. 5 — 6; and Text of the Poems pp. 7 — 18. The head-line is Saul and Other Poems throu^i^hout, U|)on l>)th sides of the pajje. h'oiiowing p. 18 is a leaf, with blank reverse, antl with the following imprint upon its recto. "■Lojuion : j Printed for Thomas J . Wise, Hanipstc'ad, , r / ' % ,/ ^...... ../ X SAUL AND OTHER POEMS cHARrxyrri': bkontk I.oNnoN : I'klNTKD luK IklXATK CIRCULATION ONI.V 1913 EDIT 10 NFS PRINCIPF.S, ETC. 59 N. IV. / Edition limited to Tliirty Copies!' There are no signatures, but the pamphlet consists of a full sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves. Issued in pink paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure /i x 5 inches. Thirty Copies only were printed. Contents. PAGE Saul, y Neath the pahns in Eluh's VuIIey] 7 Memory. \_\Vhen tlie dead in ttieir graves are lying] ... 12 An early draft of a considerable portion of this poem was printed (in the form of two stanzas, one of 12 lines and one of 8 lines) in the Brotite Society Publications, Part X, p. 68. As exhibiting the differences of text in the two versions, I give the third stanza as printed in 1913, together with the parallel lines from the early draft : 1913 Though Winter have tvildly bewailed them With her dirge-wind as sad as a knell, Though the shroud of her sfiow-icreath have veiled them. Still hoiv deep in our bosoms they dwell ! Early draft And winter have ivildly beivailed them ■ With his dirge-rvind as sad as a knell, And the shroud of his snozv-wreath have veiled them. Still — how deep in our bosoms they dwell ! Lines. [ We wove a web in childhood] ; . . . 15 Reason. [Unloved I love, unwept I wee p\ 16 6o /://:/. liKlRAri/V ()F THE r.KOXTES. 'I'hcre can be no doubt that these last touching verses express their writer's feeling of unrefjuited love for Constantin Heger. 'l"hey were composed in 1844, upon her return to Haworth Vicarage from Brussels, and form a fitting appendix to the famous Love l^etters. Here are a few of the stan/.as : Unloved I love, unwept I iceep^ Grief I restrain, hope I repress. Vain is this anguish fixed and deep, I'ainer desires or means of bliss. J/r life is cold, love's fire bein^dead. That fire self-hindled, self consumed : What living:; 7varmth erewhile it shed, N070 ti> hoii' drear extinction doomed ! Devoid of charm how could I dream My unasked love would eer return ? What fate, what influence, lit the flame I still feel inly, deeply, burn ? ♦ * ♦ * A'^o, Syren ! Beauty is not mine, Affection s joys I ne'er shall knoir : Lonely will be my life's decline. Even as my youth is lonely now. * * * * Soft may the breeze of summer blmv. Sweetly its sun in valleys shine. All earth around with love may }:;l(m'. No warmth shall teach this heart of mine. Vain boast and false ; even nojc> the fire Though smothered, slacked, repelled, is burning At my lifes source ; and stronji;er, hi^^her. Waxes the spirit's trampled yearnini^. EDITIONES rRlNCIPES, ETC. 6i // ivakes but to be cruslied a^^aiti. Faint I 'ivill not, n<>r yield to sorroiv ; Conflict and force 7vill quell the brain ^ Doubt not I shall be strong tomorrow. Have I not fled that I may compter 1 Crost the dark sea in firmest fliith That I at last might plant my anchor Where love cantiot prevail to death ? There are two Manuscripts of Memory extant. From one of these, which fills a single quarto page, the poem was printed in the present volume. The other, the text of which differs slightly from the printed version, is in the possession of Mr. Herbert T. Butler. It extends to four pages, large 8vo, and is signed " C. Bronte, Oct. 2nd, 1833." It is interesting to note that the opening stanza of Reason was preserved, with some trifling difference of text, by Charlotte when preparing her contributions to the joint volume of Poems of 1846. If we turn to p. 49 of that volume, the fourteenth stanza of Frances will be found to read as follows : — ■ Unloved — / love ; unwept — / iveep ; Grief I restrain — hope I repress : Vain is this anguish^fixed and deep ; Vainer, desires and dreams of bliss. Saul was reprinted in Bronte Poems, edited by A. ('. Benson, 1915, pp. II — 14, otherwise the pieces contained in this volume are not included in any edition of their author's works. The whole of them appeared for the first time in the pages of the present pamphlet. There is a copy of Saul and Other Poems in the Library of the British Museum. The Prebb mark is C. 43. c. 28 (2). 62 nini.IOGRAPHY OF THE liRONTES. (14) [Lktti:rs: 191 3] Letters / Recountin^r the Deaths of / Emily / Anne and Branwell Hronte / By / Charlotte Bronte / To which are added / Letters signed "Currer Ik-ll " and / "C. B. Nicholls." / London: / Printed for Private Circulation Only / 19 13. Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. 23; consisting of: Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; and Text of the Letters pp. 5 — 23. The head-line is Charlotte Bronte's Letters throughout, upon both sides of the page. Upon the reverse of p. 23 is the following imprint, ''Loudon: \ Printed for T/ionias J. Wise, Hanipstead, N. IV. / Edition limited to Thirty Copies'' There are no signatures, but the pamphlet is com- posed of a full sheet of 8 leaves, plus a half-sheet of 4 leaves, the one inset within the other. Issued in pink paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 7^x5 inches. Thirty ("opits only were printed. The letters inckuled in this little volume are among the most pathetic in literature. They hear comiJarison only with the letter addressed by Robert }5r<)wning from Casa (Uiidi, Florence, to his sisit^r Saiianna on Sunday, yz/At' 30///, i86i, the day following LETTERS RECOUNTING THE DEATHS OK EMILY ANNE AND BRANWELL BRONTE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE TO WHICH. ARE ADDED LETTERS SIGNED "CURRER BELL" AND "C. B. NICHOLLS" London : PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY 1913 U //•! /^4,g /7y J'^-^-c^..^ ^^ 7t^^ d/i^^ ^1^1^ L^£ iKr 6*^;S->u^ '/it_«>vw _ TT-r- -."- ' . • L^ ' ^r ' ^ ^ ii M ; ^CL? l __^„____, 1^^ u .:- ^- — --.J^^ >. ^>.-.- /'-.-'- ...^/^'. 0(- Q>...^ c.^-- ^-<>--^ -2.-^.^ ^,,:^ ^. >.UA^ .v.^ j?, /..,...//-L^ /^^^^ A.y;;.^ ^^u. «3 .-Vi- c^ ^^^, /-» A^ 1_>V- t/ '-H/^i^Al -->l-v^ .Vi-t^^^ C^yfL n.-xt^x^ -C^i.y.^,'tj ■2 -]>-•; EDIT/ONES PRTNCIPES, ETC. 69 the death of his wife, Eh'zabeth Barrett Browning — a letter which as yet has only seen the light in the form of a private print.* Regarding Emily, Charlotte wrote : — "... Emily is 7iowhere here noiv,herivasted mortal remains are taken out of the house. JFe have laid her cherished head under the chiarh aisle beside my mother's, my two sisters' — dead long ago — and my poor, hapless brother's. But a small remnant of the race is left — so my poor father thinks. Well, the loss is ours, not hers, and some sad comfort I take, as I hear the tvind blo7V and feel the cutting keen/iess of the frost, in knowing that the elements bring her no more suffering ; their severity cannot reach her grave, her fever is quieted, her restlessness soothed, her deep, hollow cough is hushed for ever ; zve do not hear it in the night nor listen for it in the morttifig ; ive have not the conflict of the strangely strong spirit and the f -agile frame before us — relentless conflict — once seen, never to be forgotten. A dreary calm reigns round us, in the midst of which we seek resignation. . . . . . . I am not ill ; I cati get through daily duties. . . My father says to me almost hourly, ^Charlotte, you must bear up, I shall sink if you fail me. ^ . . . So I will not nmv ask why Emily was torn from us in the full- ness of our attachment, rooted up in the prime of her own days, in the promise of her powers ; why her existence now lies like a field of green corn trodden down, like a tree in full bearing strtick at the root. Iivill only say, stveet is rest after labour and cahn after te7npest, and repeat again and again that Emily kno7VS that now,'' &c. In reference to Anne she wrote : — ". . . You have been informed of my dear sister Anne's death. Let me no7v add that she died without severe struggle, resigned, trusting in God — thankful for release from a suffering life — deeply * The Death I of I Elizabeth Barrett Browning / By / Robert Browning f London :j Printed for Private Circulation Only/By Richard Clay db Sons, Lid./ ig^ 6— Fcp. 4to, pp. 21. :.; niniJOGRAPHV of t/ie broxtes. assured tluit a better existence lay before her. She be/ia'ed, she hof^ed — and declared her belief and hope with her last breath. Her f/uiet. Christian death did not rend viy heart as Emily s stern, simple, undemonstrative end did. J let Anne go to God, and felt He had a right to her. 1 could hardly let Emily go. 1 wanted to hold her bach then, and I 7C>ant her back tient: Anne, from her childhood, seemed preparing for an early death, Emily s spirit seemed strong enough to bear her to fulness of years. They are both ,spne, and so is poor Bran^vell, and Papa has nmv me only — the weakest, puniest, least promising of his si.\ children. Consump- tion has taken the 7( hoiv much ice can forgive, pity, regret a near- relation. All his vices were and are nothing noio — we rememl>er only his ~woes," iVc. I'lie h()loi;ra[)hs of these [>recious letters are in my own LOVE LETTERS Ml CHARLOTTE BRONTE CONST AN riN HEOER I.ONI.ON : I'UINTKI) K()K I'klVATK CIRCULATION ONLY »9«4 KDIT/OXRS PRfXCfPES. FTC. 73 collection of Broiiteana. I give a facsimile of one of them herewith. The whole should be read in conjunction with the two Poems on the deaths of Emily and Anne Bronte, originally printed in The Woman at Home for December 1896, and re- printed in the present Bibliography, /■?.?/', Part v, No. 28. There is a copy of Letters Recountiii^ the Deaths of Emily, A/iuc, and Branivell Bronte in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 43. c. 28 (i). (15) [The Love Letters of Charlotte Bronte : 1914] The / Love Letters / of / Charlotte Bronte / To / Constantin Heger / London : / Printed for Private Circulation Only / 19 14. Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. 43; consisting of: Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; Prefatory A'ote (signed " T. J. W.") pp. 5 — 6 ; and Text of the Letters pp. 7—43. Upon the reverse of p. 43 is the following imprint, ''London / Printed for Thomas J. Wise, LLavipstead, N. IV. / Edition limited to Thirty Copies!' The head4ine is Letters to LLeger through- out, upon both sides of the page. The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves;, B (a half- sheet of 4 leaves), plus C and D (two sheets, each 8 leaves), inset within each other. jiii'.i lihiRAriiv or THE nRoxTi:s. Issucfl in Y)\\\V i);i|)er wrappers, with untrimincd edcjcs. and with the title-pa;^e reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 70X5 inches. Thirty Copies only were printed. The letters included in this volume were first printed in The Times, July 29///, 191,?. pfx 9 — 11, accompanied hy translations into ICnglish hy .Mr. M. H. .Spielmann. They were afterwards reprinted in lh<>nlc Society Transactions, Part xxiv, April 1914, ])p. 49 — 75. The hologra|)hs are preserved in the British Museum. They were presented to the Trustees in 1913 hy Dr. Paul Hej^er and his sisters. The Press-mark is Additional MS. 3S732. When studying tliese fascinating letters, tlie reailer sliould not fail to peruse with care and attention the Poem entitled Reason [" Unloved I love, loncept /weep''], which will be found included in Saul and Other Poems, By Charlotte Bronte, 1913, pp. 16 — 18. This poem, even more than the Letters themselves, expresses the frame of mind in which ("harlotte found herself upon her return from lirussels to Haworlh \'icarage in 1844. How fiercely the young girl struggU-d with the passion which tormented her is vi\idly expressed in the concluding stanzas of the poem, of wliicli llie following is the last: Have I not pled that I may coni/uer? Crost the dark sea in firmest faith. That I at last nu'xht plant my anchor, 11 here love cannot prevail to death / There is a copy of Tiie /.ore /.et'ers of Charloltc /irontc to Constanfin //<^er in the Library ol the Prilish .Mumuiu. The Press-mark is C. 43- c. 27. THr. v~toi.r.T A tuEr« BV Twr £,. t-t. «*« • ^.-rviBiLDSffrr?. ,CAi>.<-.-tA>jv thc« THt lU. »V^ »-<■ wu^v.. t V -U VW» »ILy -cN;.t:. ^t.x-- ;\^.u.. EDIT! ONES J'JUNCJPES, ETC. 77 (16) [The Violet : 1916] The / Violet / A Poem written at / The Age of Fourteen / By / Charlotte Bronte. Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 16; consisting of: Title- page, as above, enclosed within a single rectangular , ruled frame (with a note by the editor at the foot of the reverse*) pp. i — 2; Editor's Preface, styled Forezvord, pp. 3 — 4 ; and Text of the Poem pp. 5 — 1 5. Page 16 is occupied bya facsimileof the last two pages of the MS. of T/ic Violet, reproduced the exact size of the original. The head-line is The F/c'/r/ through- out, upon both sides of the page. The pages are numbered at foot in Arabic numerals. There are no signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of two sheets, each 4 leaves, one inset within the other. There is no half-title. * This note reads as follows : — " Of this little book containing a pocn by CharloUc Bronte', ' T/tc Violet,'' now published for the first time in any form, tventyfive copies have been prizatcly printed by Clement Shorter, the 07vner oj the copyright, for diitt ibti- tion among his friends.''' Against this note each copy was numbered and signed by the Editor. Issued in sage-green paper wraj:)pers, lined with white, with trimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8||X7| inches. No place of production is anywhere recorded. The jiamphltt was printed in London by Messrs. Eyre and Spotiiswoode, Ltd. 78 lUr.l.IOGRArifV OF THE lUWXTES. 'rwcnty-fivc- Copies only were printed. 'I'lie poem is not included in any of its aulhor's svcjrks. Conlenls. r.M.K 'I'liK \'ioi.i:t. \One cvc as all the radiant 7VfSt\ 5 The tiny volume of manuscript poems in which The Violet is iiK Uidcd is in the possession of Mr. Clement Shorter. I give facsimiles, the actual size of the originals, of the title-page and two pages of the text of the booklet. 'I'hert; is a copy of The Violet in the Library of the IJrilish Museum. The I'ress-inark is Tab. 578. a. 31. (17) [I.AMKN r : 1916) I.aniciU IxfiLlin^- these / 'Times of Xl^lit'/ 1))' / Charlotte Uroiite / lulited by (jcorge \\. Maclean / Reprinted from The Cornhill Mai^azine. Atii^ust 1916/ London/ Smith, ITder <^ Co.. 15 Waterloo IMace / 19 1 6. Collation : — Royal octa\-o, |)|). 4 ; consistiuL^ of: Title-paj^c, as above (with blank re\crsc) pp. 1 — 2; and Text of the poem, preceded by a short i)refatory Note, p|). 3 — 4. The head-line is ''Lament befitting these • Times of Nigitt'" There is no pagination and no half-title, and there is no printer's imprint. Issued without wrappers. The leaves measure 9^x6^ inches. Thirty Copies t)nly were printed. THE RED CROSS KNIGHT AND OTHER POEMS CHARLOTTE BRONTE PKINTKI) 1(jK I'KIXATK CIKCULATKjN ONLY 1917 EDIT/ONES PR /NCI PES, ETC. Si Co /I ten ts. r'AGF. Lament befitting these 'Times of Night.' [Lament for the Martyr ivho dies for his fait h^ 3 This Lament was written by Charlotte Bronte in November 1834, and was first printed in The Cornhi/l Magazine, August igi6, pp. 147^148. The Manuscript is preserved in the British Museum. It is signed, in Charlotte's handwriting, " Unfinished. C. Bronte. 70 tines, Novbr. 2'ith, 1S34." The poem is not included in any edition of its author's works. There is at present no copy of the First Edition of Lament befitting these ' Times of Night ' in the Library of the British Museum. (18) [The Red Cross Knight: 1917] The / Red Cross Knight / and Other Poems / By / Charlotte Bronte / London / Printed for Private Circulation only / 191 7. Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 17 ; consisting of: Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; and Text of the Poems pp. 5 — 17. The reverse of p. 17 is blank. There are head-lines throughout, each verso being headed The Red Cross Knight, and each recto and Other Poems. The book is completed by a leaf, with blank reverse, and with the following imprint upon its recto, ^' London [ Printed for Thomas J. Wise, G S2 /!//;/. /(H;h-.U'//y of tin-. r.Ro.xTJis. Uampstead, N.W.\Edition liiniltd to Thirly Copies^ There ;iic no signatures, but tlic pamphlet consists of one double sheet of 8 lea\es, inset within a quarter- sheet of 2 leaves. Issued in i)ale pink paper wrapjiers. with untrimmcd edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.' x6; inches. Thirty Copies only were printed. Conknls. FAC.l Thk Rkd Cro.ss Kmhut. \To the desert sands of J\d(Sti>it\] 5 Song. [He is gone, oud all :^yaiidinr lias fled from the niotin- tain,] •'^ Matin, [/jnii^ hath earth lai>i he/tealh the darh pro/oii/iJ] . 10 MoKNlNc;. [Lo ! the light of the mornini^ is glo-wing] ... 15 As a specimen of the verses included in this little volume, all of which appeared in its pages for the first time, and none of which are to be found in any edition of llieir uuiIkk's works, I give the closing stanzas of Matin : — Come from the fairy 7'alley 7i>here thou dicellest. Shady and green is Jiritain s favoured isle ; Come, for all gloom and sadness thou dispcllest. And ihase aicuiy my grief icith one suret sunny smile. J hear thy voiee, I see thy figure nightly. Thou I onus I to me in midnight slum hers deep ! And through the dark thy blue eyes, glimmering hr lightly Jieam don'ii iif^on my restless, spirit haunted Sleep. THE SWISS EMIGRANT'S RETURN AND OTHER POEMS CHARLOTTE BRONTE London rKIMI.Ii loK l'KI\.\li; ( IKl I'l.ATHtN ONLY I'M? EDIT/ONES J'RLYCIPES, ETC. 85 O ! hut I loved to hear thy low szveet singing, When evening threw her quiet shades around ; The moon, her mild light through the casement stealing, Seemed from the sky to list the half-angelic sound. Thou to the scetie a calmer beaxity lending. With eyes steeped in the lingerifig light of song ; And from the harp, thy form so graceful, bending. Drew melting notes that stole the dusky air along. O / ivhe7i 7vithifi thy still, retired Innver Shall I once more hear that dear entrancing strain ? Would I coicld win the oft-desired hour That my bereaved heart might beat with joy again I Of still I hope for thy long-ivished returning! Co)ne swiftly der the dark and raging sea ! Come, for my soul with hope deferred is burning. Then ivill I sing a song worthy of morn and thee. There is ca copy of The Red Cross Knight and Other Poems in the Library of the British Museum. l"he Press-mark is C 57. d. 21. (19) [The Swiss Emigrant's Return: 1917] The Swiss / Emigrant's Return / and Other Poems / By / Charlotte Bronte / London / Printed for Private Circulation only / 191 7. Collation: — Foolscap quarto, pp. 18 ; consisting of : Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, as S6 lUnUOGRAPnV OF THE r.RONTKS. above (with blank reverse) pj). 3 — 4 ; and Text of the Poems pp. 5 — 18. There are head-hnes through- out, each verso being headed T/te Sivtss Ejiiigranfs Return, and each recto and Other Poems. The book is completed by a leaf with blank reverse, and with the following imprint upon its recto, " London j Printed for Thomas J. Wise, Hampstead, N. W. / Edition limited to Thirty Copies!' There are no signatures, but the pamphlet consists of one double sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves. Issued in pale pink paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.! x6j; inches. Thirty C(jpies only were printed. Contents. I'.xr.R Thk Swiss Emigr.ant's Rktukn. \Long I have sillied for ffiv home in the mountain^ 5 Links om Bkwick. ^The cloud of recent death is past <77f'rtV,] 8 Previously printed, under the tentative title Lines on the Celebrated Bewich, in The Times Literaiy , Supplement, fanuar}' ^tli, 1907. A .Si.Ki.NADK. [Gently the moonbeams are kissing the ^/'vAl .....' 14 A Lamknt. \_Soitnd a lament ill the halls of bis fatlier,] if) A'ote. — l".ich porm to which no reference is appended appeared for llic first lime in tliis vt)lunie. IiDlT/(hYES PRIXCIPES, ETC. 87 None of the pieces included in the present collection are to be found in any edition of their author's works. As an example of them I give A Serenade in full : — Gently tJie viooiibeanis are kissing the deep. Soft on its zaaters the yellozv rays light ; Waken, viy love, from the visions of sleep. Bend from thy casement and gaze on the night ! Now heaven is all clear, not a cloud flecks its blue. Like a bovj of bright sapphires it arches the main. While the cinnatnon-perfumed and balm-breathing deiv Wafts scents of Arabia o'er valley and plain. The bird of the night hath forgotten his song. But, hark! hoiv the tall trees are 7vhisperin^^ on high '. As a soft zephyr passes their branches among, And wakes as it wanders a tremulous sigh. Stars o'er our patlrway rcsplendently shine, Dian is leading the hosts of the skv : Hasle, then, and meet me, my fair Geraldinc '. Come, we will tvalk where the silver sands lie. Whence came that whispered voice through the still night ? Faintly it soimded yet siveet in mine ear ; Do thine eyes bend der me their soft deivy light ? Oh, say, my beloved, art thou 7vandering near 1 The leafy boughs rustle in yonder dark grove, A white garment glances and floats on the breeze ; And, lo ! like a vision of beauty and love. She glides from the shadozv of wide waving trees. There is a copy of The Swiss Emigrant's Return and Other Poems in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 57 d. 25. 88 lilBLIOGRAPIIY OF THE nRONTES. (20) [Tin: Ori'iians : 19 17] The Orphans / and Other Poems / By / Charlotte. Emily, and/ Brainvell Bronte / London/ Printed for Private Circulation only/1917. Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 17 ; consisting of: Half- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; and Text of the Poems pp. 5 — 17. The reverse of p. 17 is blank. There are head-lines througiiout, each verso being headed The Orphans, and each recto and Other Poems. The book is completed by a leaf with blank reverse, and with the following imprint upon its recto, '■'London j Printed for Thomas J. Wise, JIampstead, N. W. j Edition limited to Thirty Copies.'" There are no signatures, but the pamphlet consists of one double sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves. Issued in p.ik- pink paper wrappers, with unlriinmed edges. and with the title-i:)age reproduced u[)on the front. The leaves measure 8^ x6i inches, 'riiirty Copies only wrre i)rinte(l. Co/itints. By Ch.vrlottk liuoNTi:. ■■A>'.G TiiK Oui'iiANS. ['Ttoas Ndv-ycar's night; the Joyous throng] 5 Previously prinlitl in The Manchester Athcnicuni Aihuni, 1S50, pj). 9 — T2. A Skki'.nadk. [Aicdhe ! Au'tihe ! fair sleeper. Auuihe and view lite ni^^ht, ] 9 THE ORPHANS AND OTHER POEMS CHARLOTTE, EMILY, AND BRANWELL BRONTE London PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY 1917 EDIT/ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 91 By Emily Brontk. T'AOF, The Harpist. [^Lo ! stretched beneath the clustering pal i}i\ 12 By Branwell Brontk. A Reverie. [/L>7V Eden-like some Palace flails] ... 16 No/t\ — Each poem to which no reference is appended appeared for the first time in tliis voUnne. As a specimen of the poems included in this Httle collection I give Charlotte's Serenade in full : — Awake I Awake ! fair sleeper. Awake and vieiv the night, For the armies clad in diamond mail now shed abroad their light ; Come forth ivith me, fair sleeper, perchance upon our ears While we tvalk may fall the chiming of the music of the spheres. IVe will go to the huge forest and hearken to the sound, Like the voices of a hundred streams for ever rushing round. Of nodding boughs and branches, great plumes that tvave on Jiigh, And hide zvith their thick darkness the star-bespangled sky. And haply, as we tread beneath that black embowered shade, Full on our sight may sudden burst some moon-illumined glade ; Where iviih croivns of radiant adamant, and robes of vernal green. The morris dancing fairy train in other times were seen. Or shall we wander by the side of ancient Ocean's shore. Where the dull thundering billows are sounding evermore ? And gaze into the mighty depths, ivhence comes that wildering sound On the swift ivinds of heaven, dispersing all around. While still, sad music rises from regions far betieath, At which the ivinds hush every sound or sign of murmured breath ; Unseen the stvcet musician, but still the tones ascend, And e'en the everlasting rocks their spray-white sii/nniifs bend. 92 lllliLIOGRArnV OF THE IIRONTES. It is the maiden of the sea that sings within her cell. Where she with gold and orient pearl in glimmering gloom doth dii'ell; And 7vhen her gleaming form is seen swift gliding der the deep. The blood within tlie seamen s veins in frozen streams doth creep. For mighty winds behind her fly and clouds are round her shed, u4nd lurid lightning flashing ivrcathcs the green locks on her head ; But she shall bode no stirring forms to rack the lucid skies — Then A'iVake ! Aivake 1 fair sleeper and unclose thine azure eyes .' There is a copy of The Orphans and Other Poems in the Library of the British Museum. The I'rcss-niark is C. 57. d. 24. PART II. EDITIOxNES PRINCIPES, etc. THE BOOKS OF EMILY AND ANNE BRONTE WUTUERING HEIGHTS A NOVEL, E L L r S B .E L L , IN T II R K R V <) I, i; M K S. VOL. I. L O N DON: THOMAS CAUTLEY NEWBY, PUBLISHER. 7i, MORTIMER St., CAVENDISH Sq. 1841 PART IT. EDITIONES PRINCIPES, etc. THE BOOKS OF EMILY AND ANNE BRONTE (I) [WuTHERiNG Heights and Agnes Grey: 1847] Wuthering Heights / A Novel, / By / Ellis Bell, / In Three Volumes. / Vol. I. IVol. 11.] j London : / Thomas Cautley Newby, Publisher, / 72, Mortimer St., Cavendish Sq. / 1847. Vol. L Collation: — Duodecimo, pp. ii + 348 ; consisting of: Title- page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; and Text pp. I — 348. The head-line is Wiithering HeigJUs throughout, upon both sides of the page. There is no printer's imprint. The signatures are B to P (fourteen .sheets, each 12 leaves), plus Q (a half-sheet of 6 leaves), the whole preceded by a single unsigned leaf carrying the title-page. The volume was issued without any Half-title. H 9S lUllLIOC.RArilY OF THE liRONTES. Vol. II. Collation: — Duodecimo, pp. ii + 41^; con.sistincj of Titlc- jj.'ige, a.s above (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; and Text pp. I — 416. The head-line is Wutlicring Heights throughout, upon both sides of the patje. At the foot of p. 416 is the following imprint, " T. C. Ncicby, Printer, 72 Mortimer-St., Cavendish Square!' The signatures are B to S (seventeen sheets, each 12 leaves;, plus T (4 leaves), the whole preceded by a single unsigned leaf carrying the title-page. The signature to S 2 is misprinted S 5, that to T 2 is mis[)rintcd T 3. In most instances the signature Uy the second leaf of each sheet of each volume is numbered 3 instead of 2. Tiie volume was issued without any Half-title. Above arc titles and collations of tlie first two v(jlunics of llie three in whicii the two novels by Emily and Anne Bronte were issued. The third volume is the following : A-ncs Grey. / A Novel. / \\\ / Aciun Ucll, / X'ol. III. / Loiulon : / Thomas Cautlcy Nc\vl)y, Piil)lishcr, / J2, Mortimer .Si., Cavciulish S(}. / 1S4;. Collation : — Duodecimo, pp. ii + 363 ; consisting of : Title- page, as above (with blank rever.se) pp. i — ii ; and Te.xt pp. I — 363. The reverse of p. 363 fS blank. The head-line is ^Ignes Grey throughout, ui)on both sides of the page. .At the foot of j). 363 is the following imprint, " 7". C. Aeii'/'j', Printer, AGNES G Ft E Y. A NOVEL, A TON BELL, y<.)L. Ill, L O N D N J THOMAS CAUTLEY NFAVUY, PUBLISHER, ?2, MOHTIMEli St.CAVKNDISU Sq, 1847. ED IT [ONES PR INC I PES, ETC. loi 72 Mortivier-St., Cavendish Sqtiare." The signatures are B to Q (fifteen sheets, each 12 leaves), plus R (4 leaves), the whole preceded by a single unsigned leaf carrying the title-page. Sigs. R 3 and R 4 are occupied by a series of advertisements of A^ew Works by Popular AutJiors. The volume was issued without any Half-title. Issued (as one work in three volumes) in deep claret- coloured cloth boards, decorated with blind-stamped orna- ments, and lettered respectively in gold across the bacl< " Wuthcring / HcigJits / /.," " Wiithering / Heights j II.," and " Agnes / Grey j III." The leaves, which are untrimmed, measure y'lx^l inches. The published price was 31^-. 6d. the three volumes. I give herewith greatly reduced facsimiles of the Title-pages of the first of the two volumes containing Wutliering Heii^his^ and of the third volume containing Agnes Grey. A particularly interesting set of these three volumes is in the possession of Mr. Clement Shorter. Unfortunately the title-pages of the first two volumes are in facsimile, and pp. 163 — 168 are missing from Vol. I, but the copy is rendered exceedingly attrac- tive by the fact that it was formerly the property of Emily Bronte herself, and that the first volume, Vol. I of Wuthering Heights, has fifteen corrections to the text marked in pencil in her own handwriting. Yox example : Page 25, lines 11 — 12, Bordering on repiiisive is altered to Bordering on t/ie repulsive. I02 r.iiii.iocRArnv of the nnoNTEs. Page 132, line 2, // was so full I'f people is altered to The place 'vas so fit I I of people. Page 144, line 1.3, lie had plenly (f 7viikeil/iess is altered to There 7t>as plenty of 7vickedness. Page 193, lines i — 2, The room filled 7oith S7veet see ills is altered to The room ivas filled with sweet scents. Page 194, lines 7— 8, A'lid bolt iiitiih th' haks is altered to .Ind bolt iiituli tlf house. Page 206, lines 7 — S, // had i^ot dusk is altered to // was dusk. Page 233, line 6, y //////• hi'xs fur varry shauiiie is altered \o T thur ears fur varry shauiue. F.DITIONES PRlNCrrES, ETC. 103 Page 269, line S, .4 lid she fasted pertinaciously is altered to And wliilc slie fasted pcrtiiiacioiislw Page 293, line 14, Hasn't he been thick with Mr. Heathclifjl is altered to Hasnt he been friendly 7vith Mr. HeathcHjft Another attractive set of the three volumes is, or was recently, in the hands of Messrs. Maggs Bros., booksellers, of London, and was included in their Catalogue No. 356. This set had formerly been the property of E. and F. Merrall, the mill-owning family of the Haworth district. The third volume, Ai:;nes Grey, contained a number of pencil alterations in the handwriting of Anne Bronte, correcting the punctuation, misprints, and ungrammatical words and phrases. It is evident that Charlotte, when preparing the new edition of the novel published after her sister's death, had no knowledge of — or at all events had not access to — this copy, for she reprinted the original text with all its errors, the punctuation alone being suitably amended. There is a copy of the First Edition of Wiithering Heights and Agnes Grey in the Library of the British Museum. The Press- mark is 12622. g. 15. (2) [WuTHERiNG Heights AND Agnes Grey: 1850] Wuthering Heights / and / Agnes Grey. / I^y / Ellis and Acton Bell. / A New Edition revised, I04 ni/lUOGRAPHY OF THE BRONTES. with / A Biographical Notice of the Authors, / A Selection from their Literary Remains, / and a I'reface, / By Currer Hell. / London : / Smith, r'lder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. / 1850. Coll.itioii : — Crown octavo, pp. xxiv+504. Issued in dark daret-coloured blind-stamped cloth boards, lettered " Wuthcriugl Heights, & / Agnes Grey, j Lomion,l Smitli, Elder, & Co." in gold across the back. The sides arc covered with an ornamental design, stamped in blind, which includes the title in a lo/.cngc-sliaped centre. The book was published in December 1850, and in order to render them suitable for the new year the date u|)on the title-page of a large proi)ortion of the copies was altered to \'^^\. This new edition of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey is a book of very considerable literary importance. Not only does it contain (pp vii— xvi) Charlotte's ' Biographical Notice ' of her two sisters, together with (pp. xvii— x.\iv) a Preface to JFuf/ier/nj^ //ei'x/i/s : it also incluiles a series of poems by both Emily and Anne which a[)peared in its pages for the first time. Con/en/s. I'OKMS liV IC.MII.V HkONTE. PACK Stanzas. \A little while, a little wliile,\ .... ... 474 Thk Hl-UliBii.!,!.. [The Bluel>ell is the sweetest /lojcer] . . . 475 Stanzas. [Loud xvi thou t the 7vind was roar ini^\ 470 TnK Gknius to his votakv. \Shall earth no more in^f^irc /^'v,i ; ,78 RDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 105 1'A(;f. Thk NightAV^ind. [/// siniuners nielloiv f/iid/iig/ii,'] . . . 479 Stanzas. [Aye — t/iefe it is ! it ivakes to- night'] 480 Love and Friendship.* [Love is lilie the wild rose-bi-iar ;\ 481 The Ei,der's Rebuke. [''■Listen! JFhen your hair, like mine,] 481 The Wanderer from the Fold. [Hozv few, of all the hearts that loved,] 482 AVarning and Replv. [In the earth — the earth—thou shalt be laid,] 483 Last \Vords. [I kneiv not ^twas so dire a crime] .... 484 The Lady to her Guitar. [For hi)n who struck thy foreign sfi-ing,\ 485 The Two Children. [Heavy hangs the rain-drop] . . . 4S5 Stanzas. [Child of delight, with sun-bright hair,] .... 4S6 The Visionary. [Siletit is the house : all are laid asleep :] . 487 Encouragement. [L do not iveep ; I would not weep ;] . . 48S Stanzas. [Often rebuked, yet always back 7-etur?iing] . . . 489 Emily Bronte's last Poe.m. [N'o coivard soul is 7nine,] . . 489 Poems by Anne Bronte. Despondency. [T have gone backivard in the 7vork ;] . . . 491 A Prayer. [My God {oh, let inc call Thee mine^ .... 492 In Memory of a Happy Day in February. [Blessed be Thou for all the joy'] 492 Confidence. [Oppressed laith siti and woe,] 494 Lines Written from Home. [Though bleak these woods, and damp the ground,] 495 The Narrow Way. [Believe not those who say^ . . 496 Domestic Peace. [Why should such gloomy sileiice reign,] 497 * In 1879 this poem was set to music and puljlishcd by W. Marriott and Sons, the title-ijage reading in error, " The Poetry by Charlotte [should Ite Emily] Bronte, the Alusie eoinposed by Eiiina. " to^ lUIlLinCRAPHV OF T/IE nROXTKS. PACK '\\\v. TflRKK GuiDKs. [Spirit of Earth: thy hand is chill .^ 4c,8 Previously printed in Erasers Maxdzine, 1848, p. 193. Annk Uronik's last I'ofm. [I hofe.l, that with the hrarc and stronc,,\ 503 To eacli of the above series of poems Cliarlotie prefixed a brief Preface. These Prefaces form interesting additions to the Bio^^raphical Notice with wliich the volume opens. The eighteen poems by ICmily, together with Charlotte's Preface, were reprinted in The Complete Ponns of Emily Jironti, Edited by Clement Shorter, 1910, pp. 49 — 82. Wutherins^ JIeii;;hts and yl^nes Grey have frequently been rci)rinted, usually together, and are included in most editions of the Urontii novels. 'I'he former has twice, and the latter once, been translated into (lernian. There is a copy of U'utherinf^ //eii^hts and .h^'ies Grey, with the title dated 1850, in the Library of the British .Museum. The Press ir.ark is 12622. b. 7. (3) ['I^iii-; Ti-.XAXT OF W'li.DKi-.i.L IIai.l : 1848] The Tenant / of/ Wiklfcil I htll. / By / Acton I5(.-1I. / In ThiTT' X'oliniics. / \'ol. I. | / V.'/A drV.] / London : / T. C. Xcvvby, Publisher. / yi, Morlimer Strcct, Caxcndi.sh Square. / 1848. Vol. I. Collalioii : — L;ni;c (iiKKlccinio, ])]). iv + 358 ; coiisistiiiij; of: Ilall-lillc iwith Opitiions of the Press on Mr. Jull's THE TENANT WILDFELL HALL A C T U N BELL. IN THREE VOLUMES. LONDON : T. C. NEWBY, PUBLISHEB, .MORTIMER STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE. 1848. KDITIONES PRINCirES, ETC. 109 F'n-st Novel upon the reverse) pp. i— ii ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. iii — iv ; and Text pp. I — 358. There arc head-lines throughout, each verso being headed The Tenant, and each recto Of Wild/ell Hall. There is no printer's imprint. The signatures are A (2 leaves), and B to O (fifteen sheets, each 12 leaves). Sig. Q 12 carries, recto and verso, a series of Advertisements of Nezu Works by Popular Authors. In each volume the signature to the fifth leaf of each sheet is usually misnumbered 3. Vol. II. Collation :— Large duodecimo, pp. ii + 366 ; consisting of: Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; and Text pp. 1—366. There are head-lines through- out, each verso being headed The Tenant, and each recto Of Wildfell Hall. There is no printer's imprint. The signatures are B to O (fifteen sheets, each 12 leaves), plus R (3 leaves), the whole preceded by a single unsigned leaf carrying the title-page. The volume was issued without any Half-title. Vol. III. Collation :— Large duodecimo, pp. ii + 34-; consisting of: Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. i— ii ; and Text pp. 1—342. At the foot of p. 342 is the following imprint, "J. Billing, Printer, Woking, Surrey." There are head-lines throughout, each verso being headed The Tenant, and each recto Of Wildfell Hall. The signatures are B to P no lUniJUuRArilY ()/■' THE IIROMES. (fourteen sheets, each 12 leaves), plus O (3 leaves), the whole preceded by a single unsigned leaf carrying the title-page. The volume was issued without an)' llalf-tillc. Issued ill (lark claret-coKHUcd cloth boards, with blind- stamped decorations, and lettered " Tenant of j WiUifcll / Hall. I Vol. i [Vol. ii, &c.] / London / T. C. Ncioby'' in gold across the back. The leaves, which are un trimmed, measure 7:] X44 inches. The {published price was 31.V. ChI. \ so-called Second Edition of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was published in the same year, 1848. This consisted of the orii^inal sheets supplied with new title-pages. Save for the addition of the words Second Edition above the publisher's imprints, these new title-pages are identical with those of the First Issue. This so-called Second Edition is of interest by reason of the addition of a /V ///«• Second Edition \\\\\c\\ was prefixed to the te.xt of the first volume. This Preface occupies four pages numbered [iii]-vi, and is dated ^^ July 22nd, 1S48." In it tlie authoress vindicates herself of the charge of having written with "a morbid love of the coarse, if not of the brutal," for which she '' had been censured with an asjjerity she was little prepared to expect." The closing |)aragra[)ii deals with "the author's identity." The novel was republisliid in 185.^ by Thomas Hodgson, of Aldine Chambers, I'aternoster Row; it forms a single volume of 571 |)ages, foolscap octavo size. In 1S59 the book was trans- ferred to Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co., in whose hands it remained until the expiration of the copyright. IS ' ' ^^B ^B •./->>■ ^L , . , . : . ^^^^^^^^B ^^^^^H/ 1 C/.1,. ■''' , ,.. ,■ : /..,.J^ '^ . ,. - '.-.. . A. .^ /. /. - ••,-. (' iu [i.)v' i.luj ,../,/■.., / ,., /^v:- .y,-,, . ■- , . , ■ .' ' ' , , *:^''-Lll^^ ^.y.7l/.v- /tT^ ..V / / EDiriONES r RING [PES, ETC. 113 IncUidcd in Vol. I, pj). .349—350, is an original poem of seven four-line stanzas commencing : Farewell lo thee ! but not farewell In Vol. II. p. 41, is a single four-line stanza commencing: Stop, poor sinner, stop and think which may alstj possibly be Anne's own composition. A reduced facsimile of the title-page of the first volume of The Tenant of Wild fell Hall is given herewith. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has been many times reprinted, and is included in most editions of the Bronte novels. The book has been translated into French by MM. C. Romey and A. Rolet. There is a copy of the First Edition of The Tenant of Wildfell Nail in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is •N. 2719. (4) [Self-Communion : 1900] Self-Communion / A Poem / By / Anne Bronte / Edited by Thomas J. Wise / [S?)ia/l printers ornainenf\ / London : Privately Printed / 1900. Collation :— Crown octavo, printed in half-sheets, pp. viii + 9 — 47; consisting of: Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. iii — iv ; Certificate of Issue (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi ; Preface pp. vii— viii ; Fly-title to Self-Counnunwn (with blank reverse) pp. 9—10 ; 114 li/niJOGRAP/lV OF THE BROXTES. Text of Sclf-Coinuiiiiiijti pp. ii — 40; Fl\--titlc to Lines (with blank reverse; pp. 41 — 42 ; and Text of the Lines pp. 43 — 47. Upon the reverse of p. 47 is the following imprint, " Richard Clay and Sons, LJ)nited, j London and Ihingay." The volume is completed by a leaf with blank reverse, and with the Ashley Library book-mark upon its recto. There are head-lines throughout, i)p. 11 — 40 being headed Self-Couunnnion, and pp. 43 — 47 being headed Lines. The signatures are A (6 leaves, the first 2 of which are blank), W to F (five half- sheets, each 4 leaves), plus an unsigned quarter- sheet of 2 leaves, the first of which carries the Ashley Library book-mark, and the second of which is blank. Issued in Japancsc-vcllum boards, lettered in gold up the h^ck, '" Self-Covinuniion. Anne Bronte. 1 900." The leaves, which are untrimmed, measure 8x5 inches. The i)0(>k is printed u|)on hand-made paper, waterniarked " /. Whatiium 1900.'' Thiity cojjies only \vcrc produced. Contents. rvi.F. Sei.k-Com.munion. [ The mist is resting on the hill :'\ . . 11 Lines. \Believe not those u.l time, 'llie I.iiics had already been printol, under the title 'I'lie Naircnc Way, and with a sli^litly differing text, in U'ulliering Jleis^htsaud Agn(S Gicy, 1S51), pp. 496-497. Hotli pieces were reprinted, without the lea.st acUnowledgn)ent, in Bronte JWins, Kdited by Arthur C. Ik-nson, 1915, SelfCoiiintunion on ]ip. 309—322, and the Lines (under Charlotte's title Tlu Narrow ll'ny) on p|). 307—308. ED in ONES FREYCIPES, ETC. 115 The volume is illustrated by facsimiles of two of the pages of the original manuscript, worked upon Japanese-vellum paper. These are inserted to face the title-page and p. 14 respectively. Self-Coinmunion was written by Anne Bronte in the winter of I S4 7— 1848.* Its composition belongs, therefore, to the period that intervened between the publication of the Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell in 1846 and The Tenant of Wild/ell Ball in 1848. The Manuscript (which is preserved in my own library) is not one of the juvenile essays, written in a microscopic hand, which were produced in such considerable numbers by the Bronte children. The poem is, on the contrary, a mature effort, and is by no means inferior to the work which Anne contributed to the joint volume of 1846. The Manuscript is well and carefully written, as will be seen from a glance at the facsimile of the first page of Self-Coniniunion which serves to illustrate the present Bibliography. It is bound in red levant morocco, by Riviere, and extends to nineteen crown octavo pages, measuring yi x 42- inches. The first seventeen and a half of these are devoted to the longer poem, the remaining two and a half being occupied by the forty Lines. , There is at present no copy of Sclf-Comniunion in the Library of the British Museum. (5) [The Complete Works of EiMily Bronte : 1 9 10 — 191 1] Vol. I. The / Complete Poems / of/ Emily Bronte / Edited by / Clement Shorter / With Introductory Essay/ * Tile MS. is dated at the comniencenient '■'begun N'ov. 1S47," and at the end "April 17//^, 1S48. A. B. 333 lilies.'' The Lines are dated "A. 13. April 2'jth, 184S. ^Q lines.'"' I 2 ii6 lUni.H)(,RAi'UY I II- THE BRONTES. \\y j \V. Robertson Xicoll / London / Hodder and Stoughton / 1910. Collation : — Crown (jctavo, pjj. xlviii + 333. Issued in dark crimson buckram boards, with uncut cd^cs, lettered in Ljold across the back. The Half-titles to the two unite this volume with that which hiTc follows as " T/ie I Complete Works / 0/ j Emily Bronte j In 'l\vo Volumes / Vol. I. Poetry " — " Vol. II. Prose." Contents. The Poems of whit h this voluine is composed consist of four distinct series : — I. Emily Pirontc's share of the Poems /y Currer, Ellis, nmi Acton Pell, published by Messrs. Aylott and Jones in 1846. [See ante, Part i, No. 1.] The |)()cms by Emily Bronte first printed [pp. 474 — 490] in the 1S50 edition of IVutliering Heights and Agnes Grew [See ante, Part ii, No. 2.] 3. The poems by Emily Bronte first printed [pp. 35 — 182] in the volume of ne-.v Poems ly Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte, issued by Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co., of New \ork, in 1902. [See ante. Part i. No. 11.] 4. .\ series of Seventy one Poems, previously unpublished, and here printed for the first time from the original Manuscripts. Eour of these, however, printed on pp. 243 — 250, were afterwards discovered by the editor to he the work of Anne Bionte, and did not come from the pen of l':milv. in/C ii.<'' t^A fJh^ /4u/- //>^//;>.^ -vt^fi'iuA ^Ji^fi->^JL^ .r ■, . . : , .. . -^ /y^v- e^-Jij-w ti /*? //?^^ /*/?:?. //'-j^ /»^ ^^(H^A^j KDITIONES PRINCrPES, ETC. 119 Sixty-seven Poems by Emily. PAGi: Gods of the old mythology 227 Its faded buds already lie 228 Bitterly, deeply Fi'e drunk of thv 7(.e stood 231 Oh, all the cares these 7ioontide airs 23^ There's so;nethi?tg ift this glorioi/s hour 234 Sleep, mourner, sleep! — I cannot sleep, 236 O might my footstep find a rest f 2^7 IIo7V Edenlike seem palace walls 240 Now — but one tnonient — let me stay . . 241 Retirement. \0 let me be alone awhile l^ 242 There let thy bleeditig branch atone 251 / am the only being whose doom 252 ^Tis moonlight, summer moonlight, . 253 A sudden chasm of ghastly light 254 At Castle Wood. [The day is done, the winter sun\ ... 257 On its he nditig stalk a boimy flower 259 And like myself lone, zvholly lone 261 To the Horse Black Eagle which I rode at the Battle of Zamorna. ySwart steed of night, thou hasi charged thy last] 263 All her tresses backward strayed 265 The wind ivas rough which tore 267 His land may burst the galling chain, . 268 Start not ! upon the minster wall 269 Redbreast, early in the morning, 270 Through the hours of yesternight 271 Darkness ivas overtraced on every face, 272 Harp of wild and dream-like strain, 273 The old church tower and garden ivall 274 There S7vept adown that dreary glen 275 In duns:eons dark I cainuyt siu!^, 276 I20 niBr.IOGRAPHY OF THE BROXTES. TAOP When days of beauty deck the vah\ 277 Still beside that dreary 7vater 27S The ei'etii/i}^ sun was sinkin>^ dawn 2 7 1 ; J'all, leaves, fall ; die, Jhnvers, away : 2 So Loud ic'ithout the wind ivas roaring:; 2. Si All day Tve toiled, but not with pain, 2S2 There 7vas a time when my cheek burned 2 S3 Alild the mist upon the hill, 2S4 The starry ni}^ht shall tidin^^s /"/"///.v, .zSs The or!::;an swells, the trumpets sound, 2S7 IVhat 7i>inter floods, 7vhat streams 0/ spriui^ 2S8 A^one of my kindred noio can tell 289 Ladybird! ladybirdj fly away home, 291 Tve been wanderin^^ in the green -ivoods, 297 May fhnvers are openin\;, 29S That dreary lake, that moonlight sky, 300 Heaven's glory shone when he was laid 301 ']"n.\r \voKi> ' Nkvkr.' [AW many years but long enough to -^•'•'■J 302 / kninv not how it falls on me, 303 Month after month, year after year 304 She dried her tears and they did smile 305 Vm happiest now 7vhen most away 306 Weaned from life and Jhncn away 307 All hushed and still 'within the house 30S Lhe sunshine of a summer sun 309 Afy ancient ship upon my ancient sea 311 / do not see myself again 314 Yet o'er his face a solemn light 317 To A WkKAiH OF Snow. [O transient 'luyat^er of heaven !\ . 3 id Song. \King Julius lept the south countty,\ 3:1 Lines. [L (tie, but 7t. Slater. In order to make this collection of ICinily Bronte's Prose comi)lete there should be added the I'>ssay in French, L' Amour I'ilial, which was given in facsimile (together with an English translation) in The Woman at Home, Septemlhr 1S94, pp. 445—448. There is a copy of The Complete Works of Emily Bronte, 2 Vols, 1910 — 191 1, in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark isoi2J7V f i. DREAMS AND OTHER POEMS AXNK BRONTE PKIXTKI) 1(JR I'iUNATi; CIRCULATION ONLY 1917 EDIT/ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 127 (6) [Dreams : 191 7] Drccims / cind Other Poems / By / Anne Bronte / London : / Printed for Private Circulation only/ 1917. Collation: — Foolscap quarto, pp. 22 ; consisting of: flalf- title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; Table of Contents (with blank reverse) pp. 5 — 6 ; and Text of the Poems pp. 7 — 22. There are headdines throughout, each verso being headed Dreams, and each recto and Other Poems. The book is completed by a leaf with blank reverse, and with the following imprint upon its recto, '' London : I Printed for Thomas J Wise, Hanipstead, N. W. j Edition limited to Thirty Copies.'" The signatures are B, a double sheet of 8 leaves, inset within an unsigned sheet of 4 leaves. Issued in pale pink paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8|x6| inches. Thirty Copies only were printed. Contents. PAGE Dreams. \_lVhi/e on viy tone/y couch I lie,'] 5 ^^C\u. UK Aww." \_Call me atvay, theres nothin^i here] . . 7 The Power of Love. \_Love, indeed thy strength is mighty] . 10 The Lover. [Gloomily the elot/ds are sailing] 13 Severed AND Gone. [Severed and gone, so many years,] . . 16 Portions of Dreams and Severed and Gone were printed, but with many inaccuracies of text, in Z^w/z/c' /'.y^wi-, 1915, pp. 395- 128 Bir.LIOGRAPHV OF T/fE IIRONTES. 296 and 304-305 ; the remaining |iicces apfjcarcd here for the first time. As a specimen I give the verses entitled Dreams : — While OH my lonely couch I lie, I seldom feel myself alone. For fancy Jills my dreaming:; eye With scenes and pleasures of its ir,vn Then I may cherish at my l>reast An infant's form beloved and fair . May smile and soothe it into rest. With all a mother s fondest care. Ho-iv sweet to feel its helpless form Depending thus on me alone ; .hid while I hold it safe and warm What bliss to think it is mv 07i The Coitacer's Hymn. [J/yfood is but .(pcrre,] .... 129 THE RURAL MINSTREL A MISCELLANY | OF BESCBIFTIVE POEMS. BY THE REV. P. BRONTE, A. B. MINISTER or HARTSHEAD-CUM-CLIPTOI^, NEAR LEEHS, \ORI>;si;iRE. The smile of spring, the fragr.int summer's breeze, The fields of autiimn and the naltcd trees, Hoarse, braying through stern winter's doubling storms E'en rural scenery, in all its forms, When pure religion rules the feeling heart, Compose the soul, and sweetest joys impart. HALIFAX : PRISTKD AM) SOLD BY P. Ki UOl.DE.V. FOR TI!E AITIJOR. JOI.n AL^O bY H. AND R. CROSBY «c Co. M ATIOMIRS'-COURT, l.O.NDO.V; Ana by all other Bookicllcri. 1813. EDITIOXES PRlNCrPES, ETC. 139 The Co/fai^e Foeiiis wcxc reprinted in /'/-t- Lif\aiid Works of Charlotte Bronte and her Sisters, 1873 [and later dates], Vol. 4, pp. 451—506. Also included in Bronteana, Edited by J. Horsfall l\uner, 1898, pp. 17 — 67. There is a copy of the First Edition of Cottas;e Poevis in the library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is 1x646. ccc. 8. Another copy is preserved in the Bronte Museum at Haworth. (3) [The Rural Minstrel: 1.S13] The / Rural Minstrel : / A Miscellany / of / Descriptive Poems. / By the Rev. P. Bronte, A.P>. / Minister/ of/ Hartshead-cum-Clifton, / Near Leeds, Yorkshire. / The smile of spring, the fragrant snnwiers breeze, / The fields of antumn, and the naked trees, / Hoarse, braying through stern winters doubling storms ; \ Ken rural scenery, in all its forms, I When pure religion rules the feeling heart, \ Compose the soul, and siveet est joys impart. / Halifax : / Printed and sold by P. K. Holden, for the Author. / Sold also by / B. and R. Crosby & Co. Stationers'-Court, London ; / And by all other Booksellers. / 18 13. Collation :— Duodecimo, printed in Half-sheets, pp xii-fio8; consisting of: Half-title (with blank I40 lUBLIOGRAPllV (^F THE BROXTl-.S. reverse) pp. i — ii ; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. iii — iv ; Table of Contents (with blanU reverse) pp. v — vi ; IVcface, styled Advcrtisemcut, |)p. vii — xii ; aiul Text of the Poems pj). i — loS. At the foot of p. io8 is the following imprint, " Holden, Printer, Halifax." The head-line is P/ie A' // m/ J////j7/r/ throughout, upon both sides of the j)age. Pages i6, 34, 42, 54 antl 64 arc blank. The signatures are A to K (ten half sheets, each 6 leaves 1. Issued in bluc-grc\' paper boards, with untrinuned edges, and with a white paper back-label reading "' Brontes j Rural I Minstrel. / Price 3^-." The lea\es measure 6* X 4 inches. At a later date 'remainder' co{)ies of the l'"irsl lAJitions of Tlu Rural Minstrel and Cottat^e Poems were put up together in one volutiie, in dark green cloth boards, gilt lettered. In order that the two volumes might be of uniform size, the leaves of tiie lornier were trimmed at foot to the extent re(iuirod. A facsimile of the title page of the first lulilion of T/ie Rural Minstrel is given herewith. Contents. Tiir. .S.\i!B.\rH lii-.r.i,. \P>t"it. BY THK 1U:V. P. HROXTK, A.D. viiMSTKn OF rnoiisroN. hiiaupobd, vohkhhirf. " Hi'ppy ir fln"iiiaii (Iwt f nilHIi wis-iloiil, nn.1 llr-- iiia.i lli.if jfti.-'is uiiilrmtiiiidins. For t lie inTcljaridi-f of il i.-^ U-icl(l." ■• Prov. lii. i3, »r 33ratifor)3 : Pnnlt/f and Sold bi/ T. InkcsU-', . kOin AL«0 BY StlF.R\VOOD A \D CO. r.ONUON; ROBINSKN ANnco. i.KKns ; iroLDEV, Halifax ; .1. ihrst, WAKKFIKLD: and ail other BI'OKSF.LI.SM*. IS 1.3. EDIT/ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 143 Lines, addrksskd to a Lady, ont her Birtii-day. \Grav6 night, in el'on chariot hurled,] 4 ^ A^\iL}iG\.[Andisheg(me?~andhashelcftl>ehin(/,] . . 55 Reflections, by Moonlight. [Ruddy and round, the slozvly rising moon,] f,- Winter. \See! hoiv the 7vi)ilers ho^vling storms,^ .... 71 Rural Happiness. [The smile of spring, the fragrant sitnuner's breeze,] ^ 7 The Distress and Relief. [A//nighty God, enthroned on ^^^i^ 8t The Christian's Farewell. [ With 7c>helniing force, the fierce disease, ] or The Harper ok Erin. [./// ancient Iiarper, skilled in rustic '^'^'■^•■] 97 The Rural Minstrel was reprinted in Bronteana, Edited by J. Hoisfall Turner, 1898, pp. 68 — 99. Tliere is a copy of the First Edition of The Rural Minstrel m tlie Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is 11642. aaa. 9. A copy is also preserved in the Bronte Museum at Haworth. (4) [The Cottage in the Wood: 1815] The / Cotta.nre / In the Wood; / Or the /Art of becoming- Rich and Happy. / By the Rev. P. Bronte. A.B./ Minister of Thornton, Bradford, Yorkshire. / " Happy is the man that findelh ivisdoni, and the man that getteth / understanding. For the merchandise 0/ it is better than the merchan- / dise of silver, and 144 III li 1. 1 OCR Amy OF THE DROXTES. (he ^ain thereof than fine i^^old.'' — ^Prov. iii. 13, 14. / Ikadford :/ Printed and Sold l)y T. Inkersley;/ Sold also by Sherwood and Co. London ; Robinson / and Co. Leeds; Molden, Halifax; J. Hurst, / Wakefield ; and all other Pooksellers. / 181 5. Collation: — Small octavo, pp. 68; ajnsistincj (jf: Titlc- pa;^c, as above (with blank reverse; pp. i — 2 ; and Text of the Story, &c. pp. 3—68. At the foot of p. 68 is tiie following imprint, " T. Inkersley, Printer, Bradfordr The liead-line is Cottage in the Wood \.\\xow\£ao\\\., upon both sides of the page. The register is somewhat unusual ; the signatures are A to D, four sheets, each 8 leaves. But each sheet has a single leaf inset within it. thus giving 9 leaves to each signature. The last 2 leaves of Sig. D are blank. The book was issued without aii\- llalf-tillc. Issued in drab paper boards backed with a strip of green roan, and lettered perpendicularly " Cottage / in the Woody The leaves, which are trimmed, measure SiJXji! inches. It is of ccjurse possible that copies may exist with the edges left unt rimmed, but I have never come across one. The book is furnished with a Frontispiece, engraved upon copper by E. Stather, after a drawing by V. James, ilhistraling the incident described upon |). 13 of the text. By a curious error the reference at the foot of this plate directs attention to p. 21 instead of to p. I 5. I'agc .jS is niisnunibered S4. EDITION ES PRINCIPES, ETC. 145 The last 20 pages of the volume are occupied by the followhig four Poems : — The Pious Coita(;er's Sabrath. \Deep in yon wood, be- neath a spreading tree,\ 49 The Nightly Revkl. {Around the table, pollsKd goblets shine,] 55 Epitaphs : I. On Mary Bower. \^ls there a daughter kl/id and good,] 65 11. On William Bower. yUere, sceptic, stop: perverse to own a lie ! — ] 66 A facsimile of the title-page of the First Edition of The Cottage in the JVood is given herewith. A Second Edition of The Cottage in the Wood was published by T. Inkersley, of Bradford, in 181 8. Another edition, with the concluding 20 pages of verse omitted, was published as a pam- phlett of 16 pages by M. Nelson, of Bradford, in 1859 ; some copies of the pamphlet, stitched into wrappers in the following year, have the date i860 upon the front cover. Another edition, again with the verses omitted, was issued in 1865 as a 16-page pamphlet by J- Harrison and Son, of Bingley. The story was also reprinted in The Cottage Magazine, Vol. 6, June 181 7. Finally it was included, with the verses complete, and with a wretched reproduction of the original Frontispiece which appeared in the first edition of 181 5, in Brontcana, Edited by J. Horsfall Turner, 1898, pp. 100 — 130. There is at present no copy of the First Edition of The Cottage in the Wood in the Library of the British Museum. There is, however, an example in the Bronte Museum at Haworth. L 146 nillLIOGKArilY Ol- THE IIROXTES. (5) ITiiK Maid of I\ii,l.\rm:v : i.SiS] TIk' / Miiid of Kilhirncy; / Or, / All)ion and blora : / A Modern Tale ; / In which are inter- woven some cursory remarks / on / Rehi^ion and Politics. / " — quantjuaui ridoiteni diccrc vcniiu [ "' Quid vctat ? ut piLcris oliDi dant crust iila blandi \ " /\)tiorcs, c/cDicula I'diul ut disccir prima — / * * / " 0))ine tulil punciuui, qui uiiscuit utile dulci / " Lectorevi delcctando, paritcrque nwnoido.' — 1 lor. / London ; / Published by Paldwin, Cradock. and Joy, / Paternoster- Row ; / Sold also by T. liikcrsle\', Bradford; ivobinson and Co. / Leeds; and all other P)ooksellers. / iSi8. Collation : — Duodecimo, printed in half-sheets, pp. vi + 7 — 1 66; consisting of : Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii ; Preface pp. iii — vi ; and Te.xt of the Tale pp. 7 — 166. Following p. 166 is a leaf carr)-ing a List of Errata upon its recto, and with the following imprint at the foot of tiic reverse, " T. Jiikerstev, Printer, Bank-Street, Ihadfoni." The signatures are A to O (fourteen half-sheets, each 6 leaves j. The book was issued without any I Lilf-titlc. Issued in hluc-grey paper boards, backed with dr.ib, with white paper back-label, lettered " 'J7ie j Maid j of j Kittarneyj Price 3.V. Gd. Bd." The leaves, which are untriinmed, measure y^e.XJil inches. The book is a rare one, and I THE MAID OF KILLARNBY ALBION AND FLORA A MODERN TALE; IX WHICH ARE INTERWOVEX SOME CURSORY REMARKS jjadifjion antj ^olitirs. ctnm, ijui ]iM3.M'it Hlilp dii LONDON : RLI^HKn BY BALnWJ.V, cnArorK, A> SKllMON IN THE CHURCH OP HAWORTH, (hi S, unlay, the 12//( Day of ScpUnthcr, 1821, And c.rtiaordinury Eniption nj Mild and Waler, TH»T lUUTVKEV PUCE TEN n»v>i seroRC, rN THE MOORS OK THAT CIUI'F.LRY UV THE REV. P. BRONTE, A.15 ]neifvnh«>Dt nf Uftw.ir.h. neu Krigliloy. ' Wbnidid tl» wav« ao luncklllv oVrlrap ' Thcii aiKUll taarriut, delufinic (In dry t * yitwffoni tmiMth. aod mfftcurt fromftbov ' PoiKitow, omuniplrtl, nonpluecd. IUt\r)KOIU) rnlNTX-D AND SOLD BT T. UTTIGRSr^EY, SKtSaE-aTKEBT ; AVn AI.L1IT1I1.R IKiOK'.HLI 1H5. PRICE SlXPLycii EDITIONKS PRIXCIPF.S, ETC. 151 have only succeeded in learning of the existence of two examples of it. One of these is preserved in the Bronte Collection in the Public Library, Moss Side, Manchester. The other was formerly the property of Mr. Butler Wood, of Bradford, who was generous enough to present it to me when I asked him for the loan of it for the purpose of the present Bibliography. A reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First Edition of T/ic Maid of Killarney is given herewith. The Tale was reprinted in Broiitcana, Edited by J. Horsfall Turner, 1898, pp. 131 — 200. There is at present no copy of the First Edition of TJn Maid of KilhiDiey in the Library of the British Museum. (6) [Sermon in reference to an Earthquake : 1824] A / Sermon / preached / In the Church of Hav^^orth, / On Sunday, the 12th day of September, 1824, / in reference to an / P^arthquake, / And extraordinary Eruption of Mud and Water, / that had taken place ten days before, / In the Moors of that Chapelry. / By the Rev. P. Bronte, A.B. / Incumbent of Haworth, near Keighley, / " When. were the winds / ''Let slip with such a warrant to destroy ? \ " When did the tvaves so haughtily derleap / " Their ancient barriers, deluging the dry ? I " fires from beneath, and meteors from above, / ''Portentous, unexampled, unexplained, j '• ffave kindled beacons in the skies; and the old / 1,2 niBLiOGRArnv of the uroxtks. " And crazy earlh has had her shakiiij^ fits j ''More frequent, and foi'egone her usual rest/ \ Covvper. / Bradford : / Printed and sold by T. Inkersley, Bridge-Street ; / And all other Booksellers. / 1824. ' Price Sixpence. Collation: — Demy octavo, pp. 16; consisting of: Title- paj^e, as above (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Advertisement to the Reader p. 3 ; and Text of the Sermon pp. 4 — 16. At the foot of p. 16 is the following imprint, " Printed at the Columbian Press, by T. Inkersley, Bradford!' There are no head- lines, the pages being numbered centrally in Arabic numerals. There are also no signatures, the pamphlet (which was issued without a half-title^ consisting of a single sheet folded to form 16 pages. Issued stitched, and without wraj^pers. The leaves, which are untrimmed, measure 8iJ x 5I inches. A reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First Edition of .•/ Sermon preached . . in reference to an Earthijuake'\'^ given herewith. Tiie tract was reprinted in Tico Sermons preached in the Church of Ha'ivorth. . . Also A Phenomenon, or An Account in Verse of the Extraordinary disruption of a Boi:;. . . By the Rev. Patrick Bronte. . . Haworth : Publisfu-d by R. Brown [1SS5]. I'he Sermon occupies pp. 29 — 41. Also incluelcd in lUonteana, Kdited by J. HorsfaUruriier. 1898, pj). 209—219. Also in Tlie Cottai^e Magazine, 1825, pp. 9 — 18. There is at present no copy of the First Edition of A Sermon preac/ted in the Church of Naicorth in reference to an Eartltquake, 1824, in the Library of the British Museum. There are, however, two copies in tlie I'.rontc Museum at Hawoith. AN ACCOUNT IW VSRSE, < Oisniptiou of a Uog 1 10 i. p ■•' .1 '111- %f ooti of flonord.. On Ih.! \-2lk Da,/ of Srpltnibtr, 182-J : ..^ ii lIi:a'^57A^ia)-■ii'D r;'Z l-Oll THK IIIOIKII < I.ASSKS IS ftfXDAY-s« llOOL S. i;v Tin: iii.v. 1'. ijuovri., v rucHmtrnlof Hiwoilh, n*ii KESTI.EV, STATU)NER>'-C01:RT, LONDON. 18'>1. Pript Ttvop^ie. (i;ntrrf> nt ^•..■.Srntrf'-U}.Tll.) m EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 155 (7) [The Phenomenon: 1824] The / Phenomenon ; / Or, / An Account in Verse, / of the / Extraordinary Disruption of a Bog, / Which took place in the Moors of Haworth, / On the 12th day of September, 1824 : / Intended / As a Reward- Book / for the Higher Classes in Sunday-Schools. / By the Rev. P. Bronte, A.B. / Incumbent of Haworth, near Keighley. / Bradford : / Printed and sold by T. Inkersley, Bridge-Street, and by / F. Westley, Stationers'-Court, London. / 1824. / Price Twopence. / (Entered at Stationers'- Hall.) The dale " 12th day of September'" upon the title page is a misprint ; it should he " 2nd day of September.'" Collation: — Duodecimo, pp. 12; consisting of : Title-page, as above, p. i ; Prose Introduction To My Young Readers pp. 2 — 5 ; and Text of the Poem pp.6 — 12. There are no head-lines, the pages being numbered centrally in Arabic numerals. At the foot of p. 12 is the following imprint, " T. Inkersley, Printer, Bradford" There are no signatures, the pamphlet (which has no half-title) being composed of a single half-sheet folded to form twelve pages. Issued stitched, and without wrappers. The leaves, which are untrimmed, measure 7.VX4.V inches. A reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First Edition of The Phenviiienon is given herewith. iSf> lUni.liKlRArilV OF THE r,Ro.\Ti:s. Contiiits. VMW. Till. l'iiKNr)MKNo\. \T/ie i:;/oicin)^ East in lin'vly lines was drest,\ . . . . : r, The Phenoinenon was reprinted in T'wo Sermons preixched in f/ie Church of Ifaworlh. . . Also A Phenomenon, or An Account in Verse of the Extraordinary disruption of a Pos;. . . By the Kn\ Patrick Bronte. . . JLnvorth : Pnldished l>y R. Brown [1885]. 'i'lif PoLiii occupies pp. 17 — 37. Also included in Ihonteana, Iklited hy j. llorsfall Turner, 1898, pp. 201 — 20S. There is at present no co|)y of the I'irst I'.dilion of The Pheno- menon in the Library of the IJritish Museum ; but a line example may be seen in the Ikonte Museum at Haworlii. (8) ITiii: .SicNs oi' TiiF, TiMi'S : 1S35I • The / Sions of the Times; / Or / A l-'aniiliar Treatise / on some / Pohtical Indications / in the Year 1835. / \\\ V. I^r(-)nte. A.I').. / Incumbent of Ilaworih, near iM'adlord. N'lM'kshire. / Keii^^hley : / rrintecl 1)\ l\. Akcd. IJookseller, Low-Street ; and sold / by \\ . ("rotts. 19, Chancery- Lane, London; and all / I Jookscllcrs. / .mixtcww. Collation: — Duodecimo, pp. 21 ; consi.sting of: Half-title {\\\\\\ blank reverse) p|). i — 2 ; Title-pa!j;c. as alien e (with blank reverse; pp. 3 — 4 ; and Text ^-''i the THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES; OB A FAMILIAR TREATISE ON SOME IN THE YEAR 1836. BY P. BRONTE, A. B., INCUMBENT OF HAWORTH, NEAR BRADFORD, TORKSIIIRE. PRINTED Br R, ARED, BOOKSEUER, LOW-STREET,- AND SOLD BY W. CROFTS, 19, CHANCERY-LANE, LOKDON ; AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. MOOCCXTXT. BEST TtMi A.KB MODE QF BA.PT{SW, rillKFLT IN ANSWER TO A TRACT rETER rO NT IF EX, V. M. S , BAPTIST MINISTER BY P. BRONTE, A. IJ. INCUMBENT OF HAAVORTH, YORKSUIKE. PRICE THRF.F.-lT.Xn: Kc(ci!)Ub : I'niNTED KY K, AKKIi, nuiiR'.nLLF.H, L(J>s ' TRKF.T. MUCCCX-XXVI. EDIT/ONES PRINC/PES, ETC. i6r Ian Treatise pp. 5—21. The reverse of p. 21 is bl There are no head-lines, the pages being numbered centrally in Arabic numerals. There are also no signatures, the pamphlet consisting of a single sheet folded to form 24 pages. The last leaf is a blank. Issued in dark blue paper wrappers, with the title-page, enclosed within an ornamental rectangular frame, repro- duced upon the front. The words ''Price Six-pence" are added at foot, below the rule. The leaves, which are trimmed, measure 7x4} inches. A reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First Edition of The SigJis of the Times is given herewith. The Signs of the Times was reprinted in Brontcana, Edited by J. Horsfall Turner, 189S, pp. 220 — 232. There is at present no copy of the First Edition of The Signs of the Times in tlie Library of the British Museum, but one is preserved in the Bronte Museum at Haworth. . (9) [A Treatise on Baptism : 1836] A / Brief Treatise / on the / Best time and mode of Baptism, / Chiefly in / Answer to a Tract / of / Peter Pontifex, / alias the / Rev. lAI. S— *, Baptist Minister. / By P. Bronte, A.B. / Incumbent of Haworth, Yorkshire. / Price Three-pence. / Keighley : / Printed by R. Aked, Bookseller, Low- Street. / MDCCCX.XXVI. * The Ker. M. SanmU, s -M 1 62 ninUOGRAPIIY OF THE liROXTES. Collation : — Duodecimo, pp. 24 ; consisting of: Titlc-papjc. as above (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; and Text of the Treatise pp. 3—24. At the foot of p. 24 is the f■ / J. IT^rsfall Turner, / Idcl, P,radford. / Bini:;iey : / Printed ior the Editor by T. Ilarrison & Sons. / 1898. Collation: — Crown octavo, |)[). x\-fiS— 304. Upon the reverse of p. xv, and coLintin;j^ as p. xvi, is a picture of Ma^c^hcrally Church. Followini^ tl.is is an un- numbered leaf with blank reverse, and with a |)icture of Drumball\roiu'y Church upon its recto. At the cominenceinent of the bo-tk, precedinj^f the half- title, is a leaf carrx'in;^ two portraits of the Ivev. I'atrick liroute. Seven other portr.iits and \iews arc^ included in the jxit^ination. Issued in dark jnuple cloth boards, j^ilt lettered. As originally planned this work was to havi- extended to four vohuncs. I'lic Hr.st consi.stcd of CharloUc Hrontc's Letters to KDITIONES PR I NCI PES, ETC. 165 Miss Ellen Nussey. This was actually put into type, as already fully described in the first Part of the present Bibliography under No. 9, but was never completed. The second volume was the present, which contains a reprint of the whole of the Rev. Patrick Bronte's books and pamphlets, save the missing tract Paul Telltnith. To these was added a reprint of the poem On Halley's Cofiiei in 1835, which originally appeared in Holroyd's Bradfordian in 1S61, together with an Appendix on The B?-ontt's of Ireland. A biography of the Rev. Patrick Bronte was to have occupied the pages of the third volume, whilst the fourth was to have been devoted to Bronte illustrations and a7ia. The second of these four volumes, now under consideration, is by no means an unimportant one, and is welcome as being the only form other than the scarce original editions in which the numerous pamphlets of the father of the Bronte sisters are to be met with. It is much to be regretted that so little editorial care was bestowed upon the work. Its pages abound in mis[)rints, and even some of the .so-called type-facsimile reproductions of the title-pages of the First Editions differ considerably from the titles they purport to represent. If a specific example be required, a comparison of the title of The Phenomenon as set forth by Mr. Horsfall Turner upon p. 201 of his book with the photograph of the same title which I have already given upon p. 154 will show how little Mr. lurner's work may be relied upon. The future Editor of the writings of the Rev. Patrick Bronte must still look to the original editions alone to furnish him with a correct and uninjured text. There is a copy of Bron/eana. Collected Works of the Rev. Pat?-ick Bronte, 1S9S, in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is 12274. g. 10. PART IV. THE WORK OF BRANWELL BRONTE ■mw rr H t- - JT c H rv .^' .'^^ :-^ ""ili:^ '-^^^^ ^ r^ r \ PART IV. THE WORK OF BRANWELL BRONTE Branwell Bronte wrote much, but beyond one poem, T/ie Afghan IVar, which appeared in T/ie Leeds Intelligencer, he pubHshed nothing.* Six stanzas from his verse were quoted by Mrs. Gaskell in her Life of Charlotte ^w;i/i'/ twenty-three Poems and Sonnets were introduced by Mr. F. A. Leyland into his work on The Bronte Family; in Pictures of the Fast Mr. Francis H. Grundy printed An Impromptu Epistle; and in William Blackwood and his Sons Mrs. Oliphant gave three selections from specimens of his poetical work sent by Branwell to the Editor of Blackwood's Magazi?ie. But no volume has ever appeared under his name, and beyond the few items mentioned above nothing from his pen appeared in print until the present year, when I included A Reverie in the privately printed booklet The Orphans a?id Other Foems. But in common with his sisters Branwell in his early years composed many poems and prose stories. The majority of these were written in the minute hand affected by all four children, and many w^ere illustrated by crude sketches, some of which were roughly coloured. A list of these early efforts was printed by Mr. Shorter in an Appendix to his Life and Letters of the Brontes. But none of them have yet appeared in type, and it appears to * Mrs. Gaskell asserts ( Vol. /, chap, ix) that "he frequently contributed verses to The Leeds Mercury." This, however, is incorrect. A file of yhe Leeds Mercury has been thoroughly searched^ and no poem or prose article that can possibly be attributed to Branwell is to be found. 1 7-' /U/!IJ()GRA/'HV OF Tini liRONTES. nic that to give u facsimile of a page or two of one of them, and to print a couple of short examples of the verse they contain^ will not be devoid of interest. By far the best of all the surviving; Branwell Manuscripts is The Wool is Risiiti^. Or, The An<:;rian Advenlurcr. This is an octavo booklet of twenty-four pages, measuring yjj x 4^",r inches, stitched into a stiff brown paper wrapper. I furnish facsimiles, the exact size of the original, of the title-page and one of the pages of text. The story is in prose, in eight chapters, but iiUroduced into it are .several sets of verses. One of these, the lines commencing, Bachvard I look upon my life, I give below. The literary value of the piece is not great, but it certainly possesses some biograi)hical importance. The second trifle, T'he Rover, belongs to an earlier date. It has no literary value whatever, but I print it here that it may be possible to judge what Branwell as a boy could do. Links. Backward I look upon my life. And see one waste of storm and strife. One tvrack of sorroius, hopes, and pain. Vanishing:; to arise ai:;ain ! That life has nuncd throui^h evening, 7vhere Continual shadotvs veiled my sphere ; J'rom youth's horizon up-ward rolled To lije\s meridian, dark and cold. The ^^atherin^ clouds of veni,'eance Jorm In many a sudden pourini:; storm, Yet sinking in the silence of the tomb : Save when the sudden lightning-flash, Or 'when the awakening thunder-crash Rolled through the desert hearty or glanced across its gloom. i,.«..-. ^ i*^i,.''':-iw>'\ .t»> i-W'* >.C~,. -,,<, ,*»■,., VvU>« T^y •..>,<. ^-"^ s-',.-,^^ o^t liyBWt'.^ Ti^^, -,n» --.->. iW i.V— W 1»<«.V-.' ^^v\ t>y."*«^t *-'»«' »«rt» T»*- "" 'V.T* v*>ii .'^•K . jkittv- v,^-.i> ■-•<'- 'i-^■ • V >->-.v .'^^...-^ ^v...:l»l.- J*. t .$»"<«-,., ».;^ \«-, I'-— ?.-;V. Il,*-^ **;-;j''-^7 '- v*-' '•"•--•>- •Ux U2 V, .M- -..i.>H. i-^\» v.rf> V'-'-' s^'T r*-'%'dt i'>. 1 ' ^ '^'^\ »i'.^- ^V >■^^-"••" 1"--.;^, ..;.» .5 >>^> *»f>»,>iv ,1 . *■.»»»<» H-,.^v„v. • t^j t V1-.1 v>-ni .. ■).. N-^-.il 'te-N- ;*>•» !i-«w«*x • ^S^Wv^-s. i»vi»-x* V , . *^^.<» .fc .-SI Ix'.H* V^..v.^^ •S' i-S I. -... --T ..> t'^J^ -^»x >Vv Tv,/ U.J, iw» ; t-v,v.»^ i_i>r>.».X U=^)>»M 4l-.t*V— lU ») YVt J<.)"I it^i-ii vAv.'V, »»f-x.» \sv U»< .J tiivtt ,»4. tii|(.i, v*y:l%i"Vo iiv, • V^H* »r- li!^ THE WORK OF I'^RANW'FJ.L BRONTE. 175 Yes, pride, Jiate, /ig/itui/ig, and ixiHbilioiis thunder A/one tould rend this iron heart asunder. I 7Vould not praise myself, or deem Me greater, />etter, than I seem. I know that I am dead and cold. My fortunes black, my spirit old. Yet there are echoes in my heart that ivcll Can ans-iver to the a7C'akening buglers swell. The}-e is a feeling in me which can warm ]n the stern senate's strife or ocean storm. God's wrath, man's hatred, niv oivn misery, A Eoema/fs glance, a woman's smiling eye, All these may call, may centre all on me ; Yet like yon Niger surging to the sea Ca/i only sivell the tot rent of my soul. The Rover. Sail fast, sail fast, my gallant ship. The ocean thunders round thee : At length thou'rt in thy paradise, Thine oivn wide heaven around thee. The morning flashes up in light And strikes its beams before. Where yon wide streaks of lustre bright Lie like a fairy shore. The day presages storm and strife. Yet what need Percy care / Thy deck hath borne him throui^h the storm Shall bear him through the 7var. The thund'ring winds a?'e sivelling up And whistle through thy shroud, Yet overhead in the iron sky Hoiv sullen sleeps each cloud. 176 lUIU.IOCRArnV OF THE BRONTES. I.o / yon fierce blast hath swept the seas And covered them with foam. Yet shall it force thee on thy way Mlierever thou mafst roam. The rich but ferbled merchant ship May quii'er to the }:;ale, But it shall ^uidc thee to thy prey. And swell thy eai^er sail. JFhen nij^ht and tempest gather up And shroud the stormy shy, The timid sheep may look to heaven With an imploring eye. But while they flock in frightened haste And crowd the narro7v 7cay, J I 'hat cares the lordly lion then JFho pounces on his prey ? The storm has but his reaper been To gather in his grain. And thus to thee, my ship, shall be This hoarse resounding main. Look, look, beneath yon thick black cloud On yon dark line of ivater, A fair and clustered argosie Just gathered for the slaughter. See how the spread sails glimmer while As, scudding far before. They steering in one steady line Fly o'er the 'watery roar. Ntnv rouse ye then, my gallant men. Rouse up with hearty cheer ! Quick, clear thy deck, croivd all your sail. Your cannon bring to bear ! My arms, mv arms, my trusty pike, Of tjuick and bloody blow. THE WORK OF HRANWETJ. BRONTK. My pistols blacky my sabre 7vhitc — Then omvard for the foe ! Ha ! Connor Gordon, steer ye J'ight, The winds confuse them mnv : As mid the i^eese a?i ea<^Ie's flii:;ht Amid them drive my prow. I stand upon my steady deck. Around jne flies tJie foam, My pirate ship skims in the blast Across her ocean home. The fleet, the Argosie before. With furled or shivered sail. Like helpless swans together cro'wd And tremble to the gale. A'ojv light your matches— from the smoke Bursts up one cruel thunder, Rebellious from the clouds above. And the ivhite surges under. They knotv us then ! They knoiv the Ihnvk, But dread hath paled their broiv : Furl in your sails, your irons cast, We're full upon them now. And fastened by our trusty hooks Von helpless galleon lies. Her hesitating broadside bursts In thunder to the skies. JFe heed it not. I forwa^-d rush Upon her shaking deck. And all my band of gallant hearts Have followed at my beck. Now through the thickening smoke and sleet One mighty tumult reigns, The sparkles fash across the eye. The blood toils throufi the veins. 178 lUJU.IOGRAPlIV OF THE liRONTES. Man dashed on man. In trampled blood Strnv thick each groanin^^ plank ; Unheard^ unseen, the sabres clash Amid each gory rank. Whereon 1 dashed into the hold Upon a struggling foe ; All men., and smoke, and shouts aboi'e, A writhing wretch belo7v. He died. I rise and grasp a rope, Tm on the deck once more. And Percy s arm, and Percy's S7vord, Nmv bathe that deck with gore. An hour of tempest passes by, The galleon blazes no7i<, And smoke and slaughter cnm'd the deck And heap the bending protv. Our sivords seem groivn into our hands, Our eyes glance fiery light, And heaped beneath all scattered lie The 7vrecks of that wild fight. " Ye have done your 'work most gallantly. That precious merchandize In haste convey upon our deck. Your full and well-earned prize. Then fire the ship, and folloiv me To our own deck again. To chase the anvard 'wanderers Across yon stormy main." The e'i'cning sinks in sullen light Across the heaving sea. And sees Thk Rover o'er its -uwes Plough on her gallant ictiy. THE WORK OF BRANWELL BRONTE. While far behind across the surge A blaze of blood-red light Drifts on to windivard, shrouding round The relic of that fight. I see afar the blackened masts Stand 'gainst the flaring flame, And high in heaven the wreathing sntokc Curls o'er her dazzling frame. Those fires discharge her cannons With sullen sounding I'ooni, Till like a blood red jnoon she sinks Into her walerv tomb. PART V. CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE, etc. PART V. CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE, etc. The following list consists of Poems and Prose pieces, in- cluding Letters, by members of the Bronte family which appeared for the first time in the pages of Magazines and Newspapers, and in Books by authors other than themselves. Poems, etc., which were merely reprinted in such publications are excluded. (I) The Leeds Mercury, Decetiiber \^th, 1810, p. 3. By the Rev. Patrick Bronte. William Nowell. A letter of two full columns protesting against the arrest by the military authorities of a young man named William Nowell. It was alleged that Nowell had enlisted at Lee Fair a short time previously, and was a deserter from his regiment. Eventually it was proved in court that he had never been to Lee Fair at all, and he was released after suffering ten weeks' wrongful imprisonment. 1 84 lunLiuuKAi'nv uF rm-: i:iP- 41-4-"- (10) The Cor/ihill Alai^azine, April i860, pp. 4S7- -498. Tin; Last Skktch. E.mm.v. A I-'kacmknt of a Sroin- i!V iiiE LATH CiiARLorii; likoxTi;:. I'irst reprinted in tlie new edition of The Professor, isic, published in 1S60, and repeated in every succeeding edition of that volume. \\'hen printed in The Cornhitl Magazine, Emma was preceded (pp. 485 — 4S7) by an Introduction by the Editor, ^^■illiam Makepeace Thackeray. (") 77/<' Cornhill Moi^azine, May \ 860 p. 6 1 6. By Emiiy Bronte TiiK Outcast Mothiik. [/'tv scoi litis del! in J Illy s shine, \ PERIODTCAI. LITERATURE, ETC. i.S.) Reprinted in The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and her Sisters, The Haworth Edition, Vol. iv, 1900, pp. 385 — 386. (12) The Corn hi// A/a !^a sine, Decenil>er i860, p. 741. By Char/otte Bronte. Watching and Wishing. \OJi, would I zverc the golden light \ Reprinted in T/ie Life and IVor/cs of Char/otte Bronte and tier Sisters, Tlie Haworth Edition, \'ol. iv, 1900, pp. 361 — 362. (13) The Corn/ii// Magazine, August 1861, pp. 178 — 179. By Char/otte Bronte. When thou .sleepest. \lVhen thou sleepest, lulled in night ^ Reprinted in TJie Life and Wor/zs of CJiar/otte Bronte and her Sisters, The Haworth Edition, \o\. iv, 1900, pp. 362—364. (14) Llo/royd's Bradford/an, August 1861, p. 176. By t/ie Rev. Patric/i Bronte. On Halley's Comet in 1835. \Our blazing guest, long have you been\ Reprinted in Bronteana. Edited by J. Horsfall Turner, 1898, pp. 264 — 266. I go BIPyLlOGRAPIfV OF THE BIWNTF.S. The Freelance, Man/t it It, 1868. Two Lktters from Charlottk BrontI^ to John StorL\s Smith appeared for the first time in this volume. Reprinted in The Brontes, Life and Letters, hs (llemeiit Shorter, 1908, Vol. ii, pp. 437 — 438. (16) /fours at Home, \'ol. xi, 1S70, pp. 10 1 — i ro. UXPUHLI.SUKI) LkTTKRS OK C HARI.OTTF.. I'^MII.V, AXP AxNii BrontJ:. These letters were addressed lo Miss i'Jlcn Xussey, and were reprinted in Charlotte 1> rente, A Mono- S^raph, by '\ . Wemyss Reid, 1877. They have all been included by Mr. Shorter in his Life and L.etters of the Brontes, 1908. (17) Charlotte Ihonte. .1 \fo>u\i:;raf'h. \\\ T. W'emyss Rei.l, 1877. A m:.mi;kr 01 Lf.ttkrs from C'iiarloi'ii; Hronti-': to Miss I'Jk'ii Nusscy and other Corre- spondents appeared for the first time in this volume. Tlie wliole were reprinted by Mr. Clement Shorter in Charlotte Ihonte and her Circle, i8i)6. PERIODICAL LITERATURE, ETC. igr (i8) The Life and Letters of Sydney DoIh'/I, 1878, Vol. i, pp. 214 — 221. Four Letters from Charlotte BrontE to Sydney Dobell appeared for the first time in this volume. (19) Pictures of the Fast By Francis H. Grundy, C.E., 1879, pp. 78— 79. By Branwell Bronte. An Impromptu Epistle to F. H. Grundv. [The viaii zvko ivill not know another,^ Reprinted in The Bronte Family, By F. A. Leyland, 1886, Vol. i, p. 295. The volume, Fictures of the Fast, also contains, pp. 82—90, a series of eight Letters addressed by Branwell Bronte to F. H. Grundy,^here printed for the first time. (20) Emi/y Bronte. By A. Mary F. Robinson, 1883, pp. 62 — 64. A Letter from Branwell Bronte, addressed to an unnamed correspondent, appeared for the first time in this volume. 192 /:f/!i.HH;h'AJ'//y c/- 77//: nh'oNTES. (21) T/ie Bronte Family. By F. A. lyeyland. 2 \'ol.s., 1886. The following poems by Bratiwell Bronte ;i{)i.i;iiL-d for ihc first time in these volumes : \'ol. i, ]). 205. Lim:s, [7/u'res many a oricf lo shade the scenc^^ \o\. i, p|). 206 — 207. DiiAiii TiuuMrnAXT. \0h ! on this first bright Rlavday morn, \ Vol. i, pp. 2M-2,2. C.\roline's Pravkk. I y]/)' lull her, and my child- hood's guide /] \'()I. i, pp. 212—213. On Caroi.ixk. [The light of thy ancestral ha /t, \ Reprinted in Bronte Poems. ICdited by A. C. iJcnsdn, i()i5. pj). 3S4 — 385. Vol. i, pp. 2,4-226. Caroi.ini:. I Calm and clear the day declining, | sixty four lines extracted from this poem (which extends to 453 lines) were reprinted in Bronte JWms. Edited by A. ( -. Benson, 1915, pp. 3S6 — 388. Vol. i, p. 25.. Hi,.\(K C(niu. \Far of/\ and half revealed, 'mid shade and light, \ PERIODICAL LITERATURE, ETC. 193 Vol. i, pp. 299—300. Three Sonnets : 1. On Landseer's Painting, 'The Shepherd's Chief Mourner.' \Thc beams of Fame dry up affection s tears ;] 2. Ox the Callousness produced hv Care. \JVhy hold young eyes the fullest fount of tears /] Reprinted in Bronte Poems. Edited by A. C. Benson, 1915, p. 372. 3. On Peaceful Death and Painful Life. \_Wliy dost thou sorroio for the happy dead f~\ Vol. ii, pp. 22 — 23. The Epicurean's Song. \^The visits of S or rozi^ Vol. ii, p. 24. Song. [^Should lifes first feelings be forgot?^ Vol. ii, pp. 26 — 28. Noah's warning over Methusaleh's Grave. \^Brothers and men I one moment stay\ Seven of the twelve stanzas of which this poem consists were reprinted in Bronte Poems. Edited by A. C. Benson, 1915, pp. 373—374- Vol. ii, pp. 46 — 47. The Emigrant. \\Vhen sink from sight the land- marks of our homei] i()\ iiiitiJocuArnv (>/•' riir. HuoyrEs. \cA. ii, pp. 05—07. Kv.w. Rr.sr. | / sec a coi'pse upon the ivafers //V.] Vol. ii, p|). loi — 104. PiiNMAKN'M.wvR. [ T/iesc iviiids, these clouds, this chill Xovember storm | \\i\. ii, pp. 128 — 131. Epi.stle from .\ P'atulk to .\ Child in hi:k CjR.we. [From Earth, — whose life-reviving .{pnl showers^ ^■ul. ii, p. 133. Lines. [ Home thom^hts are not with mci\ \"ol. ii, pp. 1 3-1-1. >5- Our Lady of ("iRief. ( J J 'hen all our cheerful hours seem o one J or ever, | Reprinted in Bronte Poems. Edited by A. C. Benson, 191 5. p. 375. \'ul. ii, p. I 71. Lines on a sketch of hi.mseef. | lliy soul is Jioi'cn, \ \o\. ii, ]). JoS. Lines. [Think not that Lijc is happiness, \ Vi)l. ii, i>p. 246 240. MoRLEY Hall, [If 'hen I.ifcs youth, overcast by oafherino clouds'] PERIODICAL LITERATURE, ETC. 195 Vol. ii, pp. 250—254. The End of all. {In that uupityins^ Winters night. \ Reprinted in Bronte Poems. Edited by A. C Benson, 1915, pi). 376 — 380. Vol. ii, pp. 259—263. Percy Hall. \The zvcstcring sunbeains smiled on Percy Ha/I,'] Of the 124 lines of which this poem consists, 46 were reprinted in Bronte Poems. Edited by A. C. Benson, 19 15, pp. 381—383. The volumes contain in addition a number of Branwell's letters therein printed for the first time. The poems to which no references are attached have not yet been reprinted. (22) Macnnl/an's Magazine, Vol. 64, iSgi. Some uxpubllshed Letters of Charlotte Bronte : Part \, June 1891, pp. 119 — 125 W, July 1 89 1, pp. 226 — 234 III, August 1 89 1, pp. 279 — 282 These letters were selected from the correspondence of Charlotte Bronte with Mr. W. Smith Williams. The whole of them were reprinted by Mr. Shorter in 1896 in Charlotte Bronte and her Circle. o 2 196 r,ir.LIOGRAPHY OF THE DRONTES. De Quinccy Memorials. By Alexander H. Japp, LL.l)., 189T, Vol. ii, pp. 207 — 20S. \ Lkttf.k fko.m Charlotte BkoxTii to Tiio.m.\s DE OuiNCEV was i)riiitcd for the first time in this volume. (24) Tlic Cornhi/l Mii^nziiie, February 1893, p. 1S5. Memory. S^W'hcu the dead in their iold o raves are iyinor'] kei^rintcd in T/ie Critic [V S.\.\ Fehruary x'iih, 1893, p. 101. Also printed in Tlie Life atid Works of Charlotte Bronte and her Sisters, The Hawtnth Edition, \ol. iv, 1900, pp. 374—375- A more correct version of the poem, taken from a later Manuscript, is included in S(Ju/ and Other JWnis, 19 1 3, |)p. 13 — 14. An early draft of a portion of Afe/no/y is given in Bronte Society Publications, Part x, 1899, p. 68. (-'5) The Woman at Home, September 1894, pp. 445 — 448. l'\l'Ll!LI.SHKl) RSS.W 1!V F..MI1.V r)U()NTr:. This F.ssay, in French, L Amour Filial, is i;iven in facsimile, and is followed by an English translation. It was reproduced from a Manuscript in the possession of the Heger family, in Brussels. The es.say was not included in The Complete Worhs of Emily Bronte, 2 Vols., 1910 — 191 i. PERIODICAL LITERATURE, ETC. 197 (26) The Bookman, February 1895, PP- 145-^146. The Death of Moses. Extracts from an unpublished French Essay by Charlotte Bronte. (27) Charlotte Bronte and her Circle. By Clement K. Shorter, 1896. A NUMBER OF LETTERS FROM ChARLOTTE BrONTE to various correspondents were printed for the first time in this volume. (28) The IVoinan at Home, December 1896, pp. 287 — -289. Poems by Charlotte Bronte on the Deaths OF her sisters E^hly and Anne. 1. On the Death of E^hly Bronte. [^Aly darling-, tJiou wilt never knoiv\ 2. On the Death of Anne Bronte. \The7'es little joy in life for nie,^ The text of the poems was preceded by facsimiles of the two Manuscripts. I repeat these facsimiles here. The poems themselves have never been reprinted. They possess so living an interest that I make no apology for reproducing them. They should be read in conjunction with the Letters recon?iting the Deaths of Emily, Anne, and Branwell Bronte, privately printed in 191 3 \a>ite. Part i, No. 14]. 198 Il/nUULiKAPJ/y ()/■• THE BRONTES. IC.MII.^. Dec. 24 [1848]. My darlins^, thou ivilt never k>itnv The grinding agonv of woe That we have borne for thee. Thus may 'we consolation tear E'en from the depth of our dapair And 7vasting misery. The nightly anj^uish thou art spared When all the crushing truth is bared To the a^vakening mind, When the galled heart is pierced with grief Till wildly it implores relief. But small relief can find. Nor kno7vst thou what it is to lie Looking forth ivith streaming eye On life's lone wilderness. " Weary, weary, dark and drear, Hinv shall / the Journey bear. The burden and distress 1 " Then since thou art spared such pain. We will not wish thee here again. He that lives must mourn. God help us through our misery. And give us rest and joy with thee When loe reach our bourne .' Anxk. June 21, 184Q. There's little joy in life for me, A nd little terror in the grave . Tve lived the parting hour to see Of one 1 would have died to save. v>^- -u^ (^♦'SJ Ms, K.V.v,, »V.«v« v^.(«t *^-v^. K^.^ VVU.^ VU- ^»H*i^ Uct '•» f ....^i J<.»W ,,.',1 U •• t -'^ ^ •-- ■•« » ^ .. Vv _ VN/.IV v,.» W./U ^Uwc Uw,- *|«-^^ f-* '"jurr. ,*'^*- (^•'** t-v^f.^j ».^/^j PERIODICAL LITERATURE, ETC. Calmly to watch the Jain n^^ breath. Wishing each sigh /night be the last ; Longing to see the shade of death O'er those beloved features cast. The cloud, the stillness that )nust part Tile darling of my life from me. And then to tha?ik God from my heart, To thank him well and fervently '. Although I knew that we had lost The hope and glory of our life. And noiv benighted, tempest-tossed. Must bear alone the zveary strife. (29) William Blackwood and his Sons. By Mrs. Oliphant, 1897, Vol. ii, pp. 176 — 184. Three Letters erom Branwell Bronte to THE Editor oe B/ackivooifs Magazine. were printed for the first time in this volume, together with the following selections from poems submitted by Branwell to the Editor : 1 . How fast that courser fleeted by 2. See, through the shadoivs of the night 3. ^Tis only afternoon, but midnight's gloom The first two of these pieces are portions of Lord Albert, a narrative poem in the manner of Lara and The Corsair. 20- lunLioGRAPiiy or the nh'O.XTEs. (30) The Father of the Bronhs. Hy \\'. W. Vates, 1897. facing p. I. A Lktter from Charlotte Bront£ to Miss Leah Brooke appeared for the first time in tliis volume. The letter was given in facsimile. (30 Poet-lore, 1897. p. 17S. rwTLic.HT Song. [77/^ moon dawned s/ozu on the dusky oloaniing\\ By Charlotte Bronte. This Song was written in January 1834, when its authoress was in her eighteenth year. It was introduced by Charlotte into a story entitled A Leaf from an Unopened Volume, or The Manuscript of an Unfortunate Author. The story was de- scribed, and freely quoted from, hy Mr. ^V. G. Kingsland, in an article entirely devoted to it which appeared in Poet- lore, 181)7, pp. 169 -181. A .second, and apparently later, MS. of the Song also e.xists. In this MS. the poem consists of nine stanzas, six of which are identical with those printed by Mr. Kingsland. As Poet-lore is an American periodical and not readily accessible, and as the Tivilight Song has not yet been re- printed, I give the verses in full from the later MS.: — Twilight Song. yVie moon da^vned shnv in the dusky gloaniiui;, Dimly beside it gleamed a star : Broken they shone on the -waters foaming Of the rapid Calabar. PERIODICAL LITERATURE. ETC. 203 The lustrous moon, the wailing river. Woke in my breast the voice of thought ; In that calm hour I blessed the Giver, — The source whence ray and man were brought. And 7vhile they gleamed, and while they sung, I gave them life, and soul, and tongue. I asked the river whence its stream Rushed in resounding pride ; And a voice like whispers in a dream Thus solemnly replied : " From the caverned earth I rose, Mortal, like to thee ; Evermore my torrent floivs Sounding to the sea — Ever as thy career will close In vast eternitv.'^ I asked the rising crescent moon O'er what her bozv was bent. And thus the sweet response came dotvn From Heaven earthward sent : " Alike my rays are glancing On cities filled with life. Where sounds of mirth and dancing And harp and song are rife. And on the ruined tower. The rifted arch and dome. The fallen and trampled botver, The still, the desert home. :o4 niniJOGRAPHY OF THE BRONTES. '■'Sounds of the palm-tree shaken^ Sounds of the lonely well. Whose fairy murmurs waken To the Zephyr's softest s'well. The 'ivavin^ of a pinion. The desert wild- deer's tread. Are heard in that dominion Of silence deep and dread. '' I see beneath me spread in ^^ Dark visions of the slain ; For my orb its light is sheddint;' O'er many a battle plain, IV he re heroes famed in story Their deeds of ivar have done. And gained a croivn of glory For mighty conflicts 7von. '■' If to the wilds denying That high and lofty trust, The 7varriors corpse is lying Amid ancestral dust. Still lovelier is the lustre That lingers round his tomb. And lights the trees that cluster Above his last dark home.''' Alfred Lord Tennyson, A Memoir. 15y his Son, 1897, Vol. i, p. 262. A Lkttkr from Charlotth BrontI-:: to Alireo Lord TllNNVSoN wub priiUcJ for the first linic in ihis vulumc. J.-2* »H< N» kv«*-WI>. w •»,— » x^^ Vrv^.-U; s»..^ Ct^OtfL^.I c .... I* : ^ ».;.^ *.»./« V.IA. i*^<-.. ».c^^,l ^^,,, «.».lV *.,.». c^ :iv«>^o.t>l ^.. TU,».i/. S. "*^ \>-A v«-*.v> ^^i». ^o^^t. V4.V >.».^ v*^.V. U . i~ ;^v. »».„»< v^v-i^w «.-^ »»•*».■»*-•*- ■»•'♦• •«"-^ --•• •.-.'^ PERIODICAL JJTKRATURE, ETC. 207 The IVoinan at Home, August 1897, pp. 906 — 912. Relics of Emilv Bronte. By Clement Shorter. Included in this article is Emily's poem dated "_/ok//ia?i, October 1904. pp. 19 — 22. Two Letters from Chareotte, and Three Letters eko>f the Ri:\-. Patrick BRoxTti, addressed to Mrs. J. C. Franks ; and Oxi; Letter from tiii: Rew 1\\trick HroxtF., addressed to the Rc\'. {. C. Franks, appeared for tlic first lime- in this vt)lunie. The six Letters were reprinted, as part of Apf>e7idix I/, in The Brontes, Life and Letters^ By Clement Shorter, 1908, Vol. ii, pp. 417 — 423. (38) 77ie Times Literor\ Supplement, faniiarv ^th, 1907. By Charlotte Bronte. Lines ox the Celemrateo Hewtck. [T/ie cloud of recent death is past a'iija)\\ PERIODICAL LITERATURE, ETC. 209 Reprinted (under the amended title Zif/cs on Be^vidi) in The Swiss Et?iigrani's Return and Other Poems, 19 17, PP- 8 — 13. The Lines also appeared in the Second Edition of 1908, but not in the First Edition of 1903, of A. E. Hall's Illustrated Guide to Haworth. Thomas Bewick died in 1828. The Manuscript of Charlotte's Lines is dated ^^ Novernber 27, 1832." (39) The Brontes, Life and Letters. By Clement Shorter, 2 Vols., 1908. Several Letters from Charlotte Bronte to various correspondents were printed for the first time in these volumes. (40) • The Cosmopolitan Magazine, October 191 1, pp. 611 — 622. By Charlotte Bronte. Tales of the Islanders. A description, accompanied by extracts, and with five Illustrations and a facsimile of a page of the original Manuscript, of an early story by Charlotte Bronte. Reprinted in Nash's Magazine, December 191 1, pp. 295—306. p 2IO IIIIILIOGKAPHY OF THE BROXTES. (41) The Times, July 29///, 1913, ])|>. 9 — i i. Ll'.TTKKS IKOM CHAKLOTTK BkoNTE To CoX- STANTIX HkC.KR. Reprinted in The / Lmr Letters / of / Charlotte Bronte j to j Constantin Heger / London : j Printed for Private Circulation Only j 1914. — 8vo, pp. 43. [See ante, Part i, No. 15.] Afterward.s included in Bronte Society Transactions, Part xxiv, April 19 14, [)p. 49 — 75. Also included in The Brontes and their Circle. By Clement Shorter, 1914, pp. 88 — 99. (42) The Sphere, An^i^iist 23/v/, 19 13, {). 230. Two Lktteks from the Rev. P.\trick Bkoxtk, one addressed to Mrs. John lUirdcr, and the other to Miss Mary Burder. Reprinted in The Jhontes and their Circle. By Clement Shorter, 1914, pp. 34 — 38. (43) The Sphere, Au;:^ust 30///, 19 13, p. 232. A Letikr from the Rev. Patrick Broxtk to Miss Mary lUirder. Reprinted in The Brontes and their Circle. W)' Clement Shorter, 19 14, pp. 40 — 43. PERIODICAL LITERATURE, ETC. 211 (44) Bronte L'oa/is. Selectio/is from the I'oetrv of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Bronte. Edited by Arthur C Benson, Svo, 19 15. The foUowhig poems appeared for the first time in this volume : By Charlotte Bronte. The Churchyard. lOtie night, when silence reigned around,'] V. 15. Look into thought. \^Look into thought and say TV hat dost thou see,~\ Pp. 19—20. He saw mv heart's woe. \^I^e saw my licarfs woe, discovered my soufs anguish,'] V. 58. Eventide. [The house was still, the room was still,] Pp. 59 — 60. Stanzas. [//' is not at an hour like this] P. 61. Stanzas. \Speak of the North I A lonely moor] jrc BinUOi.RArHY OF THE JiAU 'A/JiS. /\y Emily Bronte. I'p. 20.S — 209. Links. [// ivas the aii/iinni of I lie year :\ P[). 2 10 — -2 I I. Links. \_^^'lty ask to knonj ivhat date, ic/iat clime ?\ A facsimile of the MS. of these Lines faces p. 2ro of Ihontc Poems. By Anne Bronte. r. 294. X nil IT. [/ ioi'C the silent hour of iiii^hf.] I'P- -95—296. Drka.ms. [//7///f ();/ niv lonely couch I lie,^ Tp. 299—303. LiNi:s. [/ dreamt last night, and in that dream] J'P- .>o4— 305- Sr.\\/..\s. [Severed and o-one, so nta/iy years,] I'- 3^^ I'K.ACMKN r. [}'es I will take a cheerful tone^ *^* Preiiins ami Sciiered and i;;oiic are incliulcti in Prcims lUiii ()//ier /Ww.v, 1917 ; ilic rcmainiiiij eleven pieces lia\c not been reprinted. PERIODICAL IJTERATURE, ETC. 213 (45) Charlotte Broiile t/u: JVomafi. By Maude Gold- ring, 1915, pp. 86 — 87 and 92 — 93. One Letter fro.m Charlotte Bronte to Mrs. Taylor, and Two Letters froai the Re\ . Patrick Bronte, were printed for the first time in tliis volume. (46) T/ie Rochdale Observer^ December ist, 19 15. Two Stanzas by E^^Lv Bronte, These stanzas, which have not yet been reprinted, are as follows: — Fair sinks the siinuner evening sun In scattered glory round my home ; The skv, upon its holv broic, Wears not a cloud that speaks of gloom. The old tower, shrined in golden light, Looks dowfi ofi the descending sun ; So gently evening blends 7vith night You scarce can say that it is done. (47) Bronte Society Transactions, Part xxvi, A/>ril 191 6, P- M3- By Charlotte Bronte. Stanzas from "The Spell." [77/6- wave of Deal /is riue?-] -14 niBLIOGRAPHY OF TlfE liRONTES. <48) T/ie Coni/ii/I Ma_i:;azi)tt', Aiit^usi 191 6, j)|). 147 — 14S. By Charlotte Bronte. LaMKXT 1!KI ITTIXt; TIIKSK ' TiMF.S OK NiC.IIT. ' I Lament for the Jllartyr ivho dies for his /aith,\ Reprinted privately in pamphlet form, Laineut Infitti/i}^ these / ' Times of Ni}rht ' j By j Charlotte J> route I Edited hy George E. Maclean Reprinted from The Cornhill Magazine, August 191 6 I London j Smith, Elder 6^ Co., 15 IJ'aterloo Place j 191 6. — Royal 8vo, pp. 4. [See ante, Part i, No. 17.] (49) 77/6' JVhiteh.iven A\-7vs, 19 — . By Charlotte Bronte. A \^\LENTINE. \^A Roland for yonr Oliver'] This Valentine, consisting of eleven four-line stanzas, is reported as having been "sent by Charlotte Bronte to a clergyman of a neighbouring parish " — i.e. the Rev. William Weightman, curate at Haworth. He was the 'Celia Amelia' of Charlotte's letters. Reprinted in The Brontes, Life and Letters, 190S, Vol. i, pp. 204 — 205. Mr. Shorter iiiis iiiforincil mc tluU the above })ocm was rom- iminicalcd to liim by an anonymous correspondent. But Mr. Shorter's correspondent must apparently have been in error as to the source iVoiTi which lie obtained the poem, for Ijoth Mr. John Simpson. PERIODICAL IJTERATURK, ETC. 215 Librarian of the Whitehaven Public Library, and Mr. J. Jenkinson, the present Editor of The Whitehaven News, have failed to trace the verses. Note. Mrs. Gaskell states in her Life of Cliarlotte B route that poems by Anne were printed in Chambers's Journal. I am satisfied that in making this state- ment Mrs. Gaskell was in error. A minute and careful search through the pages of the Journal has failed to discern a single poem which could by any possibiUty be attributed to Anne. A number of spurious Letters purporting to be by Charlotte Bronte are scattered about. Occasionally one of these finds its way into print. For example : In The Booknnm, New York, 1897, p. 21, is a letter, undated, addressed to W. M. Thackeray. The letter is given in facsimile. In The Nineteenth Century, July 1899, p. 81, is a letter, undated, and addressed to an unnamed correspondent, announcing the death of her 'poor father.' In The Staftdard, March iSth, 1906, is another letter addressed to Thackeray. x\ll the above are palpable forgeries. PARl^ VI. BRONTEANA : COMPLETE VOLUMES OE BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISiM. PART VI. BRONTEANA: COMPLETE VOLUMES OF BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM. (I) Jottings / on / Currer, Ellis, and Acton / Bell. / By / W. P. P. / London : / Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, / Paternoster Row ; / Stamford : W. & J. Newcomb, High Street. / Bristol: M. Bingham, Broad Street. / 1856. Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. 45. Issued in reddish-brown paper wrappers, with the title-page, enclosed within an ornamental rectangular frame, repro- duced upon the front, the words " Price One Shilling'' being added at foot below the frame. (2) The Life / of / Charlotte Bronte. / Author of / " Jane Eyre," " Shirley," " Villette," &c. / By / E. C. Gaskell. / Author of " Mary Barton," " Ruth," &c. / S^Five-line quotation from Aurora Leigli\ / In Two Volumes / Vol. I. \^Vol. 11.^ / London: / Smith. Elder & Co., 65. Cornhill. / 1857. [The right of Translation is reserved.] 220 J!//;/./tJi:h'A/'//V OF TffE IIRONTES. Collation: — Crown octavo; \'oI. i, pp. viii4-35-; ^'<'l■ ii. pp. viii -1-327. The volumes contain a lV)rtiait and two Illustrations. issued in deep claret-coloured cloth boards, with untrimmed edges, lettered in gold across the back. \ Second F.ditinn was issued in 1857, a Third in 1857, and a Fourth in 1858. since which date the work has been frequently reprinted. The most useful edition of the book is that which forms the seventh and last volume of The Haworth Edition of The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and her Sisters, 1900. This is rendered particularly valuable by the many new letters introduced into its text by the Editor, Mr. Clement Shorter. The original publication of Mrs. Gaskell's fJfe of Charhtte Bronte excited a considerable amount of adverse criticism as a result of the errors and exaggerations its authoress had been led into making. For the Third Edition, therefore, the work was thoroughly revised, and the passages containing statements to which objection had been taken were removed from its pages. (3) A / \' indication / of the / Clergy Datightcrs' Sch(K)], / and of / The Rev. W. Carus Wilson, / from th(^ Remarks in / "The Life of Charlotte Hrontii." / By the / Rev. H. Shepheard. M..\.. / Incumbent of Ciasterton. 1 Ion. Chaplain and lion. / Secretary of the Clcroy Dauohters' School. / Late h'ellow of Oriel College. Oxford. / Kirkhy Lonsdale : / Piihlished hy Rob(M-t Morphet, Printer; / And 1)\- Seeley. Jackson and 1 lalliday. 54, hleet Street, / London. / 1S57. BRONTE ANA. 221 Collation : — Dcm\- octavo, pp. 31. Issued in bright green printed paper wrappers, with trimmed edges. (4) A Note / on / Charlotte Bronte / By / Algernon Charles Swinburne / \Piiblishers device'^ J London / Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly / 1S77 / All rights reserved. Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. iv + 97. After a few copies had been issued a leaf was inserted after the title- page carrying a Dedication To my Frietid TJieodore Watts. The collation, therefore, was extended to pp. vi + 97. Issued in cloth boards of a Reckitt's blue colour with untrimmed edges, lettered in gold across the back. A New Edition was published in 1894. (5) Charlotte Bronte. / A Monograph. / By / T. Wemyss Reid. / With Illustrations. / London : / Macmillan and Co. / 1877. / [All Rights Reserved.] Collation :— Crown octavo, pp. xv + 236, with a Portrait of the Rev. Patrick Bronte and eleven Illustrations. Issued in dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettered, with edges untrimmed. N Second Edition was published in the same year, and a Third Edition in 1878. 232 BinLIOGRAPIIV OF THE IIROXTES. (6) Two (ireat Englishwomen / Mrs. Browning- t\: Charlotte Bronte ; / With an / Essay on Poetry, / Illustrated from / Wordsworth, Burns, and Byron. By / Peter Baync. M.A., LL.l).. / . . . / London : / James Clarke i^ Co., / 1 3 «^ 14, I'lcet Street. / 1881. Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. l.xxviii4-340. Issued in dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettered, with un- trimmed edges. (7) Emily Bronte / By / A. Mary V . Robinson. / London: / W. H. Allen and Co., / 13. Waterloo Place. / 1883. / [All Ri-hts reserved.] Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vii + 235. Issued in dark crimson cloth boards, gilt lettered, with trimmed edges. The volume formed one of the Rmincnt Women Series of short biographies, edited by John H. Ingram. A Second Edition was published in 1889 ; a luftli in 1S96, &c. (8) .\n I lour / with / Charlotte Bronte ; / Or, / Flowers from a N'orkshire Moor. / By / Laura C. Holloway/ Author of "Ladies (jf the White House." etc., etc. / New York : lunik ^K: Wai^nalls, Publishers, / 10 and 12 Dey Street. BRONTE AN A. 223 Collation: — Large duodecimo, pp. 156, with Portrait- Frontispiece. The title-page itself is undated, but the date, 1883, occurs upon the reverse. Issued in cloth boards, gilt lettered, with trimmed edges. There was also an edition in paper wrappers, forming No. 88 of Funk &^ lVao-mi//'s Standard Lil'rary. Many copies of this edition lack the Portrait. The cover is dated " May -ji/i, 1883." (9) , The Birthplace of / Charlotte Bronte / By / William Scruton / With Two Etchings by the Author / Leeds : / J. S. Fletcher & Co. / MDCCCLXXXIV. Collation : — Small octavo, pp. 58. Issued in Japanese paper boards, gilt lettered, with untrimmed edges. Mr. Butler Wood states that there was only one edition of this book, but that on the paper covers the words Second, Third and Fourth Edition frequently appear. (10) Emile Montegut / Ecrivains IModernes / de I'Angleterre / Premiere Serie / George Eliot — ■ Charlotte Bronte / Un Roman de la vie mondaine / Paris / Librairie Hachette et C'*" / 79, Boulevard vSaint-Germain, 79 / 1885. Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. v + 407- Issued in yellow printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. 224 ninUOCRAPllY OF THE DROXTES. The I^)r()ntc hamily / With special reference to / l^itrick I>ran\vell Bronte / By / PVancis A. Leyland. / In Two Volumes. / \'ol. I. [ F^/. //.] / London: / Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, / 13, Great Marlborough Street. / 1886. / All rijj^hts reserved. Collation: — Crown octavo; \'ol. i, pp. .\vi + 3i2; \'ol. ii, pp. ix+30-- Issued in cloth boards, with untrimmed edges, gilt lettered. (12) Life / of / Charlotte Bronte / By / AuRU.\ ll-lS. (21) A Descriptive Catalooue / of / Objects in the Museum / of the; / Bronte Society / at / I laworth. / Compiled by / V . C. Galloway, / Hon. Treasurer. Hronte Society. / Printed for Private Circulation. Bradford. 1S96. Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. 35, with Anir Ilhistrations : — 1. M cinbcrs of Couunittec \22 Portraits] I'Vontispiece 2. The Bronte Museum {Exterior^ Facing p. 9 3. T/ie Bronte Museiuji {Interior) „ P- '7 4. Fae-siniile of Bronte MS „ P- -4 Issued in buff-coloured printed paper wrappers, with untrinimcd edges. (22) The I-5rontes / P'act and Mction / By An^^ais M. Mac Kay, B.A. / London : Service & Paton / 5 / Henrietta Street 1897. ('(jUatioii : — Crown octavo, pp. i 87. Issued in dark crimson buckram boards, with untriinmcd edges, lettered in gold across the back. (23) The Pathcr of the Brontes / His Life and Work at Hcwsbury / and Hartshead / With a Chapter on ••Currcr'Bell" / By / W. W. Yates / (Fellow IIRONTEANA. 229 of the Institute of Journalists) / " There is a History iji ail 7)ien s lives y / Leeds : / Fred. R. Spark and Son. / 1897. Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. xvi + 1 10, with Portraits and other Illustrations. Issued in dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettered, with trimmed edges. (24) The Bronte Homeland : / Or / Misrepresentations Rectified. / By / J. Ramsden. / The / Roxburghe Press, / Fifteen, X'ictoria Street, / Westminster. [1897] Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. xiv+15 — 168. Issued in light yellow-brown cloth boards, gilt lettered, with untrimmed edges. (25) Charlotte Bronte : / A Tribute to her Genius and Works, / (With Illustrations,) / By / VV. Matthews. / Price Fourpence. / London : /G. Burroughs, Methodist New Connexion Book-Room, :^o, Furnival St.. E.G. / Badey:/J. S. Newsome, Central Piinting Works, Commercial Street. [1897] Collation : — Dem}' octavo, pp. 30. Issued in pale mottled-grey printed paper wrappers, with trnnmed ederes,. 230 Jl/n/./OCRAPHV OF THE /iROXTKS. (26) Thornton / And ihc llrontes. / By / William Scruton, / Author of/ " Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford,"/ "The Birthplace of Charlotte Bronte."/ " Bradford Fifty Years Ago." / etc. / Illustrated. / With a Preface) By / W. E. B. Priestley. p:s(i.. J. P. / Bradford: / John Dale & Co., Limited. 17, Bridge Street. / 1898. / [All rights reserved.] Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. xx+146, with Portraits and other Illustrations. Issued in dark green cloth boards, gilt lettered, with triinnied edges. (27) Catalogue / of the / Museum of Bronte Relics. / I Portrait of the Rev. P. Bronti^ \ The Proi-)ert\- of / Mr. Robinson Brown, / Late of Haworth. / Which will be vSold by Auction, / by Messrs. / Sotheby, Wilkinson ^K: Hodge, / . . . / On Saturday, the 2nd day of July. 1898 / . . . Collation : — Royal octavo, pp. 8, with a Portrait of Charlotte Bronte, and a reproduction of a drawing b\- her of her dog ' Floss.' Issued in cream-coloured [)rintcd pajjcr wrappers, with trimmed edges. (28) Charlotte Bronte / At Home / By / Marion 1 larluul / .\uihoi- of ".Some L\)lonial lloniesteads BRONrKANA. 231 and their / Stories," "Where Ghosts Walk," etc. / Illustrated / G. P. Putnam's Sons / New York and London / The Knickerbocker Press / 1899. Collation : — Ccown octavo, pp. xi + 3o8, with Portraits and other Illustrations. Issued in slate-blue coloured cloth boards, gilt lettered, with edges un trimmed. (29) The Bronte / Birthday Book. / Containing / Extracts for Every Day in the Year / from the Works of / The Sisters Bronte. / Selected and Arranged / By / M. E. Bradshaw Isherwood. / London : / Henry J. Drane, / Salisbury House, Salisbury Square, E.G. / [1899.] Collation : — Small square octavo, pp. 256. Issued in bright red ornamental cloth boards, gilt lettered, and with gilt edges. (30) Charlotte Bronte / George Eliot / Jane Austen / Studies in their Works / By / Henry H. Bonnell / Longmans, Green, and Co. / 91 and 93 Fifth Ave., New York / London and Bombay / 1902. Collation: — Demy octavo, pp. vii + 475. Issued in dark green cloth boards, with white paper back- label, and with edges untrimmed. 232 liiniJOGRAI'IIV OF THE JiRONTES. (31) The Challenge / of / The Brontes / By / Edmund (iosse / [Sr?ia// printer s ornament\ J London : / l*rint('(l for Private 1 )istrii)ution, / 1903. Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 27. Issued in Japanese-vellum boards, with untrimmed edges, lettered in gold up the back. Thirty copies only were printed. T/ie C/talleni^e of the Brontes was an address delivered before the Bronte Society in the Town Hall of Dewsbury, on March 28///, 1903. (32) I'-niily Jane l>r()nle / An appreciation. / By J. J. Cleave / Author of " lona & Columbia" |^"i"/V|. "Caves / of Yorkshire," etc., etc. / Manchester; / iMarsden and Co., L"'-, Carr Street, Blackfriars. / 1904. Collation: — Octavo, pp. 12. Issued stitched, in green paper wrappers, with trimmed edges. (33) Charlotte / Bronte / And her / Sisters / By Clement K. Shorter / {Sviall printers de'jice~\ / Litcrar\- Lives / London : lloddcr and / Stou^^hton MDCCCCV. BRONTE AN A. 233 Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 252, with Portraits and • other Illustrations. Issued in bright red cloth boards, gilt lettered, with edges untrimmed. The volume forms one of the Literary Lives series of biographies, edited by Sir W. Robertson Nicoll. (34) Catalogue / of the / Gleave / Bronte Collection / at the / Moss Side Free Library, / Manchester. / By / John Albert Green. / Moss Side : / 1907. Collation : — Royal octavo, pp. 32, including as Frontispiece an Illustration of the House in Manchester where Charlotte Bronte began Jane Eyre. Issued in brownish-grey paper wrappers, with trimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. (35) The Brontes / Life and Letters / Being an attempt to present a full / and final Record of the Lives of / the three Sisters, Charlotte, Emily / and Anne Bronte from the Biogra- / phies of Mrs. Gaskell and others, / and from numerous hitherto Un- / published Manuscripts and Letters / By / Clement Shorter / {Small p7'inte7's or}iavicnt\ / Vol. I \Vol. ir\ I Hodder and Stoughton / London : MCMVIII. 234 IlinLIOGRArnV of the BRONTES. Collation: — Demy octavo; \^ol. i, pp. viii-4-4^5 ; ^^^- ''. pp. vi + 482, Illustrated with Portraits of Charlotte Bronte, Mrs. Gaskell, &c. Issued in dark crimson buckram boards, with untrimmed edges, and lettered in t^old across the back. (36) Catalogue / of / Objects in the Museum / of the/ Bronte Society / at / Haworth. / Compiled by W. T. Field, Hon. Secretary. / M. iMeld and Sons. Ltd., Southgate, Bradford. / June, 1908. Collation: — Demy octavo, pp. 32, with I-^'ontispiecc and three other Illustrations. Issued in dull green printed paper wrappers, with trimmed edges. (37) Second Edition. / A. K. Hall's / Illustrated / Guide to Haworth. / Includincr a Poem by / Charlotte Bronte, / which does not aj){)ear in any of / the Collected X'olumes of Poems, / but is of great interest as one of / her earliest essays in Verse. It / was written at the agc" of Si.xteen / Years. / Haworth: / A. I*:. Hall. 11. Main Street, Telephone ix. [1908 J. C(jllati()n :— Crown octavo, i)p. 46, with eleven Illustrations and a Map. URONTEANA. 235 Issued in printed paper wrappers, with trimmed edges. The ' Poem by Charlotte Bronte ' mentioned upon the title- page was the Lines on Bewick, which had already appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Jamtary ^th, 1907. The poem was not included in the first, 1903, edition of the Guide. (38) Les Grands Ecrivains Etrangers / Ernest Dimnet / Les Soeurs Bronte / Paris / Blond & C'% Editeurs / 7, Place S'- Supplice ; 3, Rue Feron ; 6, Rue du Can! vet / 19 10. Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. xii + 2/6, with Portrait- Frontispiece. Issued in paper boards backed with cloth, with untrimmed edges, lettered upon the front cover. (39) The Key to the / Bronte Works / The Key to Charlotte Bronte's / " Wuthering Heights," " Jane Eyre," / And her other Works, / Showing the method of their / Construction and their re- / lation to the Facts and the People of her life. / By / John Malham - Dembleby. / London and Felling-on- Tyne : / The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd. / New York and Melbourne. / 191 1. / All Rights Reserved. Collation :— Crown octavo, pp. 185. Issued in dark crimson cloth boards, with trimmed edges, lettered in gold across the back. 236 nini.ioGRAPHV OF r//j- hkikxtes. (40) A iJay with / Charlotte / Bronte hy Maurice Clare / [Publishers Monogram^ [ London / H odder 6v: Stoui^hton. \\<^\ i] Collation : — Large square octavo, pp. 48, with five coloured Illustrations. Issued in dark grey paper boards, lettered in black and gold, and with a coloured Portrait of Charlotte Hronle upon the front cover. (41) The Brontes / By Flora Masson / London : T. C. & I-:. C. Jack / 67 Lon.cr Acre. W.C. and Edinburgh / New York : The Dodiic Ptiblishing Co. [1912] Collation : — h'oolscap octavo, pp. 92, with l'(irtrait-l-rontis- piece. Issued in bright green cloth boards, lettered in black, with trimmed edges. (42) I)er Stil in den Romanen / Charlotte Brontes. / Inaugural - Dissertation / zur / lu'langung der doktorwiirde / der / Hohen Philoso])hischen I'akultcit / der/ V^ereinigten I'^riedrichs-Cniversitat / 1 lalUt-W'ittenberg / X'orgelegt von / Hans Junge / Alls lland)urg- / Halle A. S. Hofhuchdriickerei ( ". A. Kaeniinercr d^ Co. / I(.)i2. nRONTEAiXA. 237 Collation : — Demy octavo, p[). 143. Issued in yellow printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. (43) The / Three Brontes / By / May Sinclair / With a Frontispiece / London : Hutchinson & Co. / Paternoster Row, 191 2. Collation: — Demy octavo, pp. viii + 257, with Portrait- Frontispiece. Issued in dark green cloth boards, gilt lettered, with trimmed edges. A *■ Ne7v Edition'' was printed in 19 14, pp. viii-fx + 257, the ten added pages carrying an ^'Introduction to the Second Edition." (44) A Spring-Time / Saunter / Round and about / Bronte Land / By Whiteley Turner / With Drawings by A. Comfort / and other Illustrations / Halifax : / The Halifax Courier Ltd. 191 3. Collation : — Royal octavo, pp. 239, with Portrait-Frontis- piece. Issued in bright blue cloth boards, gilt lettered. In reference to this book Mr. Butler Wood writes me as follows : — " By letters from the author in my possession it is evident that he rushed out copies of the volume which needed extensive corrections. Some of the sheets were made up with a fresh title bearing the words Second Edition, and the last copies were noted as being Tliird Edition. All three are dated 191 3. The so-called Thi7-d Edition contains a different portrait of the author from that which appeared in the original issue.'' 238 ninUOGRAPIIY OF THE BRONTES. (45) In the I^jotsteps of the Brontes / By Mrs. Kllis 11. Chadwick / Author of / "Mrs. Oaskell : Haunts, Momes and Stories," etc. / London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. / Xo. i Amen Corner. I'^.C. 1 9 14. Collation: — Demy octavo, pp. xvi-f 502, with Portraits and other Illu.strations. Issued in dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettered, with untrimmed edges. (46) The Wayfarer's Library / The Brontes / and their Circle / Clement Shorter / S^Printcrs ontaincHt^ / J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / London. [1914J Collation : — Foolscap octavo, printed in double sheets, pp. 476, preceded by Title-page and Portrait- Froiitispiecc. Issued in brown cloth boards, gilt lettered, with trimmed edges. This book is in the main a reprint of Charlotte Bro/ite and her Circle, No. 20 of the present list. But the work was revised tliroughout, and a number of new letters, unearthed during the interval that had elapsed since 1896, were introduced into the iLXt. BRONTE AN A. 239 (47) Kitty Bell / The Orphan / Possibly an earlier version of / Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" / Written circa 1844 / and published as the / Work of Eugene Sue / With an Introduction by / Mrs. Ellis H. Chadwick / Author of " In the Footsteps of the Brontes " / " Mrs. Gaskell : Haunts, Homes, and Stories," etc. / London / Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., I Amen Corner, E.C. / And at Bath, New York and Melbourne / 1914. Collation :— Crown octavo, pp. xxviii+ 146, with a Portrait of Charlotte Bronte and five Illustrations. Issued in bright red cloth boards, with trimmed edges. An ill-considered and hopelessly unconvincing attempt to prove that Kitty Bell, The Orphan^ was the work of Charlotte Bronte. (48) The Secret of / Charlotte Bronte / F'ollowed by / Some Reminiscences of the real / Monsieur and Madame Heger / By / Frederika Macdonald, D.Litt. / . . . / London: T. C. & E. C Jack / 6^ Long Acre, W.C. / And Edinburgh / 1914. Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vii + 263, with Portraits and other Illustrations. Issued in bright blue cloth boards, lettered in black, with untrimmed edges. 240 lillll.tOGRAPIfY OF THE liROXTKS. (49) Best Ways / To Visit / Hrontii-land / Vroxw Halifax / Supplement to ' "A Spring-time Saunter : / Round and About Bronte-land " / By Whiteley Turner. / With Map / Illustrating both ])ublications. / Copyright. / Price Fourpence. / Published by The Halifax Courier, Ltd. / 1914. Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. 36, with large folding Map inserted. Issued in cream-coloured printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. (50) Charlotte Bronte / The Woman / A Study / By / Maude Goldring / London / Elkin Mathews, Cork Street / MCMXW Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 95. Issued in bright blue cloth boards, gilt lettered, with edges untrimmed. (51) Letters / on / Charlotte / Bronte / By / Mrs. Gaskell. | 1916.] Collation : — F'oolscap quarto, pp. 12. Issued in dull sage-green paper wrappers, with trimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The book was edited by Mr. Clement Shorter. Twenty- five Copies only were printed. liRONTEANA. 24 1 (52) Ock / on / A Distant Memory /of " Jane Eyre " / By / Andrew Lang. [191 6] Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 8. Issued in bright red paper wrappers, with trimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. Twenty-five Copies only were printed. (53) Unpublished Essays / in Nov^el Writing, by / Charlotte Bronte. / George Edwin MacLean, / Ph.D., Hon. LL.D. / Former President of / The State University of Iowa. / Reprint from Bronte Society Publications, / Part xxvi. / Field, Sons & Co. Ltd., Southgate, Bradford. / 19 16. Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. 8. Issued in mottled yellow-grey paper wrappers, with trimmed edges, and with the title-page, enclosed within a rectangular ruled frame, reproduced upon the front. (54) 1816 Centenary Service 1916 / In Thornton Parish Church. / At 3.15 p.m., / Palm Sunday, April i6th, 1 9 16, / In Memory of / Charlotte Bronte / Born in Thornton, April 21st, 18 16. / S^IUustration of the Parsonage\ \ The Old Parsonage, Thornton, where Charlotte. / Patrick Branwell, Emily Jane & Anne Bronte were born. 242 niniJOGRAPiry of the broxtes. Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. 8, with Portrait of Charlotte and two other Illustrations. Issued stitched, without wra[jpers, and with trimmed edges. (55) The Bronte Society. / Service in Commemoration / of the / Centenary of the / Birth of Charlotte Bronte. Hauorih Church, / Saturday, June 17th, 1 9 16. / At 2.45 P.M. / Service Conducted by the Rector, / Rev. T. W. Story, M.A. / Address by the / Ri^^ht Rev. Bishoj) Welldon, / Dean of Manchester. Collation : — I^^oolscap octavo, pp. S, with Portrait of Charlotte and two other Illustrations. Issued stitched, wilhtnit wrappers, and with trimmed edt;es. * ^* A Special Service in Commemoration of the Bronte Sisters was held in Haworth Church on Saturday, October "jt/i, 1905, fifty years after the death of Charlotte. The hymns, one hy Charlotte and three hy .\nne, sung upon that occasion were printed as a crown octavo pamphlet of four pages. (56) TiiK BisONTf: SociKTv Tkans.\cti()X.^, 1S95 — iQ'?- \"nl.. I. 'i'r.uisaclions / and / Other Publications / of / Tlie lironte Society. / Pxlited by / The Bibliooraphii-.d Secretary. / \'ol. I. / (P.uls I. to XIIP Inclusive.) / BRONTEANA. 243 Printed for the Society by / M. Field & Sons, Godwin Street, Bradford. / January, 1898. Pa III, 1895, IV, 1896, V, 1897, VI, 1897, VII, 1897, VIII, 1898, I, 1895, Demy octavo, pp. 34. II, 1895, ,, ,, 44, with Portraits and other Illustrations added. 32. 34. II. 19. 16, with an added Map. 45, with two added Illus- trations. Each part was issued in dull bufif-coloured printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. The collective title- page, Table of Contents, &c., was issued separately as a brocJiure of four leaves. Vol. II. Transactions / and / Other PubHcations / of / The Bronte Society. / Edited by/ Butler Wood, F.R.S.L./ Vol. II. / (Parts IX. to XV. Inclusive.) / Printed for the Society by / M, Field and Sons, Ltd., South- gate, Bradford / January, 1906. Part IX, 1899, Demy octavo, pp. 48. X, 1899, XI, 1900, XII, 1901, XIII, 1903, XIV, 1904, XV, 1906, 49- 103- 135- 167- 191- 219- -102, with a facsimile Letter, and other Illustrations. -134- -166. -190. -216.) By ^55-/ 1 error Nos. 217- ,ere omitted from 244 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BRONTES. Kach part was issued in pale green printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. The collective title-page, &c., was issued separately as a brocJiure of four leaves. Vol. III. Transactions and other Publications / of / The Bronte Society. / \'ol. III. / The Persons and Places / of the / Bronte Novels. / By Herbert E. Wroot. / Printed for the Society by / M. P^ield and Sons, Ltd., Southgate, Bradford. / January, 1906. This volume consists of three Parts, not separate!}' numbered, hut each headed Supplementary Part. They together collate Demy octavo, pp. 237. The first deals with Jane Eyre, the second with S/iir/ey, and the third with Villette and The Professor. They were issued (in 1902, 1905 and 1906) in pale green printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. A title-page, &c., for the volume was issued as a separate brochure of four leaves. Vol. IV. Transactions / and / Other Publications / of / The Bronte Society. / Edited by / Builer Wood, F.R.S.L. / \'ol. '\\\ I (Parts XVI. to XXI 1. Inclusive.) / PriiUcd for the Society by / bicKl. Sons and Co. Ltd., Soulh^alc, Bradford. / April, 101 2. BRONTEANA. -^ art XYI, 1907, Deni)' octavo. pp. 24, with two Portraits added. „ XVII, 1907, " „ 25- -40, with added Map. „ XVIII, 1908, " n 41- -72, with added Frontispiece. „ XIX, 1909, " >, 73- -132, with added Frontispiece. XX, 1 9 1 0, ., ^33- -162, with Front ispiece and blank leaf included in the pagination. „ XXI, 1911, ,, „ 163- —210. „ XXII. 1912, ,, „ 211- -248. 45 Each part was issued in dull green printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. The collective title-page, &c., was issued separately as a brochure of four leaves. Vol. V. The fifth volume of the Bronte Society's Trans- actions has not yet been completed, and consequendy no collective title-page has been issued. Towards this volume the following five Parts have already appeared : — Part XXIII, 19 1 3, Demy octavo, pp. XXIV, 1914, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, 1 9 1 6 , 1917, 44, with Portrait- Frontispiece added. Pp. 43-44 are blank. 45 — 96) with Portrait- Frontispiece added. 97—132- 133 — 164, with Front- ispiece added. P. 164 is blank. 165—203. 246 nnUJOGRArHY OF THE nRONTF.S. Issued in printed paper urajipers, with untrimmed edges. The colour of the wrapper of Part XXV is deep orange, that of the other four Parts is a dull greenish-grey. The BrontC- Society also issued a series of fourteen Annual Reports, all, with the exception of the first, stitched in pa|)er wrappers. After the appearance of the fourteenth these Annual Reports ceased to he issued separately ; they were thereafter iiK luded in the Transactions. (57) A / I^ibliotrraphy / of / The Writings in Prose and Verse / of the Members of / The Bronte I^'amily / By / Thomas J. Wise / London : / Printed for Private Circulation only / By Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. / 191 7. Collation: — Foolscap quarto, j)p. xv+ 255, with fort\--one full-page facsimiles of Title-pages and .Manu- scrij)ts. Issued in mauve coloured paper boards, with untrimmed edges, lettered across the back, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. One Hundred Copies only were printed for subscribers. .-Iddi lions. (58) The/Bronte Country :/Its Topogr.iphy, Antitpiiiies,/ and History. / By / J. A. Krskine Stuart, / L.R.C.S. \'a\\\\. \ . . . Londop. : / Loni^mans, Green (S: Co./ 1888. liRONTKANA. 247 Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. xiv + 241, with a Frontis- piece and other Illustrations. Issued in dark green cloth boards, gilt lettered, with edges untrimmed. (59) Little Journeys / to the Homes of/ Famous Women / by Elbert Hubbard / Charlotte Bronte / April, 1897/ New York and London: G. P. / Putnam's Sons/ New Rochelle, N.Y. The / Knickerbocker Press. Collation: — Foolscap octavo, pp. 115 — 144,* with Portrait of Charlotte added. Issued in printed paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. The title-page appears upon the front wrapper only, and does not occur in the body of the book. It is imposed within an ornamental frame, above which are the words " Vol. Hi. No. 4. Ten Cents. Per Year, One Dollar!' * The pages are numbered thus in order that they may take their place as a chapter of the completed work, Little Journeys to tJic Homes of Famotis Woiiieri. Ori^K VtK^T BOO^C 6T- A.>.X :& i'. Y C H A X 1, OTT? C •^TvCB SUPPLEMENT. (I) The following book was issued after the preceding sheets of the Bibliography had been coinpleted. [Voltaire's " Henriade," Book I : 191 7.] Voltaire's/" Henriade "/Book I/Translated from the French / By / Charlotte Bronte / Privately Printed by Clement Shorter/ London, June 19, 19 17. Collation : — Quarto, pp. 31 ; consisting of: Half title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Frontispiece-facsimile (with blank recto) pp. 3 — 4 ; Title-page as above, enclosed within a single rectangular ruled frame (with a note by the Editor at the foot of the reverse *) pp. 5 — 6 ; Editor's Introduction pp. 7 — 8 ; and Text of the Poem pp. 9 — 30. The pamphlet is com- pleted by a leaf with blank reverse, and with a fac- simile of a portion of Charlotte's original Manu- script upon its recto. The head-line is Voltaire s ''■ Hejiriade" throughout, upon both sides of the * This note reads as follows : — " Of this little book twenty-five copies ha->e been privately printed by Clement Shorter for distribution among his friends.'''' Against this note each copy was numbered and signed by the Editor. 252 Bini.IOGRAPIIY or THE HROXTES. jjafje. The pages are numbered at foot in Arabic numerals. There are no signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of four sheets, each four lea\es, inset within each other. Issued in sage-green paper wrappers, lined with white, with untrimmcd edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure lOX/i,' inches. No place of production is anywhere recorded. The pamphlet was printed in London by Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd. Twenty-five Copies only were printed, all upon hand-made paper. The poem is not included in any edition of its author's works. Contents. PAr.R The First Hook of Voltaire's " Hcnriadc." ^F sing that hero over France 7vho reigned] 9 The tiny nianuscri[)t volume which contains Charlotte's translation is in the possession of Mr. Clement Shorter. I give facsimiles, the actual size of the originals, of the title-page and two pages — the first and second — of the text of the booklet. There is a copy of Voltaire's " Henriade^' Book /, translated b\ Charlotte Bronte, 191 7, in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is Tab. S/Sa. 52. (^) THE BRONTE MUSEUM AT HAWORTH. When the Bronte Society was established in December, 1894, one of its main objects was the formation of a Museum which should contain Drawings, Manuscripts, Portraits, Books and other memorials of the Bronte family. This being agreed upon, the question of its location remained to be settled. The Corporations of Bradford, Dewsbury and Keighley each offered facilities for carrying out the project, but the Council of the Society finally decided that Haworth was the most suitable place for the purpose, and after some delay arrangements were made with the authorities of the Yorkshire Penny Bank for the tenancy of two rooms in their premises opposite the church. By the help of various donors, and loans from owners, a sufficient number of objects was secured to justify the Council in opening the Museum for public inspection, and this took place on the i8th of May, 1895. The opening function was performed by the President, Mr. John Brigg, M P. (afterwards Sir John Brigg), in the presence of a large number of people, many of whom were brought by special trains from the adjacent towns. For this occasion the late Mr. George Smith, of Smith, Elder & Co., lent the first volumes of the manuscripts of Jane Eyre and Villette, thus giving the Museum a splendid start in life. Three years later (1898) many interesting objects were secured from the Nussey and Brown collections. Amongst those from the former was a set of sheets of the suppressed edition of 254 /!//!/. /(>Ch'Ar//y t^F THE IIRONTES. Charlotte Bronti-'s Letters to Miss Nussey, edited by Mr. J. Horsfall Turner, and a letter from Charlotte Bronte to Miss Nussey's brother (the St. John Rivers oi Jane Eyre). Perhaps at no other time in its history was the Museum so rich in exhibits as in the years 1897-8, for during that period Mr. T. J. Wise and Mr. Clement Shorter lent a large number of manuscripts and letters from their unrivalled Bronte collections. The occasion was felt of sufficient importance to justify a special re-opening ceremony, which was performed by Mr. Clement Shorter on the loth of April, 1897, when he read a paper entitled Ne^v Light on the Brontes. Dr. Robertson Nicoll (now Sir \V'illiam Robertson Nicoll) also delivered an address on The Bronte Sisters. In the year 1901 the Museum was enriched by a valuable gift from Mr. Thomas J. Wise, consisting of 14 autograph letters by Charlotte Bronte, including her last two letters, written in pencil on her death-bed. These two letters are bound in full calf, together with a pencil drawing by the same hand. Bronte lovers all over the world have reason to be grateful for these and other gifts from the same source, and the Council of the Society take this opportunity of expressing their deep obligation to its most generous friend for the help he has so freely rendered. 'I"he next additions of importance were made in 1907, when many relics were obtained from Mrs. Nicholls, the widow of the Rev. .\. 1). Nicholls, who married Charlotte Bronte in 1854. 'ihey consisted of work-boxes formerly belonging to Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, and contained objects which had evidently remained undisturbed since the death of their owners. Amongst these were found the silver medal helil by (Charlotte Bronte for excellence in her studies while at Miss Wooler's school, her visiting card, paintbox. iu< khuts, and many other relics of a |)ersonal character. Another article from the same source was a small tin cash-box which Branwell gave to his sister ICmily. 'I'his containeil hue, beads, ami oilier articles of a like nature. A THE BRONTE MUSEUM AT HA WORTH. 255 manuscript book of poems by Branwell, filling 77 quarto pages, was also included in this interesting collection. Since its inception in 1895 additions have been made as opportunity offered, great care being taken to ascertain their genuineness and authenticity. It is impossible to enumerate these, but it may be noted that at the present moment the Museum contains over 300 objects associated with the Bronte family, including 30 drawings by Charlotte, one by Emily, one by Anne, and 14 by Branwell. Of letters 36 are by Charlotte, two by Anne, 21 by Branwell, and 10 by the Rev. Patrick Bronte. An illustrated Catalogue was carefully prepared in 1908 by Mr. W. T. Field, the Honorary Secretary. This should be consulted by those who desire to see a detailed account of the Museum Collection. Butler Wood. BIBLIOGRAPHIES COMPLE TED. 'Ilic Bibliography of George Borrow, i Vol. The Bibliography of the Bronte Family, i Vol. The Bibliography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, i Vol. The }>ibliography of Robert Browning, i Vol. The Bibliography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, i Vol. A Supplement to the Bibliography of ('oleridge, i Vol. The Bibliography of John Ruskin, 2 Vols. The Bibliography of Alfred Tennyson, 2 Vols. The Bibliography of William Wordsworth, i Vol. IN PREPARATION. The Bibliography of Lord Byron. The Bibliography of John Dryden. The Bibliography of John Gay. The Bibliography of Walter Savage I^iindor. The Bibliography of Alexander Pope. The liibliography of Matthew Prior. 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