. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. es home was the centre of mentalactivity in that neighbourhood, and the early copiesof the novels that came to the Uncle Bronteswere cut, read, and criticised by Mr, McKee, andhis criticisms were forwarded to the nieces inHaworth. Great was the joy of the Bronte uncles andaunts when Mr. McKees approval was given tothe works of their nieces. The arrival oi Jane Eyrewas an event of some importance. It was broughtto the manse by Hugh Bronte before any noticeof it had appeared. He handed it over to thegreat man with a doubtful air (of whic
. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. es home was the centre of mentalactivity in that neighbourhood, and the early copiesof the novels that came to the Uncle Bronteswere cut, read, and criticised by Mr, McKee, andhis criticisms were forwarded to the nieces inHaworth. Great was the joy of the Bronte uncles andaunts when Mr. McKees approval was given tothe works of their nieces. The arrival oi Jane Eyrewas an event of some importance. It was broughtto the manse by Hugh Bronte before any noticeof it had appeared. He handed it over to thegreat man with a doubtful air (of which morehereafter), as if it were the evidence of a youthfulindiscretion on the part of his niece Charlotte. That novel was read en faniille^ and sober workwas suspended till it was finished. When thelast word was read and all rose to disperse, said, That is the greatest novel that hasbeen written in my time ; but it is Bronte all over,from beginning to end. It thus happened that I had opportunities ofbecoming acquainted with the Brontes under the. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY A ; • ?^:. .\ AND ?fLD-^N F^JNDATIONS P L THE CHIEF SOURCES OF INFORMATION 13 most favourable circumstances. Besides these,several others who knew the Brontes, some of themstill living, have kindly communicated to me theinformation they possessed, so that I have hadside lights from many points on the many-sidedBronte phenomenon. 1 have thought it right to give these personaldetails in this place, not only to show the qualifi-cations I have for undertaking the story of theBrontes in Ireland, but more especially that I maynot be obliged to interrupt my narrative by quotingauthorities as I proceed, or by explaining how Icame by my information. I have spared no pains to make my narrative ascomplete as possible, although several characteristicstories will have to be omitted. During my undergraduate days I once spent acouple of months in the south of Ireland dressedas a peasant, trying to trace s
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