Charlotte Brontë at home . 1 had heard andread. When dependent upon informationreceived from others, I consulted whatseemed to me the ablest authorities upon asubject which has been treated by many,with more or less skill. To no other published work upon theBronte family am 1 so much indebted as tothe most interesting volume latelyi issuedby Professor Clement K. Shorter under thetitle of Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle. Itis candid, scholarly, and comprehensive,and to it my final appeal was made whenother biographers differed as to leadingfacts, or were confusing in details. It hastaken its p
Charlotte Brontë at home . 1 had heard andread. When dependent upon informationreceived from others, I consulted whatseemed to me the ablest authorities upon asubject which has been treated by many,with more or less skill. To no other published work upon theBronte family am 1 so much indebted as tothe most interesting volume latelyi issuedby Professor Clement K. Shorter under thetitle of Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle. Itis candid, scholarly, and comprehensive,and to it my final appeal was made whenother biographers differed as to leadingfacts, or were confusing in details. It hastaken its place—and will hold it—as a VI Prefatory standard classic in whatever pertains to thelife-story of a great woman. My grateful acknowledgments are here-with offered to the Reverend J. Wade, lateof Haworth Rectory; to Mr. Richard Hewittof Bradford, England, and to Mrs. Mary of Iowa City (la.), the faithful aman-uensis of her aged mother, Mrs. Newsome,formerly Sarah De Garrs. Marion Harland. SUNNYBANK, PoMPTON, N. 28 CONTENTS HAPTER PAGE I. BIRTH AT THORNTON—REMOVAL TO HAWORTH .... I II. THE SIX BABIES IN HAWORTH PAR- SONAGE . -14 III. MRS. BRONTES DEATH—MISS BRAN- WELL—childrens HOME EDUCATION .... IV. SCHOOL LIFE AT COWAN BRIDGE . 41 V. DEATHS OF MARIA AND ELIZABETH—MARIAS SUCCESSOR — FIRESIDECONCLAVES . 54 VI. MISS WOOLERS SCHOOL — MARY TAYLOR AND ELLEN NUSSEY . 66 VII. HOME AGAIN — BROTHER AND SISTERS VIII. EMILY BRONTE—CHARLOTTES GOV-ERNESS-SHIP . • -97vii 82 viii Contents CHAPTER PAGE IX. DEWSBURY MOOR—FIRST OFFER OF MARRIAGE . . -114 X. VARIOUS SCHOOL PROJECTS—GO-ING TO BRUSSELS —LIFE IN THEPENSIONNAT OF M. AND MADAMEHEGER ... I2Q XI. MISS BRANWELLS will—SOME OFBRANWELLS FAILURES — CHAR-LOTTES SECOND YEAR IN BRUS-SELS — MONSIEUR HEGER ANDCHARLOTTE BRONTE . 147 XII. SCHEME OF HOME-SCHOOL ABAN-DONED — BRANWELLS RETURNHOME—HIS SHAMEFUL STORYAND DOWNWARD COURSE . 163 XIII. STILL-BORN VOLUME OF VERSE— THE PROFESSOR REJECTED—OP
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