The following list includes the whole of the early Brontë Manuscripts known to me, or of which I can find any record:—

UNPUBLISHED BRONTË LITERATURE.
BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË

The Young Men’s Magazines. In Six Numbers [Only four out of these six numbers appear to have been preserved.] 1829
The Search after Happiness: A Tale. By Charlotte Brontë 1829
Two Romantic Tales; viz. The Twelve Adventures, and An Adventure in Ireland 1829
Characters of Great Men of the Present Age, Dec. 17th 1829
Tales of the Islanders. By Charlotte Brontë:—
Vol. i. dated June 31, 1829
Vol. ii. dated December 2, 1829
Vol. iii. dated May 8, 1830
Vol. iv. dated July 30, 1830
[Accompanying these volumes is a one-page document detailing ‘The Origin of the Islanders.’ Dated March 12, 1829.]
The Evening Walk: A Poem. By the Marquis Douro 1830
A Translation into English Verse of the First Book of Voltaire’s Henriade. By Charlotte Brontë 1830
Albion and Marina: A Tale. By Lord Wellesley 1830
The Adventures of Ernest Alembert: A Fairy Tale. By Charlotte Brontë 1830
The Violet: A Poem. With several smaller Pieces. By the Marquess of Douro. Published by Seargeant Tree. Glasstown, 1830 1830
The Bridal. By C. Brontë 1832
Arthuriana; or, Odds and Ends: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Pieces in Prose and Verse. By Lord Charles A. F. Wellesley 1833
Something about Arthur. Written by Charles Albert Florian Wellesley 1833
The Vision. By Charlotte Brontë 1833
The Secret and Lily Hart: Two Tales. By Lord Charles Wellesley [The first page of this book is given in facsimile in vol. i. of Mrs. Gaskell’s Life of Charlotte Brontë.] 1833
Visits in Verdopolis. By the Honourable Charles Albert Florian Wellesley. Two vols. 1833
The Green Dwarf: A Tale of the Perfect Tense. By Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley. Charlotte Brontë. 1833
The Foundling: A Tale of our own Times. By Captain Tree 1833
Richard Cœur de Lion and Blondel. By Charlotte Brontë, 8vo, pp. 20. Signed in full Charlotte Brontë, and dated Haworth, near Bradford, Dec. 27th, 1833 1833
My Angria and the Angrians. By Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley 1834
A Leaf from an Unopened Volume; or, The Manuscript of an Unfortunate Author. Edited by Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley 1834
Corner Dishes: Being a small Collection of . . . Trifles in Prose and Verse. By Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley 1834
The Spell: An Extravaganza. By Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley. Signed Charlotte Brontë, June 21st, 1834. The contents include: 1. Preface, half page; 2. The Spell, 26 pages; 3. High Life in Verdopolis: or The Difficulties of Annexing a Suitable Title to a Work Practically Illustrated in Six Chapters. By Lord C. A. F. Wellesley, March 20, 1834, 22 pages; 4. The Scrap-Book: A Mingling of Many Things. Compiled by Lord C. A. F. Wellesley. C. Brontë, March 17th, 1835, 31 pages. [This volume is in the British Museum.]
Death of Darius Cadomanus: A Poem. By Charlotte Brontë. Pp. 24. Signed in full, and dated 1835
Saul and Memory: Two Poems. By C. Brontë. Pp. 12 1835
Passing Events 1836
‘We Wove a Web in Childhood’: A poem (pp. vi.), signed C. Brontë, Haworth, Dec’br. 19th, 1835 1835
The Wounded Stag, and other Poems. Signed C. Brontë. Jan’y. 19, 1836. Pp. 20 1836
Lord Douro: A Story. Signed C. Brontë. July 21st, 1837 1837
Poems. By C. Brontë. Pp. 16 1838
Lettre d’Invitation à un Ecclésiastique. Signed Charlotte Brontë. Le 21 Juillet, 1842. Large 8vo, pp. 4. A French exercise written at Brussels 1842
John Henry. By Charlotte Brontë, Crown 8vo, pp. 36, written in pencil circa 1852
Willie Ellin. By Charlotte Brontë. Crown 8vo, pp. 18 May and June 1853
The following, included in Charlotte’s ‘Catalogue of my Books’ printed by Mrs. Gaskell, are not now forthcoming:
Leisure Hours: A Tale, and two Fragments July 6th, 1829
The Adventures of Edward de Crak: A Tale Feb. 2nd, 1830
An Interesting Incident in the Lives of some of the most eminent Persons of the Age: A Tale June 10th, 1830
The Poetaster: A Drama. In two volumes, July 12th, 1830
A Book of Rhymes, finished December 17th, 1829
Miscellaneous Poems, finished [These Miscellaneous Poems are probably poems written upon separate sheets, and not forming a complete book—indeed, some half dozen such separate poems are still extant. The last item given in Charlotte’s list of these Miscellaneous Poems is The Evening Walk, 1820; this is a separate book, and is included in the list above.] May 3rd, 1830

BY EMILY BRONTË

A volume of Poems, 8vo, pp. 29; signed (at the top of the first page) E. J. B. Transcribed February 1814. Each poem is headed with the date of its composition. Of the poems included in this book four are still unprinted, the remainder were published in the Poems of 1846. The whole are written in microscopic characters 1844
A volume of Poems, square 8vo, pp. 24. Each poem is dated, and the first is signed E. J. Brontë, August 19th, 1837. Written in an ordinary, and not a minute, handwriting. All unpublished 1837-1839
A series of poems written in a minute hand upon both sides of fourteen or fifteen small slips of paper of various sizes. All unpublished 1833-1839
Lettre and Réponse. An exercise in French. Large 8vo, pp. 4. Signed E. J. Brontë, and dated 16 Juillet 1842
L’Amour Filial. An exercise in French. Small quarto, pp. 4. Signed in full Emily J. Brontë, and dated 5 Aout 1842

BY ANNE BRONTË.

Verses by Lady Geralda, and other poems. A crown 8vo volume of 28 pages. Each poem is signed (or initialled) and dated, the dates extending from 1836 to 1837. The poems are all unpublished 1836-1837
The North Wind, and other poems. A crown 8vo volume of 26 pages. Each poem is signed (or initialled) and dated, some having in addition to her own name the nom-de-guerre Alexandrina Zenobia or Olivia Vernon. The dates extend from 1838 to 1840. The poems are all unpublished 1838-1840
To Cowper, and other poems. 8vo, pp. 22. Of the nine poems contained in this volume three are signed Anne Brontë, four are signed A. Brontë, and two are initialled ‘A. B.’ All are dated. Part of these Poems are unpublished, the remainder appeared in the Poems of 1846 1842-1845
A thin 8vo volume of poems (mostly dated 1845), pp. 14, each being signed A. Brontë, or simply ‘A. B.’—some having in addition to, or instead of, her own name the nom-de-guerre Zerona. A few of these poems are unprinted; the remainder are a portion of Anne’s contribution to the Poems of 1846 circa 1845
Song: ‘Should Life’s first feelings be forgot’ (one octavo leaf) [A fair copy (2 pp. 8vo) of a poem by Branwell Brontë, in the hand-writing of Anne Brontë.] 1845
The Power of Love, and other poems. Post octavo, pp. 26. Each poem is signed (or initialled) and dated 1845-1846
Self Communion, a Poem. 8vo, pp. 19. Signed ‘A. B.’ and dated April 17th, 1848 1848

BY BRANWELL BRONTË.

The Battle of Washington. By P. B. Brontë. With full-page coloured illustrations [An exceedingly childish production, and the earliest of all the Brontë manuscripts.] 1827
History of the Rebellion in my Army 1828
The Travels of Rolando Segur: Comprising his Adventures throughout the Voyage, and in America, Europe, the South Pole, etc. By Patrick Branwell Brontë. In two volumes 1829
A Collection of Poems. By Young Soult the Rhymer. Illustrated with Notes and Commentaries by Monsieur Chateaubriand. In two volumes 1829
The Liar Detected. By Captain Bud 1830
Caractacus: A Dramatic Poem. By Young Soult 1830
The Revenge: A Tragedy, in three Acts. By Young Soult. P. B. Brontë. In two volumes. Glasstown [Although the title page reads ‘in two volumes,’ the book is complete in one volume only.] 1830
The History of the Young Men. By John Bud 1831
Letters from an Englishman. By Captain John Flower. In six volumes 1830-1832
The Monthly Intelligencer. No. 1 [The only number produced of a projected manuscript newspaper, by Branwell Brontë. The MS. consists of 4 pp. 4to, arranged in columns, precisely after the manner of an ordinary journal.] March 27, 1833
Real Life in Verdopolis: A Tale. By Captain John Flower, M.P. In two volumes. P. B. Brontë 1833
The Politics of Verdopolis: A Tale. By Captain John Flower. P. B. Brontë 1833
The Pirate: A Tale. By Captain John Flower [The most pretentious of Branwell’s prose stories.] 1833
Thermopylae: A Poem. By P. B. Brontë. 8vo, pp. 14 1834
And the Weary are at Rest: A Tale. By P. B. Brontë 1834
The Wool is Rising: An Angrian Adventure. By the Right Honourable John Baron Flower 1834
Ode to the Polar Star, and other Poems. By P. B. Brontë. Quarto, pp. 24 1834
The Life of Field Marshal the Right Honourable Alexander Percy, Earl of Northangerland. In two volumes. By John Bud. P. B. Brontë 1835
The Rising of the Angrians: A Tale. By P. B. Brontë 1836
A Narrative of the First War. By P. B. Brontë 1836
The Angrian Welcome: A Tale. By P. B. Brontë 1836
Percy: A Story. By P. B. Brontë A packet containing four small groups of Poems, of about six or eight pages each, mostly without titles, but all either signed or initialled, and dated from 1836 to 1838 1837
Love and Warfare: A Story. By P. B. Brontë 1839
Lord Nelson, and other Poems. By P. B. Brontë. Written in pencil. Small 8vo, pp. 26 [This book contains a full-page pencil portrait of Branwell Brontë, drawn by himself, as well as four carefully finished heads. These give an excellent idea of the extent of Branwell’s artistic skill.] 1844

CHAPTER III: SCHOOL AND GOVERNESS LIFE