[3] ‘Have you seen Miss Cornwallis’ Letters? A very remarkable woman, though a little uncomfortable to herself and others, and a little too audacious now and then. She wrote these Small Books on Great Subjects which were much thought of at the time, and always considered a man’s work.’—Letters of Dr. John Brown, CLXXXIV., ‘To Lady Airlie.’ (Adam Black, 1906.)
[4] See [chap. xv.], Letter to the Bishop of Manchester.
[5] William Cornwallis Harris, Major H.E.I.C., was also a cousin of Mr. Beale’s. Major Harris saw service in India, shot big game in the heart of Africa, was sent in charge of a mission to Shoa in Abyssinia, returning after arranging a commercial treaty. For this he was knighted. He died in India in 1848, aged 41.
[6] MS. autobiography written about 1895.
[7] Author of Malvern Chase and other works.
[8] MS. autobiography.
[9] MS. autobiography.
[10] Ibid.
[11] MS. autobiography.
[12] On the Education of Girls.—Fraser’s Magazine, October 1866.