[12] 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' chap, xiii., 1st edition.
[13] 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' chap, xiii., 1st edition.
[14] 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' chap. xiii., 1st edition.
[15] 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' chap. v., 1860 edition.
[16] 'Charlotte Brontë, a Monograph,' chap. vii.
[17] A gentleman with whom I have recently conversed, who knew this lady personally, on seeing the first edition of Mrs. Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' expressed his astonishment at the 'gross form of the libel,' of which he had had no conception. He had good reason for entirely disbelieving the stories, for which Mrs. Gaskell was responsible, relating to the lady in question.
[18] Branwell here speaks of an accident which had happened to one part of the monument referred to above.
[19] Charlotte Brontë told her friend 'Mary,' that Branwell had appropriated Cowper's poem, 'The Castaway.'
[20] Mr. Grundy has assigned the date of this letter to within a few months of January, 1818; but, from internal evidence, it is clear that it belongs really to the period I have named.
[21] 'Unpublished Letters of Charlotte Brontë,' Hours at Home, xi.