Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

“ The Rev. Patrick Brontë—His marriage with Miss Branwell of Penzance—Social customs in Penzance—The Branwell family—Letters of Miss Branwell to Mr. Brontë—Marriage of Mrs. Brontë—Thornton, the birth-place of Charlotte Brontë—Removal to Haworth—Description of the Parsonage—The people of Haworth—The Brontë family at Haworth—Early training of the little Brontës—Characteristic anecdotes of Mr. ”

“ Brontë accompanies his daughters to Brussels—Charlotte's impressions of the place—The Pensionnat of Madame Héger and its inmates—M. Héger's method of teaching French—Charlotte's exercises in French composition—Her impressions of the Belgians—Arrangements of the Pensionnat—Charlotte's conduct as English teacher—Loss of a young friend—Death of Miss Branwell, and return to Haworth—M. Héger's letter to Mr. ”

“ SMITH, ELDER & CO., 65, CORNHILL.
1857.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER I.
page
Description of Keighley and its neighbourhood—Haworth Parsonage and Church—Tablets of the Brontë family 1
CHAPTER II.
Characteristics of Yorkshiremen—Manufactures of the West Riding—Descendants of the Puritans—A characteristic incident—Former state of the country—Isolated country houses—Two Yorkshire squires—Rude sports of the people—Rev. ”