notice (by Henry Austen),
which includes a few facts not mentioned in
the preface to the original edition of _Northanger
Abbey_.]
1870 _A Memoir of Jane Austen._ By her nephew, J. E.
Austen Leigh. London: Richard Bentley & Son.
pp. 236. 8vo.
1871 _A Memoir of Jane Austen._ By her nephew, J. E.
Austen Leigh. Second edition; to which is
added _Lady Susan_ and fragments of two other
unfinished tales by Miss Austen. London:
Richard Bentley & Son. pp. 364. 8vo.
1880 _Jane Austen and her Works._ By Sarah Tytler.
London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. pp. viii-386.
8vo.
[This contains a Life drawn from the _Memoir_,
and a resume of each of the novels.]
1882 _Jane Austen's Novels._ Steventon Edition. Five
volumes. London: Richard Bentley & Son. 8vo.
1883 _A Book of Sibyls._ By Anne Isabella Thackeray.
London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. vi-229. 8vo.
['Jane Austen,' pp. 197-229.]
1884 _Letters of Jane Austen._ Edited, with an introduction
and critical remarks, by Edward, Lord
Brabourne. Two volumes. London: Richard
Bentley & Son.
[This includes: (1) a series of letters from Jane
to Cassandra; (2) letters from Jane to Fanny
Knight; (3) letters from Jane to Anna Austen
(Mrs. B. Lefroy); and (4) two letters from
Cassandra to Fanny Knight, just after Jane's
death.]
1885 _Dictionary of National Biography._ London: Smith,
Elder & Co. 'Jane Austen,' by L[eslie]. S[tephen].
[This account, based on the _Memoir_ and the
_Letters_ (which latter are said to be trivial and
to give no new facts), is accurate: except in
stating that Jane was the youngest of seven
children, and that she went to Castle Square,
Southampton, in 1805.]
1886 _Letters to Dead Authors._ By Andrew Lang. London:
Longmans, Green & Co. 8vo.
['To Jane Austen,' pp. 75-85.]
1888 _Chapters from Jane Austen._ Edited by
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