ing Views of places described in the Works, reproduced from
Photographs specially taken for the purpose by Mr. W.R. BLAND, of
Duffield, Derby, in conjunction with Mr. C. BARROW KEENE, of Derby.
Introductions to the Works are supplied by Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD,
AND
An Introduction and Notes to Mrs. Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Bronte'
by Mr. CLEMENT K. SHORTER, the eminent Bronte authority.
* * * * *
CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES:
1. JANE EYRE. By CHARLOTTE BRONTE. With a Photogravure Portrait of
Charlotte Bronte, from a Drawing by G. RICHMOND, a Photogravure of
Rochester and Jane Eyre, from a Water-colour Drawing by FREDERICK
WALKER, A.R.A.; a Facsimile of the Title-page of the first edition,
and 8 Full-page Illustrations.
2. SHIRLEY. By CHARLOTTE BRONTE. With a Facsimile of the Title-page of
the first edition, and 10 Full-page Illustrations.
3. VILLETTE. By CHARLOTTE BRONTE. With a Photogravure Portrait of M.
Heger, Facsimiles of the Title-page of the original edition and of a
page of the original MS., and 8 Full-page Illustrations.
4. THE PROFESSOR, by CHARLOTTE BRONTE, and POEMS, by CHARLOTTE, EMILY,
and ANNE BRONTE, and the Rev. PATRICK BRONTE, &c. With Facsimiles of
the Title-pages of the first editions, and 8 Full-page Illustrations.
5. WUTHERING HEIGHTS. By EMILY BRONTE. AGNES GREY. By ANNE BRONTE.
With a Preface and Biographical Notice of both Authors by CHARLOTTE
BRONTE. With a Portrait of Emily Bronte, Facsimiles of the Title-pages
of the first edition, and 8 full-page Illustrations.
6. THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL. By ANNE BRONTE. With a Portrait of
Anne Bronte, a Facsimile of the Title-page of the first edition, and 6
Full-page Illustrations.
7. LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE. By Mrs. GASKELL. With an Introduction and
Notes by CLEMENT K. SHORTER. With nearly 100 hitherto Unpublished
Letters from the Brontes, father and daughters, Photogravure Portraits
of Mrs. Gaskell and of the Rev. A.B. Nicholls, a Portrait of the Rev.
Patrick Bronte, 11 New Illustrations, Facsimiles of a Letter by
Charlotte Bronte, and of a page from Charlotte Bronte's MS. of 'The
Secret,' &c. &c.
*** The LIFE AND WORKS OF THE SISTERS BRONTE are also to be had in 7
vols. small post 8vo. limp green cloth, or, cloth boards, gilt top,
price 2_s._ 6_d._ each: and in small fcp. 8vo. bound in cloth, with
gilt top, with Frontispiece to each volume, price 1_s._ 6_d._ each; or
the Set, in gold-lettered clo
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