TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD HOUGHTON, D.C.L. F.R.S. &c. THIS MEMORIAL OF A LIFE WHICH HAS ADDED A NEW GLORY TO THE LITERARY HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS GRATEFUL FRIEND THE AUTHOR. I have spoken so freely in the opening chapter of this Monograph of the circumstances under which it has been written, that very little need be said by way of introduction here. This attempt to throw some fresh light upon the character of one of the most remarkable women of our age has not been a task lightly taken up, or hastily performed. The life and genius of Charlotte Brontë had long engaged my attention before I undertook, at the request of the lady to whom I am indebted for mo…
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