BY ANNE BRONTË.
| Verses by Lady Geralda, and other poems. A crown 8vo volume of 28 pages. Each poem is signed (or initialled) and dated, the dates extending from 1836 to 1837. The poems are all unpublished | 1836–1837 |
| The North Wind, and other poems. A crown 8vo volume of 26 pages. Each poem is signed (or initialled) and dated, some having in addition to her own name the nom-de-guerre Alexandrina Zenobia or Olivia Vernon. The dates extend from 1838 to 1840. The poems are all unpublished | 1838–1840 |
| To Cowper, and other poems. 8vo, pp. 22. Of the nine poems contained in this volume three are signed Anne Brontë, four are signed A. Brontë, and two are initialled ‘A. B.’ All are dated. Part of these Poems are unpublished, the remainder appeared in the Poems of 1846 | 1842–1845 |
| A thin 8vo volume of poems (mostly dated 1845), pp. 14, each being signed A. Brontë, or simply ‘A. B.’—some having in addition to, or instead of, her own name the nom-de-guerre Zerona. A few of these poems are unprinted; the remainder are a portion of Anne’s contribution to the Poems of 1846 | circa 1845 |
| Song: ‘Should Life’s first feelings be forgot’ (one octavo leaf) [A fair copy (2 pp. 8vo) of a poem by Branwell Brontë, in the hand-writing of Anne Brontë.] | 1845 |
| The Power of Love, and other poems. Post octavo, pp. 26. Each poem is signed (or initialled) and dated | 1845–1846 |
| Self Communion, a Poem. 8vo, pp. 19. Signed ‘A. B.’ and dated April 17th, 1848 | 1848 |
BY BRANWELL BRONTË.
| The Battle of Washington. By P. B. Brontë. With full-page coloured illustrations [An exceedingly childish production, and the earliest of all the Brontë manuscripts.] | 1827 |
| History of the Rebellion in my Army | 1828 |
| The Travels of Rolando Segur: Comprising his Adventures throughout the Voyage, and in America, Europe, the South Pole, etc. By Patrick Branwell Brontë. In two volumes | 1829 |
| A Collection of Poems. By Young Soult the Rhymer. Illustrated with Notes and Commentaries by Monsieur Chateaubriand. In two volumes | 1829 |
| The Liar Detected. By Captain Bud | 1830 |
| Caractacus: A Dramatic Poem. By Young Soult | 1830 |
| The Revenge: A Tragedy, in three Acts. By Young Soult. P. B. Brontë. In two volumes. Glasstown [Although the title page reads ‘in two volumes,’ the book is complete in one volume only.] | 1830 |
| The History of the Young Men. By John Bud | 1831 |
| Letters from an Englishman. By Captain John Flower. In six volumes | 1830–1832 |
| The Monthly Intelligencer. No. 1 [The only number produced of a projected manuscript newspaper, by Branwell Brontë. The MS. consists of 4 pp. 4to, arranged in columns, precisely after the manner of an ordinary journal.] | March 27, 1833 |
| Real Life in Verdopolis: A Tale. By Captain John Flower, M.P. In two volumes. P. B. Brontë | 1833 |
| The Politics of Verdopolis: A Tale. By Captain John Flower. P. B. Brontë | 1833 |
| The Pirate: A Tale. By Captain John Flower [The most pretentious of Branwell’s prose stories.] | 1833 |
| Thermopylae: A Poem. By P. B. Brontë. 8vo, pp. 14 | 1834 |
| And the Weary are at Rest: A Tale. By P. B. Brontë | 1834 |
| The Wool is Rising: An Angrian Adventure. By the Right Honourable John Baron Flower | 1834 |
| Ode to the Polar Star, and other Poems. By P. B. Brontë. Quarto, pp. 24 | 1834 |
| The Life of Field Marshal the Right Honourable Alexander Percy, Earl of Northangerland. In two volumes. By John Bud. P. B. Brontë | 1835 |
| The Rising of the Angrians: A Tale. By P. B. Brontë | 1836 |
| A Narrative of the First War. By P. B. Brontë | 1836 |
| The Angrian Welcome: A Tale. By P. B. Brontë | 1836 |
| Percy: A Story. By P. B. Brontë A packet containing four small groups of Poems, of about six or eight pages each, mostly without titles, but all either signed or initialled, and dated from 1836 to 1838 | 1837 |
| Love and Warfare: A Story. By P. B. Brontë | 1839 |
| Lord Nelson, and other Poems. By P. B. Brontë. Written in pencil. Small 8vo, pp. 26 [This book contains a full-page pencil portrait of Branwell Brontë, drawn by himself, as well as four carefully finished heads. These give an excellent idea of the extent of Branwell’s artistic skill.] | 1844 |
CHAPTER III: SCHOOL AND GOVERNESS LIFE
In seeking for fresh light upon the development of Charlotte Brontë, it is not necessary to discuss further her childhood’s years at Cowan Bridge. She left the school at nine years of age, and what memories of it were carried into womanhood were, with more or less of picturesque colouring, embodied in Jane Eyre. [74] From 1825 to 1831 Charlotte was at home