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DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY INDEX and EPITOME

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* * * * *

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THE HAWORTH EDITION

OF THE

LIFE AND WORKS

OF

CHARLOTTE BRONTE

(CURRER BELL),

AND HER SISTERS

EMILY AND ANNE BRONTE

(ELLIS and ACTON BELL).

WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Including 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

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* * * * *

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.

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THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION OF

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL and HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS, SKETCHES, and DRAWINGS,

Derived from the Author's Original Manuscripts and Note-Books.

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