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2. Chapter VIII: Bentley's edition, following the first and second editions, reads:—
When Edmund, therefore, told her in reply, as he did when she would give him the hearing, that she need not distress herself on Mrs. Rushworth's account, because he had taken the opportunity, as he walked with her through the hall, of mentioning Miss Price as one who would probably be of the party, and had directly received a very sufficient invitation for her cousin, &c.
'Her cousin' would certainly seem to be a mistake; and all other editions accordingly alter 'her' to 'his.' Dr. Verrall, however, defends 'her'; and would read 'and had directly received a very sufficient invitation for her cousin,' on the ground that Mrs. Rushworth, not quite understanding who was meant by Miss Price, thought she was cousin to the Miss Price who she had previously heard would remain at home with Lady Bertram. Some such explanation, Dr. Verrall thought, would alone account for the 'very sufficient' invitation.
3. Chapter X, p. 106, where Fanny Price says to Mr. Rushworth, who on returning with the key finds Miss Bertram and Mr. Crawford have gone into the park without waiting for him:—
'They desired me to stay—my cousin Maria charged me to say that you would find them at that knoll, or thereabouts.'
So all the editions read; but Dr. Verrall would emend to 'They desired me to say—my cousin,' &c., on the ground that Fanny, who was the soul of truth, had not been desired to stay. But, for the matter of that, neither had her cousin Maria charged her to say anything, for it was Crawford who had suggested that 'Miss Price will be so good as to tell him, that he will find us near that knoll.' However, the emendation is attractive, as it shows Fanny trying to make the best case she can for Maria by eliminating Crawford's share in the transaction.
4. Chapter XXIV: All editions read:—
This dear William would soon be amongst them. There could be no doubt of his obtaining leave of absence immediately, for he was still only a midshipman; and as his parents, from living on the spot, must already have seen him and be seeing him perhaps daily, his direct holidays might with justice be instantly given to his sister.
The expression 'his direct holidays,' meaning 'his actual holidays,' is intelligible enough, but did not satisfy Dr. Verrall, who suggested 'derelict' as a naval expression to imply holidays on which no one had a claim, and which might therefore be given to Mansfield Park. Like many of Dr. Verrall's emendations, its ingenuity is greater than its probability.
5. Chapter XXXIII, p. 340:—
Here again was a something of the same Mr. Crawford whom she had so reprobated before. How evidently was there a gross want of feeling and humanity where his own pleasure was concerned; and alas! how always known no principle to supply as a duty what the heart was deficient in.
It is difficult to believe that Jane Austen can have written anything so clumsy as 'how always known no principle.' Such, however, is the reading of all the editions, except the Hampshire Edition, which, without giving any note, violently emends to 'how lacking the principle.'
6. Chapter XXXIX: Bentley, following the second edition, reads:—
Her days were spent in a kind of slow bustle; all was busy without getting on, always behind hand and lamenting it, without altering her ways; wishing to be an economist, without contrivance or regularity; dissatisfied with her servants, without skill to make them better, and whether helping or reprimanding, or indulging them, without any power of engaging their respect.
Here the printer has been most ingenious. The text should, of course, be 'always busy,' as it is in the first edition and the Hampshire Edition.
7. Chapter XL: Bentley's edition, following the early editions, reads:—
' . . . for Henry is in Norfolk; business called him to Everingham ten days ago, or perhaps he only pretended the call, for the sake of being travelling at the same time that you were.'
Mr. Johnson and the Winchester Edition read 'to call.' There seems little doubt that 'the call' is the right reading.
8. Chapter XLVII: Bentley and nearly all editions read:—
Time would undoubtedly abate somewhat of his sufferings, but still it was a sort of thing which he never could get entirely the better of; and as to his ever meeting with any other woman who could—it was too impossible to be named but with indignation.
The broken sentence means 'a woman who could console him for the loss of Mary.'
Mr. Johnson's editions make nonsense of the passage by substituting a comma for the dash after 'could.'
9. Chapter XLVIII: Bentley, following the early editions, reads:—
Maria had destroyed her own character, and he would not, by a vain attempt to restore what never would be restored, be affording his sanction to vice, or in seeking to lessen its disgrace, be anywise accessory to introducing such misery in another man's family, as he had known himself.
Mr. Johnson and the Winchester Edition read 'by affording his sanction to vice,' which is an unnecessary alteration.
'EMMA'
1. Chapter XVIII:—
'No, Emma; your amiable young man can be amiable only in French, not in English. He may be very "aimable," have very good manners, and be very agreeable; but he can have no English delicacy towards the feelings of other people—nothing really amiable about him.'
This reading, found in the first edition and the Winchester Edition, is without doubt correct; but Bentley, Johnson, and the Hampshire Edition read 'He may be very "amiable."'
2. Chapter XXIII:—
But when satisfied on all these points, and their acquaintance proportionably advanced, . . .
Mr. Johnson, in his 1892 edition, did not approve of the word 'proportionably,' and read '[proportionately]'; but he has since altered his mind. The first edition and all others read 'proportionably,' and there appears to be authority for such a word.
3. Chapter XXV:—
Vanity, extravagance, love of change, restlessness of temper, which must be doing something, good or bad; heedlessness as to the pleasure of his father and Mrs. Weston, indifferent as to how his conduct might appear in general; he became liable to all these [changes].
There are two words in the sentence, which differ in the various editions. The first edition reads 'indifferent' . . . 'changes.' Bentley reads 'indifference' . . . 'changes.' Mr. Johnson and the Winchester Edition read 'indifferent' and 'charges'; the Hampshire Edition 'indifference' and 'charges.' 'Indifference' would seem to be probably right; 'charges,' certainly right.
4. Chapter XXIX:—
'Emma,' said she, 'this paper is worse than I expected. Look! in places you see it is dreadfully dirty: and the wainscot is more yellow and forlorn than anything could have imagined.'
So the first edition; Bentley, and the Hampshire Edition, insert 'one'; Mr. Johnson and the Winchester Edition 'I' after 'anything.'
5. Chapter XXXII, where Mrs. Elton says to Emma:—
'I assure you, Miss Woodhouse, it is very delightful to me to be reminded of a place I am so extremely partial to as Maple Grove. I have spent so many happy minutes there!' (with a little sign of sentiment).
So Mr. Johnson's editions read, following the first edition. But Bentley's, as well as the Hampshire and Winchester Editions, read 'sigh,' which seems to be certainly right.
6. Chapter XLIV:—
Jane took Mrs. Elton aside, and told her at once, that upon thinking over the advantages of Mrs. Suckling's situation, she had come to the resolution of accepting it.
So the first edition, followed by Bentley; but this is plainly a mistake for Mrs. Smallridge's, and is corrected by Mr. Johnson, the Winchester and Hampshire Editions.
7. Chapter XLVI, where Mr. Weston tells Emma that his wife has something to break to her, and Emma at once fears for her relations in Brunswick Square:—
'Mrs. Weston, do not trifle with me. Consider how many of my dearest friends are now in Brunswick Square. Which of them is it? I charge you by all that is sacred not to attempt concealment.'
'Upon my word, Emma——'
'Your word! Why not your honour! Why not say upon your honour, that it has nothing to do with any of them? Good heavens! What can be to be broke to me that does relate to one of that family?'
So the first edition, followed by Bentley. But Mr. Johnson, the Hampshire and Winchester Editions insert 'not' before 'relate'; and the negative seems needed.
8. Chapter XLVII:—
This was the conclusion of the first series of reflection.
So the first edition, followed by Bentley; Mr. Johnson, the Hampshire and Winchester Editions give 'reflections.' But in Jane Austen's novels the expression 'a series of' is continually followed by a noun in the singular, when nowadays we should probably use the plural—e.g. Emma, chapter xxxvi, 'a series of dissipation'; Sense and Sensibility, chapter xxvii, 'a series of rain'; chapter xlvi, 'a series of imprudence.'
Cf. Emma, chapter xxii, 'after a series of what appeared to him strong encouragement'; though the Hampshire Edition has altered this to 'encouragements.'
'NORTHANGER ABBEY'
1. Chapter VI: 'I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton.' A reference to Mrs. Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho will show that 'Laurentina' should be 'Laurentini.' All editions, however, read 'Laurentina.'
2. Chapter VIII:—
'Let us walk about and quiz people. Come along with me, and I will show you the four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger sisters and their partners. I have been laughing at them this half-hour.'
So the first edition, the Hampshire and Winchester Editions. Bentley, however, reads 'quizzes,' which seems correct, as the word 'quizzer' usually bore an active sense, and 'quiz' a passive.
3. Chapter XI:—
They all spent the evening together at Thorpe's.
It seems improbable that Jane Austen can have written anything other than 'at the Thorpes''; but no edition has had the courage to make the change.
4. Chapter XIII:—
And with these words she broke away and hurried off. Thorpe would have darted after her, but Morland withheld him. 'Let her go, let her go, if she will go. She is as obstinate as——'
Thorpe never finished the simile, for it could hardly have been a proper one.
So the first edition reads, followed by Bentley and the Winchester Edition. The Hampshire Edition boldly gives 'Morland,' and this seems the natural solution. The only alternative is to break up the sentence thus:—
. . . but Morland withheld him. 'Let her go, let her go, if she will.' 'She is as obstinate as——' Thorpe never finished the simile, &c.
But this does not seem so natural; nor do we imagine that the impropriety of the simile would necessarily have debarred Thorpe from completing it.
5. Chapter XXII:—
And for his part, to his uncritical palate, the tea was as well flavoured from the clay of Staffordshire as from that of Dresden or Seve. But this was quite an old set, purchased two years ago.
So the first edition, and the Hampshire and Winchester Editions; but Bentley emends to 'Sevres,' which must surely be correct.
6. Chapter XXVI:—
By ten o'clock the chaise-and-four conveyed the two from the abbey, and, after an agreeable drive of almost twenty miles, they entered Woodston, &c.
So all the editions; but is not 'two' a misprint for 'trio'—i.e. General Tilney, Eleanor, and Catherine? It is certain that Eleanor was of the party, for we read a little later: 'His son and daughter's observations were of a different kind. They had seldom seen him eat so heartily at any table but his own'; nor is there anything to show that General Tilney rode on horseback.
For an example of the use of the word 'trio' by Jane Austen, see Mansfield Park, chapter xxix: 'They were now a miserable trio.'
'PERSUASION'
1. Chapter I: The Hampshire and Winchester Editions, following the first edition, print the opening passage as follows:—
Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; where he found occupation for an idle hour and consolation in a distressed one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs, changed naturally into pity and contempt. As he turned over the almost endless creations of the last century, and there, if every other leaf were powerless, he could read his own history with an interest which never failed: this was the page at which his favourite volume always opened.
This obviously makes no sense as it stands; and to no less a light than Macaulay belongs the credit of putting it right.
Some of his old friends (says Sir G. O. Trevelyan in his Life of Macaulay[373]) may remember how he prided himself on a correction of his own in the first page of Persuasion which he maintained to be worthy of Bentley, and which undoubtedly fulfils all the conditions required to establish the credit of an emendation; for, without the alteration of a word, or even of a letter, it turns into perfectly intelligible common-sense a passage which has puzzled, or which ought to have puzzled, two generations of Miss Austen's readers.
And in a footnote, Sir George says:—
A slight change in the punctuation effects all that is required. According to Macaulay the sentence was intended by its author to run thus: 'There any unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs, changed naturally into pity and contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last century; and there, if every other leaf were powerless, he could read his own history with an interest which never failed. This was the page at which his favourite volume opened.'
Whether or not the emendation would have satisfied Bentley the critic, it eventually satisfied Bentley the publisher, who adopted it in his later editions.
2. Chapter I, a page or two further on, all editions read:—
Be it known, then, that Sir Walter, like a good father (having met with one or two private disappointments in very unreasonable applications), prided himself on remaining single for his dear daughter's sake. For one daughter, his eldest, he would really have given up anything, which he had not been very much tempted to do. . . . His two other children were of very inferior value.
This is one more instance of a misplaced apostrophe, for, as Dr. Verrall pointed out in the Cambridge Observer, what Jane Austen must have written is 'for his dear daughters' sake.' Even if the antithesis implied in the next sentence did not demand this, it is obvious that the correct Sir Walter would never have allowed himself to state that he remained single for the sake of one daughter only. Indeed, we have a proof of this in Chapter V, when Elizabeth says: 'And as to my father, I really should not have thought that he who has kept himself single so long for our sakes need be suspected now.'
3. Chapter XXII: Bentley, following the first edition, reads:—
She was earnestly begged to return and dine, and give them all the rest of the day, but her spirits had been so long exerted that at present she felt unequal to move and fit only for home, where she might be sure of being as silent as she chose.
Promising to be with them the whole of the following morning, therefore, she closed the fatigues of the present by a toilsome walk to Camden Place, &c.
The Hampshire and Winchester Editions read 'more,' and this seems likely to be correct; for those acquainted with the road to Camden Place will know how inadvisable it would be for anyone 'unequal to move' to attempt it.
4. Chapter XXIII: Nearly all editions read: 'The weather was unfavourable, and she had grieved over the rain on her friend's account.'
There was no particular 'friend' in the case, as Anne had promised to spend her morning with the Musgroves, and it seems certain we should read 'on her friends' account.'
FOOTNOTES:
[372] Our references throughout are to Bentley's edition of 1885-6.
[373] Vol. ii. pp. 470-1, second edition.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following list of books is confined to the main editions of the novels and, with a few exceptions, to books dealing entirely, or almost entirely, with the author. It does not attempt to include all the cheap reprints of the novels, nor all the histories of English literature, &c., which make mention of Jane Austen, nor the innumerable magazine articles that have been devoted to her and her writings. Many of these last, however, will be found recorded in the bibliographies included in Mr. Goldwin Smith's and Mr. Oscar Fay Adams's volumes.
1811 [Oct.] Sense and Sensibility. A novel. In three volumes. By a Lady. London: printed for the author, by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar; and published by T. Egerton, Whitehall, 1811. 12mo.
1813 [Jan.] Pride and Prejudice. A novel. In three volumes. By the author of Sense and Sensibility. London: printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813. 12mo.
[Vol. I was printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar; Vols. II and III by G. Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand.]
1813 [Oct.] Pride and Prejudice. A novel. In three volumes. By the author of Sense and Sensibility. Second edition. London: printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813. 12mo.
[Printers as in first edition.]
1813 [Oct.] Sense and Sensibility. A novel. In three volumes. By the author of Pride and Prejudice. The second edition. London: printed for the author, by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar; and published by T. Egerton, Whitehall, 1813. 12mo.
1814 [May] Mansfield Park. A novel. In three volumes. By the author of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. London: printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1814. 12mo.
[Vols. I and III were printed by G. Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand; Vol. II by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar.]
1815 [Dec.] Emma. A novel. In three volumes. By the author of Pride and Prejudice, &c., &c. London: printed for John Murray, 1816. 12mo.
[Vols. I and II were printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar; Vol. III by J. Moyes, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London.]
1816 [Feb.] Mansfield Park. A novel. In three volumes. By the author of Pride and Prejudice. Second edition. London: printed for J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1816. 12mo.
[Vols. I and III were printed by J. Moyes, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London; Vol. II by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar.]
1817 Pride and Prejudice. A novel. In two volumes. By the author of Sense and Sensibility, &c. Third edition. London: printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1817. 12mo.
[Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar.]
1818 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. By the author of Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, &c. With a biographical notice of the author. In four volumes. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1818. 12mo.
[Vols. I and II, containing Northanger Abbey, were printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar; Vols. III and IV, containing Persuasion, by T. Davison, Lombard Street, Whitefriars, London.]
1824 L'Abbaye de Northanger; traduit de l'anglais de Jeanne Austen, auteur d'Orgueil et Prejuge, du Parc de Mansfield, de la Famille Elliott, de la Nouvelle Emma, &c. Par Mme. Hyacinthe de F.**** [Ferrieres]. 3 tom. Paris. Pigoreau. 12mo.
[There is a short 'Notice biographique' taken from the English edition.]
1833 Novels by Miss Jane Austen. 'Standard Novels' series. Five volumes. London: Richard Bentley. 8vo.
[This series contains a set of steel engravings—two to each novel, a frontispiece and a vignette after Pickering. Sense and Sensibility contains a biographical 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 Oscar Fay Adams. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
1889 Jane Austen. By S. F. Malden [Mrs. Charles Malden]. 'Eminent Women' series. London: W. H. Allen. pp. 210. 8vo.
[Much space is devoted to an abstract of the novels.]
1890 Life of Jane Austen. By Goldwin Smith. 'Great Writers' series. London: Walter Scott. pp. 195-v. 8vo.
[Contains a bibliography compiled by J. P. Anderson.]
1891 The Story of Jane Austen's Life. By Oscar Fay Adams. Chicago: A. D. McClurg & Co. pp. v-277. 8vo.
[Includes a bibliography.]
1892 The Novels of Jane Austen. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson; with illustrations by William Cubit Cooke, and ornaments by F. C. Tilney. Ten volumes. London: J. M. Dent & Co.
[The first volume of Sense and Sensibility contains an account of Jane Austen, pp. xi-xxxi. This was the first really independent issue of the novels—Bentley's edition having previously held the field. Mr. Johnson, as a rule, followed the text of the latest edition which appeared in the author's lifetime. Unfortunately, his printers introduced a good many new misprints of their own.]
1894 Pride and Prejudice. With a preface by George Saintsbury, and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: George Allen. pp. xxvii-476. 8vo.
1895 Charades, etc. Written a Hundred Tears Ago. By Jane Austen and her family. London: Spottiswoode & Co. pp. 34. 8vo.
1895 Duologues and Scenes from the Novels of Jane Austen, arranged and adapted for Drawing-room Performance. By Rosina Filippi (Mrs. Dowson); with illustrations by Miss Fletcher. London: J. M. Dent & Co. pp. xv-139. 8vo.
1895-7 Jane Austen's Novels. With illustrations by Hugh Thomson [but Pride and Prejudice is illustrated by C. E. Brock] and introductions by Austin Dobson. Five volumes. London: Macmillan & Co. 8vo.
[These volumes were afterwards (1902-4) reprinted and issued in Macmillan's 'Illustrated Pocket Classics.']
1897 Essays on the Novel: as illustrated by Scott and Miss Austen. By A. A. Jack. London: Macmillan & Co.
['Miss Austen,' pp. 232-297.]
1898 The Novels of Jane Austen. Winchester Edition. Ten volumes. London: Grant Richards. 8vo.
[Subsequently, in 1906, this edition was re-issued with a new title-page by John Grant of Edinburgh.]
1898 Emma. With an introduction by Joseph Jacobs, and illustrations by Chris Hammond. London: George Allen. pp. xxvi-504. 8vo.
1898 The Novels of Jane Austen. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson; with coloured illustrations by C. E. and H. M. Brock. London: J. M. Dent & Co.
[This edition seems to be printed from the same type as that used in the 1892 edition. Many of the obvious misprints have been corrected; but two following chapters in Mansfield Park are still numbered xxxii, throwing out the numeration of all subsequent chapters.]
1899 Jane Austen: Her Contemporaries and Herself. An essay in criticism. By Walter Herries Pollock. London: Longmans, Green & Co. pp. 125. 8vo.
[The contemporaries are Miss Burney, Miss Edgeworth, and Miss Ferrier.]
1899 Sense and Sensibility. With an introduction by J. Jacobs, and illustrations by Chris Hammond. London: George Allen, pp. xxviii-389. 8vo.
1899 The Works of Jane Austen. With coloured frontispieces by H. M. Brock. The Temple Edition. Ten volumes. London: J. M. Dent & Co. 8vo.
1899 Catherine Morland. [sc. Northanger Abbey.] Roman traduit de l'anglais. Par F. Fenelon. Published in La Revue blanche. Paris. pp. 364. 8vo.
1900 Pride and Prejudice. With an introduction and notes by E. V. Lucas. Methuen's 'Little Library.' Two volumes. London: Methuen & Co.
[1900] Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Chris Hammond; with an introduction by William Keith Leask. London: The Gresham Publishing Co. 8vo. N.D.
1901 Northanger Abbey. With an introduction by E. V. Lucas. Methuen's 'Little Library.' London: Methuen & Co. pp. xiv-273. 8vo.
1902 The Novels of Jane Austen. Hampshire Edition. Five volumes. London: R. Brimley Johnson. 8vo.
[There is a publisher's note at the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, and each novel contains two specially drawn end-papers illustrating its topographical details. The text differs occasionally from that of the novels edited by Mr. Brimley Johnson.]
1902 Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends. By Constance Hill. Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill, and reproductions in photogravure, &c. London: John Lane. pp. viii-279. 8vo.
[The book contains much topographical detail.]
1904 Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Chris Hammond. London: Blackie & Son. pp. viii-392. 8vo.
1905 The Works of Jane Austen. 'Sense and Sensibility.' Introduction by Sidney Lee. Methuen's Standard Library. London: Methuen & Co. pp. vii-247. 8vo.
[It is stated that the text is taken from that of the second edition. The other novels in this series do not seem to have been published up to the present.]
1905 Jane Austen and her Times. By G. E. Mitton. With twenty-one illustrations. London: Methuen & Co. pp. viii-334. 8vo.
1906 Jane Austen's Novels. With introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Everyman's Library. Five volumes. London: J. M. Dent & Co. 8vo.
1906 Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers: being the Adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen. By J. H. Hubback and Edith C. Hubback. London: John Lane. pp. xiv-294. 8vo.
[Four hitherto unpublished letters of Jane to her brothers are given.]
1907 The Works of Jane Austen—I. 'Emma.' With an introduction by E. V. Lucas. The World's Classics. Oxford: Henry Frowde. pp. xv-459. 8vo.
1907-9 [The Novels of Jane Austen.] With coloured illustrations by C. E. Brock. 'The Series of English Idylls.' Five volumes. London: J. M. Dent & Co. 8vo.
1908-10 The Novels of Jane Austen. With general introduction and notes by R. Brimley Johnson. Coloured illustrations and end-pieces by A. Wallis Mills. The Saint Martin's Illustrated Library of Standard Authors. Ten volumes. London: Chatto & Windus. 8vo.
1909 Jane Austen and Her Country-house Comedy. By W. H. Helm. London: Eveleigh Nash. pp. x-259. 8vo.
[A critical appreciation. The frontispiece is an imaginary portrait of Jane Austen.]
1910 Pride and Prejudice. Abridged and edited by Mrs. Frederick Boas. English Literature for Schools. Cambridge: at the University Press. pp. xix-211. 8vo.
[The editor's object is to present the book in a form suitable for school reading. Some notes are given.]
1910 Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh Edition. Cambridge: at the University Press.
['Jane Austen,' by E. V. L[ucas], vol. ii. pp. 906-7.]
[This is an accurate account, except that it contains the same two mistakes as those in the Dictionary of National Biography.]
1911 Essays and Studies. By members of the English Association. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press.
['Jane Austen,' by A. C. Bradley, vol. ii. pp. 7-36.]
1911 Chawton Manor and its Owners. A family history. By William Austen Leigh and Montagu George Knight. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. viii-219. 4to.
[Chapter VII.—'The Austens.']
1912 Pride and Prejudice. Edited with introduction, &c. by K. M. Metcalfe. Oxford University Press: Henry Frowde. pp. xxxii-403. 8vo.
[A scholarly edition: the text is that of the first edition, except in a few instances, where a note is given. The title-pages of the three volumes are reproduced in facsimile. Appendix on social customs in J. A.'s day; criticisms, notes, &c.]
1912 Jane Austen. By Lady Margaret Sackville. 'The Regent Library.' London: Herbert & Daniel. pp. xvi-471. 8vo.
[Long selections from the novels, with an introduction and some appreciations.]
1913 Old Friends and New Fancies: an Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen. By Sybil G. Brinton. London: Holden & Hardingham. pp. viii-384. 8vo.
1913 Jane Austen: a Criticism and Appreciation. By Percy Fitzgerald, M.A., F.S.A. London: Jarrold & Sons. pp. 129. 8vo.
[The frontispiece is a reproduction of a bust of Jane Austen executed by Mr. Fitzgerald.]
I. Austens
JOHN AUSTEN, of Horsmonden, _d._ 1620 5th son Francis, of Grovehurst, _d._ 1687 John, of Grovehurst, _d._ 1705 John, of Broadford = Elizabeth Weller _d._ 1704 ___________ ___________ John, of Broadford Francis Thomas, M.D. W. _Walter_, _M.D._ = (1)Rebecca Hampson = William = (2) = Susanna Holk 2 sons and a daughter _d._ 1728 Surgeon, / / _d._ 1737 John, of Broadford (present owners (in female _d._ 1807, _s.p.s._ of Broadford) line) Susanna Weaver = W. H. _Walter_ ______ ______ Philadelphia (Rev.) James _Walter_ Rev. George = Cassandra Leigh Philadelphia = T. S. Hancock ('Phila') R. of Steventon, _d._ 1827 (Rev.) Henry _Walter_ _d._ 1805 (_see_ Leigh Pedigree) Eliza = Jean Capotte Comte de Feuillide Hastings _d._ 1801 1765 1766 1767 1771 1773 1774 1775 1779 ___________________ ___________ (Rev.) James = (1)Anne Mathew; (2)Mary Lloyd George Edward = Elizabeth Bridges (Rev.) Henry = (1)Eliza de Feuillide; (2)Eleanor Jackson Cassandra Jane _d._1819 (Knight), (d. 1850) _d._ 1813 _d._ _unm._ _d._ _unm._ 1845 1817 _d._ 1852 __________ Author __ __ __ ___ ____ ______ B. Lefroy = Anna (Rev.) James Edward Caroline 7. Fanny = Sir E. Knatchbull 1. Edward Francis = (1)Mary Gibson; (2)Martha Lloyd Charles = (1)Frances Palmer; (2)Harriet Palmer _d._ 1872 (Austen Leigh), _d._ _unm._ 1880 2. George (Admiral), (Admiral), Author of the _Memoir_, Lord Brabourne 3. Henry _d._ 1852 __ Charles / _d._ 1874 (Editor of the 4. William Mary Jane / _Letters_) 5. Charles Cassandra 1. Cassandra (Austen Leighs) 6. John etc. 2. Harriet 8. Elizabeth etc. and 3 others. (Knights of Chawton)
II. Leighs
Theophilus Leigh = Mary Brydges (of Adlestrop) (daughter of Lord Chandos) d. 1724 (12 children of whom) (Dr.) John Walker = Jane Perrot (1) William (3) (Rev.) Theophilus (4) (Rev.) Thomas = Jane Walker (5 children of whom) (Master of Balliol) (of Harpsden) d. 1763 James (Rev.) Thomas = Mary, d. Cassandra = (Rev.) S. Cooke (succeeded 1797 (of Little James Henry to Stoneleigh in Bookham) (succeeded to 1806) Stoneleigh 1813) d. 1813, s.p. / Theophilus (Rev.) George Mary Jane Cholmeley = James (Leigh Perrot) Jane = (Rev.) Edward Cooper Cassandra = (Rev.) G. Austen d. 1836 (of Scarlets) d. (R. of Whaddon and d. 1827 (see Austen d. 1817, s.p. 1783 Sonning), d. 1792 Pedigree) (Rev.) Edward = Caroline Lybbe Powys Jane = (Sir) Thomas Williams, R.N. (of Hamstall d. Ridware) 1798
III. Craven, Fowle, and Lloyd Families.
Sir Wm. Craven, Kt. 2nd Lord Craven Charles = Elizabeth Staples d. 1711 John (Rev.) Wm. Fowle = Jane (Rev.) John Martha = (Rev.) N. Lloyd 3rd Lord Craven Fulwar 5th Lord Craven son rector of of Chilton d. 1805 d. 1739 4th Lord Craven d. 1769 Kintbury and of House, 6th Hampstead Wilts. Lord Craven Marshall, d. 1791 d. 1806 7th Lord Craven d. 1825 (Rev.) Thomas, Charles (Rev.) Fulwar Craven = Eliza Martha = (Sir) Francis Austen Mary = (Rev.) James rector of Allington d. 1806 rector of Kintbury d. 1843 Austen d. 1797 / James Edward Caroline
INDEX
ACADEMY (Royal Naval): Francis Austen there, 49; Charles, 77
Ashe Rectory: home of Lefroys, 71
Austen, Anna (see also Lefroy, Ben): elder daughter of James Austen, her birth and loss of mother, 72, 73; spent much time with Jane and Cassandra, 73; comparison with Fanny Knight, 241; writes novel and receives advice from Aunt Jane, 353-62; married to Ben Lefroy, November 1814, 353
Austen, Caroline: younger daughter of James Austen, 206, 363; writes stories and receives advice from Aunt Jane, 57, 363-8; sees her for the last time, 386; her contributions to Memoir and subsequent history, 368
Austen, Cassandra (see also Austen, Jane): elder daughter of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1773, 20; she and Jane devoted to each other, 50; difference of character, 51; preferred to Jane by Phila Walter, 59; both admired by Eliza, 61; engaged to T. Fowle, who goes as chaplain to West Indies, 79; and dies of yellow fever, 105; C.'s letters from Jane, constantly, from p. 109 onward; after death of her father, C. present at that of Mrs. Lloyd, 183; nurses Jane through illness and on death-bed, 383, 390; writes account of Jane's death to Fanny, 394; her own death in 1845, 402
Austen, Charles: sixth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1779, 23; at R.N. Academy, 77; character, 77; under Captain Williams helps to capture La Tribune, 78; on Endymion helps to capture Scipio, 150; Duke of Sussex a passenger, 163; presents to sisters, 171; kindness to Lord Balgonie, and Lord Leven's gratitude, 187; marries Fanny Palmer, 204; on the Namur, and visits Godmersham, 284, 285; commands the Phoenix against Murat, 369; letter to Jane, 370; letter from Jane, 385; subsequent career (Admiral), 403;
Austen, Edward (i): third son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1767, 18; adopted by Knights of Godmersham, 47; makes the 'grand tour,' 48; his character, 47; marries Elizabeth Bridges and settles at Rowling, 74; at Godmersham, 75, 76; goes to Bath, 127; his wife dies, leaving eleven children, 209, &c.; at Chawton House, with Fanny, in 1812, 256; takes the name of Knight, 256; with his family at Chawton, 1813 and 1814, 269, 302; claim made to his Hants property and settled by compromise, 299; loses money by Henry's bankruptcy, 332
Austen, Edward (ii): see Knight, Edward
Austen, Edward (iii): see Austen Leigh, (Rev.) J. E.
Austen, Fanny (afterwards Fanny Knight; then Lady Knatchbull): description of, 211, 227; in London during her uncle Henry's illness, 213; friendship with Mr. Haden, 311, &c.; letters from Aunt Jane on love affair, 342, &c.; letters to Aunt Jane at Winchester mentioned, 395
Austen, Francis (i): of Grovehurst, fifth son of John Austen (i), d. 1687, 2
Austen, Francis (ii): second son of John Austen (iii) and Elizabeth Weller; solicitor at Sevenoaks; befriended his nephews; descendants own Broadford, 3, 4
Austen, (Sir) Francis (see also Ships): fifth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1774, 21; youthful horse-dealing, 23; character, 49; at the R.N. Academy, 49; his father's letter, 50; rapid promotion to Lieutenant, 76; returns home in 1793, 76; letter from him at Cadiz, 115; made Commander, 121; at Cyprus, 143; takes news to Nelson and captures Ligurienne, 160; made post-Captain, 160, 161; letters from Jane on father's death, 180-2; raising 'sea fencibles' at Ramsgate, 174; engagement to Mary Gibson, 192; appointed to Leopard (under Admiral Louis), 192; move to Canopus, 192; misses Trafalgar, 193; takes part in victory at St. Domingo, 193; marriage, 194; at Southampton with mother and sisters, 197; commands the Elephant in the Baltic, 270; letters from Jane, 270, 278; living at Alton, 369; subsequent career, K.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, 403
Austen, Francis Motley: son of Francis Austen (ii); acquires Kippington property, 3-4; believed to have had Jane Austen painted by Zoffany, 63
Austen, (Rev.) George (i): son of William A.; helped by Uncle Francis, 4; at Tonbridge and Oxford, 4, 5; Rector of Steventon, 5; marries Cassandra Leigh, 5; his character, 16; Rector also of Deane, 17; letters to Walters, 19-22; letter announcing birth of Jane, 22; takes pupils, 24, 25; his letter to son Francis, 50; offers Jane's first novel to Cadell, 97; leaves Steventon and settles in Bath, 172; visits Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Lyme, 173, 176; dies at Bath, January 1805, 180-2
Austen, George (ii): second son of above, born 1766; subject to fits, 20
Austen, George (iii): second son of Edward Austen (i); a favourite of his aunt Jane, 111, 112, 122; at Southampton after his mother's death, 216, &c.; afterwards (as G. Knight) a celebrated cricketer, 111, note
Austen, (Rev.) Henry (i): son of Thomas Austen; held living of West Wickham, 4
Austen, (Rev.) Henry (ii): fourth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1771, 20; Jane's favourite brother, 48; contributor to The Loiterer, at Oxford, 48; his character, 49; officer in Militia, 107; marries Eliza de Feuillide, 106; in France with her during Peace of Amiens, 173; frequent visits from Jane, 244, 265, 272, 302, 308, 309; death of Eliza, 265; letter to John Murray about Emma, 310; severe illness, 309-11; bankruptcy, 325, 332; takes Orders, 332, 333; marries again, 333; his death, 402
Austen, Mrs. Henry: see de Feuillide, Comtesse
Austen, (Rev.) James: eldest son of George Austen, born in 1765, 18; Scholar and Fellow of St. John's, Oxford, 46; visits the de Feuillides in France, 39; returns to Oxford and edits The Loiterer, 47; his share in forming mind of Jane, 46; writes prologues, &c., for plays, 64, 65; marries (i) Anne Mathew, 72; curate at Overton, then at Deane, 72; birth of daughter Anna, 72, 73; death of wife, 73; marries (ii) Mary Lloyd, 73, 104; Mrs. Austen's letter to her, 73; birth of son, 113; visits Godmersham, 204, &c.; declines a living on grounds of conscience, 223; hopeless letter to his son on Aunt Jane's illness, 392; dies two years after his sister, 402
Austen, Jane (the novelist), (see also under names of books): younger daughter of (Rev.) George Austen, born December 16, 1775, 22; lessons at Oxford and Southampton, 25; dangerous illness, 25; school at Reading, 26; education at home, 29; politics and patriotism, 29, 30; first writings, Mystery, 53-5; Evelyn and Kitty, 55, opinion on early writing, 57, 58; visit to Uncle Francis at Sevenoaks, 58; Phila Walter's impression, 58, 59; Sir E. Brydges and (later) Eliza admire Jane, 60, 61; probable date of Zoffany portrait, 62-3; theatricals at Steventon, 63-6; verses to Mary and Martha Lloyd, 70; writes Elinor and Marianne and Lady Susan, 80, 81; her own letters begin in 1796; their nature and limitations, 81-3; frequent to Cassandra, from p. 109; friendship with S. Blackall (?), Fellow of Emmanuel College, 85, 86; with T. Lefroy (afterwards Chief Justice), 87-9; romance in the west, and sad end, 89, 90; Sir F. H. Doyle's impossible story, 91; embarrassing incident at Steventon, 92-4; visit to Rowling, 99-104; death of Cassandra's lover, 104-5; mother and sisters at Bath, 105; death of Jane Williams, 108; first visit to Godmersham, 109; caps, 116; balls at Basingstoke, 119, 143; at Kempshot, 123; Jane at Bath with Edward, &c., 127; Mrs. Leigh Perrot's trouble, 131-140; great storm at Steventon, 147; letter to Martha, 148; ball at Hurstbourne, 150; Jane at Ibthorp, 153; grief at leaving Steventon, 155; begins life at Bath (Paragon), 165-72; ball, 167; summer (prob.) at Sidmouth, 172; they settle in Bath (Sydney Terrace), 172; prob. at Dawlish in 1802, 173; prob. at Ramsgate in 1803, 174; sells Northanger Abbey and writes Watsons, 174, 175; visits Lyme, 176; death of Mrs. Lefroy, 180; death of Jane's father, 180-2; letters to Frank, 180, 181; generosity of brothers, 182; Austens leave Bath for Clifton, 194; visit to Stoneleigh, 194-7; settle at Southampton (Castle Square), 197, 202; visit to Chawton, 203; to Godmersham, 204; death of Mrs. E. Austen, 209; her two eldest boys with Jane, 209-19; offer of a home at Chawton, 216; balls at Southampton, 222, &c.; move to Chawton, 235, 242; her character, appearance, tastes, &c., 237-42; visits to H. Austen and Catherine Hill, 244-51; publication of Sense and Sensibility, 255; visit at Steventon, 256; publication of Pride and Prejudice, 257; death of Eliza, and visit to Henry, 265; Knights at Chawton House again, 269; last visit to Godmersham, 276, &c.; taking London on the way, 272, &c.; literary work, 290; three times in London in 1814, 302, 304, 308; publication of Mansfield Park, 302; visit at Bookham, 304; Knights at Chawton, 302; in London for publication of Emma, 309; Henry's illness, 309-11; her own health suffers, 311; correspondence with Mr. Clarke, and visit to Carlton House, 312, 313, 319-324; correspondence with Mr. J. Murray, 310, 314, 318, 319; with Lady Morley, 326; Walter Scott's article in Quarterly, 326-328; Henry's bankruptcy, 332; writes out opinions on Emma, 328, &c.; composition of Persuasion, 333; imaginary novel, 337-40; advises Fanny Knight on love affair, 342, &c.; advises Anna on a novel, 353, &c.; letters to Caroline, 363, &c.; visit to Cheltenham, 373; failing health, 371, &c.; cheerful tone in autumn and winter, 375, &c.; begins new novel, January 1817, and writes for seven weeks, 381; letters to Fanny, 382, &c.; makes her will, &c., 384; death of Mr. Leigh Perrot and his will, 384; letter to Charles, 384-6; Caroline's last visit, 386; move to College Street, Winchester, 388, 389; a slight amendment, 389; writes to Edward Austen, 390; hopeless letter of James, 392; his wife goes to Winchester, 392, 393; Jane's patience and resignation, 393, 394; death (on July 18, 1817), and funeral in Cathedral (July 24), described in letter from Cassandra to Fanny, 394, &c.; charm of character and slow growth of fame, 401, 404
Austen, John (i): d. 1620, 1
Austen, John (ii): d. 1705, 2
Austen, John (iii): d. 1704; his wife (Elizabeth Weller) pays debts and brings up large family, 2, 3
Austen, John (iv) and (v): squires of Broadford; about 1807 property comes to another John (vi), descended from Francis Austen (ii), 3, 4
Austen, (Rev.) John Thomas: Senior Wrangler in 1817, 4
Austen, Philadelphia (see also Hancock, T. S.): goes to India, 32; married to T. S. Hancock, 34
Austen, Colonel Thomas: M.P. for Kent, 4; gives away Zoffany portrait, 63
Austen, Thomas: third son of John Austen (iii); his son Henry holds living of West Wickham; descendants, 4
Austen, William (see also Hampson, Rebecca): fourth son of John Austen (iii); marries Rebecca Walter (nee Hampson); their children George and Philadelphia; his second wife Susanna Holk, 4
Austens: family characteristics, 51, 52, 67
Austen Leigh, (Rev.) J. E.: author of Memoir; known as Edward Austen, 113, note, 256, note; his birth in 1798, 113, &c.; visit to Godmersham, 206; characteristics, 364, 368; visit to Chawton, 374; leaves Winchester for Oxford, 377; writes stories, 374, 378; last letter from Aunt Jane, 390; at funeral, for his father, 397; took the name of Leigh on succeeding to Scarlets; wrote Memoir, 404
BIGG, Alethea: one of the three sisters (the others, Elizabeth—Mrs. Heathcote, Catherine—Mrs. Hill), great friends of Jane and Cassandra, 68; their father B. Wither of Manydown, 68; Jane stays with Catherine at Streatham, 251; letter to Alethea, 379
Blackall, (Rev.) Samuel: Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College, 86, 87, note; Rector of North Cadbury, 86; friendship with Jane, 85, 86; perhaps identical with Mrs. Lefroy's 'friend,' 85
Brabourne, Lord: edits Jane's letters, 81
Bridges, Elizabeth: see Austen, Edward (i)
Broadford: Austen property at Horsmonden, 2, 3; Francis Austen's descendants succeed, 4
Brydges, Sir Egerton (see also Lefroy, Mrs.): notice of Jane as a girl, 60; his book, Fitz-Albini, 114; meets Jane at Ramsgate, 174
Camilla: Jane subscribes to, 95; alludes to, 100; Warren Hastings's enthusiasm, 275
Campion, Mrs. (Jane Austen), 62
Castle Square: Austens' home in Southampton, 202, 203
Catherine: see Northanger Abbey
Cawley, Mrs.: takes charge of Jane, &c.; Jane's severe illness and Mrs. Cooper's death, 25
Chandos, Duke of: brother-in-law of Theophilus Leigh, 7
Chawton: Austens' visit to Edward at Chawton House, 203; offer of cottage there, 216; first sight of it, 220; they settle there, Chap. XIV; description of village, 236; of cottage, 237; Jane leaves it for Winchester, 388
Cheltenham: family visits to, 373
Cholmeley, Jane: see Leigh Perrot, James
Chute, W. J. C.: of The Vyne, M.P. and M.F.H., neighbour at Steventon, 68
Clarke, (Rev.) J. S.: Librarian at Carlton House; Jane's correspondence with, 312, 313, 319-24
Cooke, (Rev.) Samuel, D.D.: Rector of Little Bookham, 19; marries daughter of Theophilus Leigh, Master of Balliol, 19; Jane's godfather, 22; George C. a well-known Oxford tutor, 186-8; George and his sister Mary at the H. Austens', 247; Jane's visit to Bookham, 304; Mary Cooke on heroines, 338
Cooper, Dr. E.: Rector of Whaddon and Sonning; marries Jane Leigh (sister of Mrs. G. Austen), 18; their children, 19; death of Mrs. Cooper, at Bath, 25, 39; death of Dr. C. at Sonning, 77
Cooper, E.: son of Dr. E. Cooper, 19; marries Caroline Lybbe Powys, 77; takes living of Hamstall-Ridware, 124
Cooper, Jane (Lady Williams): daughter of Dr. E. Cooper, 19; with Jane and Cassandra under Mrs. Cawley, 25; at school at Reading, 27; married to Captain T. Williams, 77; killed in a carriage accident, 108
Cravens: Mrs. Craven the harsh mother of Mrs. Fowle, Mrs. Lloyd, &c., 69; Lord Craven takes his cousin, T. Fowle, as Chaplain to West Indies; T. F. dies there, 79, 104-5
Crosby, Messrs.: purchasers of Northanger Abbey, 174-5; Jane's unsuccessful attempt to secure publication, 230-4; buys MS. back, 333
D'ANTRAIGUES: French emigre family whom Jane visits with the H. Austens, 250
Dawlish: Austens' visit to, in 1802, 173, 354
Day, Thomas: author of Sandford and Merton, friend of the Leigh Perrots, 126
De Feuillide, Comtesse (Eliza Hancock), (see also Austen, (Rev.) Henry (ii)): daughter of T. S. Hancock and Philadelphia (Austen), 34; godchild of Warren Hastings, 34; his generosity, 35; Eliza with her mother in England; then Paris, 36; letters to and from Phila Walter, 37-44; married to Comte de Feuillide, 37; in England, 1786; her son (Hastings) born, 39, 40; gaieties, 40; visit to Austens at Oxford, 41; illness and death of Mrs. Hancock, 42, 43; the Comte in difficulties in France, 44; guillotined, 45; Eliza married to Henry Austen, 106; death of Hastings de F., 108; death of Eliza, 265
Deane Rectory: G. Austen, Rector of, from 1773, 17
Digweeds: principal tenants at Steventon, 13; share with Austens deputation of the Manor, 52
Dorchester, Lady: gave a ball at Kempshot, 123
Doyle, Sir F. H.: story in his reminiscences about Jane, 91
Dunford, Ben (postilion): letter to Mr. Leigh Perrot on Mrs. L. P.'s trouble, 135
EDGEWORTH, R. L.: neighbour at Scarlets; experiments, 126; letter on Mrs. L. P.'s acquittal, 139
Elinor and Marianne: sketch for Sense and Sensibility, in letters, 80
Elliott, Mary: probably a friend of Philadelphia Austen, 33; perhaps Mrs. Buchanan, first wife of Warren Hastings, and link between Hastings and the Hancocks, 34; died 1759, 33
Emma: Jane Austen's fourth published novel, December 1815, 318-24; begun Jan. 1814, 306; localities discussed, 302; finished March 1815, 306; description, 306-7; preparing for press, 309; Walter Scott's article on, in the Quarterly, 326; private opinions of friends, 328-31
Evelyn: early work of Jane, 55
First Impressions: original of Pride and Prejudice, 96; G. Austen's unsuccessful attempt to sell it, 97, 98
Fowles (for T. Fowle see Austen, Cassandra): Fowles at Kintbury, 69, 373
GAMBIER, Admiral: at the Admiralty, 117; writes to G. Austen, 118; F. Austen, his flag-captain, 174
Gibson, Mary: see Austen, (Sir) Francis
Godmersham: given up to Edward Austen by Mrs. Knight, 75, 76
Goodnestone: the Bridges' place; Jane dancing there, 101; Jane and Cassandra there, one after the other, 189-91
Gregory, Mrs.: shopwoman at Bath, 131
HADEN, Mr.: doctor attending Henry Austen; his friendship with Fanny, 309, &c.
Hampson, Rebecca: daughter of Sir G. H.; married (i) to James Walter, (ii) to William Austen, her children, 4; her niece, Miss Payne, 251 note
Hamstall-Ridware: living given by Mrs. Leigh to E. Cooper, 124
Hancock, Eliza: see de Feuillide, Comtesse
Hancock, Tysoe Saul: surgeon in India; marries Philadelphia Austen there, 34; their daughter Betsy (Eliza), 34; Hancocks' return home, 35; H. returns to India; assisted by Hastings; dies in 1775, 35; Philadelphia and Betsy then in England, 36
Harpsden: see Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)
Harwoods: neighbours at Steventon, 68; Earle Harwood's accident, 146
Hastings, George: son of Warren H., under charge of G. Austen; with him on wedding tour, 10; dies young, 10
Hastings, Warren: marries Mrs. Buchanan, 33; his son George, under charge of Austens, dies early, 10, 33, 34; generosity to Hancocks, 35; Hancocks, &c. at his trial, 41; Eliza visits him near Windsor, 41; his acquittal, 79; letter from Eliza announcing her marriage to Henry Austen, 107; admiration of Pride and Prejudice, 274; of Camilla, 275
Heathcote, Mrs. (see also Bigg, Alethea), (Elizabeth Bigg): married to Mr. Heathcote, and mother of Sir W. H., 68; kindness to Jane in illness, 389, 393
Heathcote, Rt. Hon. Sir William, Bart.: of Hursley Park, M.P. for Oxford, 68, 69
Holders: of Ashe, neighbours at Steventon, 68; Jane dines there, 147, 162
IBTHORP: home of Lloyds, 69; Jane there, 153
JEFFREY, Mr.: kept awake by Emma, 331
KIPPINGTON: property near Sevenoaks bought by Motley Austen; Colonel Austen, M.P., lived there, 4, 63
Kitty, or the Bower: early work of Jane, 55, 56
Knatchbull, Lady: see Austen, Fanny
Knight, Edward: son of Edward Austen (i); took the name of Knight, 256; with Jane at Southampton after his mother's death, 216, &c.; in Scotland with his uncle Henry, 279
Knight, Thomas (i): of Godmersham; distant cousin of G. Austen, gives him living of Steventon, 5
Knight, Thomas (ii), (see also Knight, Mrs. T.): adopts Edward Austen, 47
Knight, Mrs. T. (Catherine Knatchbull, widow of above): surrenders property to Edward Austen in 1797, 74-6; her kindness to Austen family, 48, 207; on her death Edward takes the name of Knight, 256
Lady Susan: early work of Jane, in letters, published in Memoir, 80, 81; she never wrote in letters again, but used them freely, 81
Lances: exchange of visits with, at Southampton, 199; together at a ball, 228
Lansdowne, Marquis of (i): second Marquis; Austens rent a house in Castle Square, Southampton, close to him, 203; his death, 211
Lansdowne, Marquis of (ii): half-brother of (i); the Statesman, and an admirer of Jane's writings, 203
Latournelle, Mrs.: her school at Reading, 26, 27, Cassandra and Jane there, 26-8; easy discipline, 27. See also St. Quentins; Sherwood, Mrs.
Lefroy, Ben: marries Anna Austen, November 1814, 353; they live at Hendon, 361; at Wyards, 362
Lefroy, Mrs.: wife of Rector of Ashe, sister of Sir Egerton Brydges; did much for Jane, 71; died by fall from horse, 71, 180; Jane's verses in her memory, 72
Lefroy, Tom (afterwards Chief Justice): his friendship with Jane in 1796, &c., 87, 88; his remembrance of her, 89
Leigh, Cassandra (see also Austen, (Rev.) George); daughter of Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i), 7; marriage, 10; character, 16; story of journey on a waggon, 17; illness at Bath and verses to Bowen, 172-3; generosity of sons on death of husband, 182; letter from Stoneleigh, 196; last visit to Steventon, 256, 257; hopeful letters during Jane's illness, 391, 392; letter to Anna after Jane's death, 398; lives on till 1827, 257, 402
Leigh Chronicle, quoted, 6-9, 25
Leigh, Hon. Mary: life-tenant of Stoneleigh, dies 1806, 194; her brother's curious will, 195
Leigh, Theophilus: squire of Adlestrop, husband of Mary Brydges, 7; his government of his sons, 7, 8. See also Chandos, Duke of
Leigh, (Rev.) Theophilus: Master of Balliol, 7; his witty speeches and long life, 7, 8
Leigh, (Sir) Thomas: Lord Mayor when Queen Elizabeth was proclaimed, 6; Leighs of Adlestrop and of Stoneleigh descended from him, 6
Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i): Rector of Harpsden, father of Cassandra Austen, 7; his gentle character, 8; his wife, Jane Walker, descended from the Perrots, 9
Leigh, Thomas (ii): nephew of (i); succeeded to Stoneleigh, 195; the Austens stay with him there, 195-7
Leigh Perrot, James (see also Perrots): son of Rev. Thomas Leigh (of Harpsden), 9; succeeded to Perrot property, and sold it, 9, 10; bought Scarlets, 10, 18, 126; often at Bath (Paragon), 127; marries Jane Cholmeley, 10; Mrs. L. P. accused of stealing lace at Bath, 132; committed and imprisoned, 132; Mrs. Austen offered to send one or both daughters to be with her, 134; trial at Taunton, 135, 138; acquittal, 138; Mrs. Austen and Jane stay at Paragon in 1801, 165; claim to succeed to Stoneleigh compromised, 195, 196; Mr. L. P. loses money by Henry Austen's bankruptcy, 332; his death and will, 384, &c.
Lloyds (see also Austen, (Rev.) James): Mrs. Lloyd (Martha Craven) lived at Deane, then at Ibthorp, 69; her daughters, Eliza (Fowle), Martha, and Mary, 69; Jane's gift to Mary with verses, 69, 70; verses to Martha, 70; Mary's marriage to James Austen, 73; Jane's visit to Ibthorp, 153; Cassandra there at death of Mrs. Lloyd, 183, &c.; Martha to live with the Austens, 188; Martha married to Francis Austen, 74, 402
Loiterer, The: periodical conducted by James Austen at Oxford, 47; Henry writes in it, 48
Lybbe Powys, Caroline: see Cooper, Edward
Lyfords: Hants doctors, 115, 355; one attends Jane in her last illness, 388, &c.
Lyme: Jane there with parents in 1804, 176; identification of places in Persuasion, 177
Mansfield Park: Jane Austen's third published novel, May 1814; mentioned during composition, 258, 259, 261; Frank's ships mentioned in it, 272, 280; finished, 290; Henry reading it on the way to London, 291-6; published in May 1814, 296; description, 296-8; first edition sold out, 296; second edition (Murray), 308; opinions of two friends upon, 332
Mapletons: friends at Bath, 129; death of Marianne M., 169, 170
Marboeuf, Marquise de: accused by Revolutionists; Comte de Feuillide befriends her and shares her fate, 44, 45
Mathew, Anne: see Austen, (Rev.) James
Mathew, General: father of first Mrs. James Austen, 72; his generosity, 73
Mitford, Mary Russell: at the St. Quentins' school in London, 27; unflattering views of Jane, 84, 300; gradually modified, 301, note
Moore, Sir John: allusions to him and Battle of Corunna, 224, 228, 229
Morley, Countess of: corresponds with Jane, 326
Murray, John: publishes Emma, 309; letter from Henry Austen, 310; letters from Jane, 314, 318, 319; publishes second edition of Mansfield Park, 308, 318
Musgrave, Mrs.: godmother of Jane, 22
Mystery, The: very early work of Jane, 53
NELSON, Lord: Francis Austen conveys a message to, 160; his admiration for him, 193
Northanger Abbey: earlier of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published in 1818, 403; first version of, 96; description, 96-7; sold (after revision) in 1803, 96; to Messrs. Crosby of London, 174-5; attempt to secure publication (under name Susan), 230-4; MS. recovered, 333; doubt about publishing (under name Catherine), 336, 337
PALMER, Fanny: see Austen, Charles
Perrots: well-known in Oxon and Wales, 9; property of one branch (Northleigh) comes to James Leigh (Perrot), 9; through this descent Austens are 'founder's kin' at St. John's, Oxford, 9; James L. P. sells Northleigh and buys Scarlets, 10
Persuasion: later of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published, 1818, 403; begun 1815, 333; finished, and end re-written, 1816, 334, 335; probably intended to be published with Northanger Abbey (as it eventually was), 336; author's opinion on it, 336
Portrait of Jane as a girl: see Zoffany
Portsmouth, Earl of: as Lord Lymington, a pupil at Steventon, 21; a neighbour, 68; courteous message to Cassandra, 144; ball at Hurstbourne, 150
Pride and Prejudice (see also First Impressions): Jane's second published novel, January 1813, 257; read aloud at Chawton, 260; &c.; author's own comments, 260-3; description of, 263-5; Jane looks out for pictures of Mrs. Bingley and Mrs. Darcy, 267-9; Warren Hastings's admiration, 275; Henry divulges secret of authorship, 281; second edition, 289, 290; young Fox's admiration, 370
RAMSGATE: Francis Austen there, raising a corps, 174; Jane perhaps there in 1803, 174
Rice, (Rev.) Morland: owner of Zoffany portrait, 63
Rowden, Miss: see St. Quentins, the
Russell, Miss (Mrs. Mitford): mother of Mary Russell Mitford, 84, 300; her father Rector of Ashe, 1729-83, 17
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford: George Austen, Scholar and Fellow there, 4, 5; his sons James and Henry there, 39, 41, 46
St. Quentins, the: chiefly manage Mrs. Latournelle's school at Reading, 26; move to London, then to Paris; assisted by Miss Rowden, 27; M. R. Mitford and Fanny Kemble educated by them, 27; also Miss Landon, and Lady Caroline Lamb, 305
'Sanditon': name given to Jane's first chapters of a new work, 381, note; description, 381, 382
Scarlets: home of the Leigh Perrots, 10, 18, 126, 384
Scott, Sir Walter: writes article in Quarterly on Emma, 326
Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen's first published novel; sketch for, in letters called Elinor and Marianne, 79, 80; early version of, 96; resumed on settling at Chawton, 242; in hands of printer, April 1811, 244; comes out at end of October, 254; description of, 243, 244; its publication a secret, 254; its success, 255, 256; second edition, 290
Sherwood, Mrs.: as Miss Butt, at Mrs. Latournelle's school at Reading; her description of it, 26, 27
Ships (in which Frank or Charles served): the Unicorn, 78; the Triton, 103; the Tamar, 121; the Peterel, 121, &c.; the Endymion, 125; the Neptune, 174; the Leopard, 192; the Canopus, 192; the St. Albans, 203; the Elephant, 270; the Namur, 284, note; the Phoenix, 369
Southampton: Austens settle there, 197; house in Castle Square, 198; description of surroundings, 202, 203; they leave Southampton, 229
Steventon Rectory: given to G. Austen, 5; description of, 11-15; G. Austen and family live there (or occasionally at Deane) till 1801, 17, 155, &c.; leave it for Bath, 164; Cassandra and Jane visit the James Austens there, 92, 93; Mrs. G. Austen visits it for the last time, 256
Stoneleigh: visit to, 194; Mr. Leigh Perrot's claim to property compromised, 195
Stringer, Jane, sister of John Austen (iii): one of her descendants married to Thomas Knight (i) of Godmersham, 2
Susan: see Northanger Abbey
TAUNTON: Mrs. Leigh Perrot tried and acquitted there, 135, &c.
Theatricals at Steventon: names of pieces, prologues &c., 63-6; Jane's share unknown, 66
Trafalgar: Frank Austen just misses battle, 192, 193
WALKER, Jane: see Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)
Walter, (Rev.) Henry: son of (Rev.) James W., 6; mathematician and scholar, 6, 259; known at Court, 6
Walter, (Rev.) James: son of W. H. Walter, met his death in the hunting-field, aged eighty-four, 5
Walter, Philadelphia: cousin and correspondent of Eliza de Feuillide, 5; letters to and from, 38-44, 58, 59, 61, 65, 104, 105
Walter, William Hampson: elder half-brother of (Rev.) George Austen, 4; correspondence between his wife and himself and the Austens, 19-22
Watsons, The: commencement of story, written by Jane about 1804, 175; why discontinued, 175, 176
Weller, Elizabeth: see Austen, John (iii)
Williams, Captain T.: captured La Tribune; knighted, 78; marries (i) Jane Cooper, who was killed in a carriage accident, 77, 108; (ii) Miss Whapshare, 152, 154
Winchester: Jane moves there for advice, 388; lodges in College Street, 389; dies there, and is buried in the Cathedral, 396, 397, 399
ZOFFANY: painter of (believed) portrait of Jane as a girl, frontispiece, 62; its history, 63
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Transcriber's Notes:
Page 29, "tell" changed to "tells" (author tells us)
Page 159, repeated text was deleted. The original reads:
likely spot the very few which conducted him to the door of the assembly room in the Inn, where there happened to be a Ball on the night of their arrival; a likely spot enough for the discovery of a Charles: but I am glad to say that he was not of
Pages 211-212, a section of repeated text was deleted. The original reads:
She was sensible, even-tempered, affectionate, and conscientious. She did indeed prove 'almost another sister' to Jane, even-tempered, affectionate, and conscientious. She did indeed prove 'almost another sister' to Jane, who, as Cassandra
Page 389, "fron" changed to "front" (the front wall)
Page 425, "Feneon" changed to "Fenelon" (Par. F. Fenelon)
Page 445, "de Feuillide, Comtesse de" changed to "de Feuillide, Comtesse"
Some references in the index were lacking page numbers. These have been provided as follows:
Under Austen, Fanny in London during her uncle Henry's illness, 213;
Austen, (Sir) Francis (see also Ships): takes news to Nelson and captures Ligurienne, 160; appointed to Leopard (under Admiral Louis), 192;
Austen, (Rev.) George (i): Rector of Steventon, 5;
Austen, Jane (the novelist) death of Mr. Leigh Perrot and his will, 384;
The following words were inconsistently hyphenated. This was retained to mimic the spelling in the original letters.
apiece/a-piece bedroom/bed-room bookcase/book-case commonplace/common-place deathbed/death-bed disinclination/dis-inclination everyday/every-day handwriting/hand-writing playfellows/play-fellows postchaise/post-chaise surname/sur-name twelvemonth/twelve-month
Punctuation in the letter on page 135 was retained as printed. (me. the)
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