GEORGE SMITH MEMORIAL BEQUEST. Vols. I-III. The autograph fair copy of ''Jane Eyre'' by Charlotte Bronte.
Scope & Content:
The autograph fair copy written out 16- 19 March 1847 (see vol. 1, f. i, and vol. I I I, f. 265) and sent to Messrs Smith, Elder and Co. on 24 Aug. 1847. First published, in 3 vols., on 16 Oct. 1847 as Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell. The manuscript was originally written as o...
The following, Add. MSS. 43474-43487, were bequeathed to the British Museum (subject to a life-interest of her children) by Mrs Elizabeth Smith (d. 1914), as a memorial of her late husband, George Murray Smith (d. 1901), head of the firm of Smith, Elder and Co. In 1933 Mrs Smith’s three survivin...
GEORGE SMITH MEMORIAL BEQUEST. Vols. IV-VI. The autograph fair copy of 'Shirley', by Charlotte Brontë.
Scope & Content:
The autographfair copy transcribed in 1848 (the last leaf of Vol. iv, f. 284, is dated Sept. 1848) and sent to the printers. First published, in 3 vols., on 26 Oct. 1849 as Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell, Author of 'Jane Eyre'. The manuscript was originally written as one volume, the pages being...
