he village--for youth will to youth, and boys will to boys.

Still, he was associated in many of his sisters' plays and amusements.
These were mostly of a sedentary and intellectual nature. I have had a
curious packet confided to me, containing an immense amount of
manuscript, in an inconceivably small space; tales, dramas, poems,
romances, written principally by Charlotte, in a hand which it is almost
impossible to decipher without the aid of a magnifying glass. No
description will give so good an idea of the extreme minuteness of the
writing as the annexed facsimile of a page.

Among these papers there is a list of her works, which I copy, as a
curious proof how early the rage for literary composition had seized upon
her:--

CATALOGUE OF MY BOOKS, WITH THE PERIOD OF THEIR COMPLETION, UP TO
AUGUST 3RD, 1830.

Two romantic tales in one volume; viz., The Twelve Adventurers and the
Adventures in Ireland, April 2nd, 1829.

The Search after Happiness, a Tale, Aug. 1st, 1829.

Leisure Hours, a Tale, and two Fragments, July 6th 1829.

The Adventures of Edward de Crack, a Tale, Feb. 2nd, 1830.

The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, a Tale, May 26th, 1830.

An interesting Incident in the Lives of some of the most eminent
Persons of the Age, a Tale, June 10th, 1830.

Tales of the Islanders, in four volumes. Contents of the 1st Vol.:--l.
An Account of their Origin; 2. A Description of Vision Island; 3.
Ratten's Attempt; 4. Lord Charles Wellesley and the Marquis of
Douro's Adventure; completed June 31st, 1829. 2nd Vol.:--1. The
School-rebellion; 2. The strange Incident in the Duke of Wellington's
Life; 3. Tale to his Sons; 4. The Marquis of Douro and Lord Charles
Wellesley's Tale to his little King and Queen; completed Dec. 2nd,
1829. 3rd Vol.:--1. The Duke of Wellington's Adventure in the
Cavern; 2. The Duke of Wellington and the little King's and Queen's
visit to the Horse-Guards; completed May 8th, 1830. 4th Vol.:--1. The
three old Washer-women of Strathfieldsaye; 2. Lord C. Wellesley's
Tale to his Brother; completed July 30th, 1830.

Characters of Great Men of the Present Age, Dec. 17th 1829.

The Young Men's Magazines, in Six Numbers, from August to December,
the latter months double number, completed December the 12th, 1829.
General index to their contents:--1. A True Story; 2. Causes of the
War; 3. A Song; 4. Conve