Order of Battle and of Sailing, signed Nelson and Bronté, dated March 26, 1805 132 Order of Battle and of Sailing, signed Nelson and Bronté, dated June 5, 1805 138 Captain Francis William Austen (_From a miniature of 1806, in the possession of Miss M. L. Austen. The Order of the C.B. has been painted in at a later date, probably when conferred in 1815_) 156 “Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Austen, K.C.B.’s writing-desk” (_From a caricature sketch by his daughter Cassandra, about 1840_) 174 Cassandra Austen (_From a silhouette in the possession of Miss M. L. Austen_) 184 Portchester Castle. The French prisoners were interned in the neighbouring buildings after the Battle of Vimiera (_From a sketch by Captain Herbert Austen, R.N._) 200 Captain Charles Austen (_From a painting of 1809, in the possession of Miss Jane Austen_) 210 Jane Austen, from a sketch by her sister Cassandra (_In the possession of Miss Jane Austen_) 226 Mrs. Charles Austen, _née_ Fanny Palmer, daughter of the Attorney-General of Bermuda (_From a painting in the possession of Miss Jane Austen_) 252 Captain Charles Austen, C.B. (_From a painting in the possession of Captain Willan, R.N., and Mrs. Willan_) 266 Jane Austen’s work-box, with her last piece of work (_In the possession of Miss Jane Austen_) 270 Memorandum, dated May 12, 1838, signed by Charles Austen on taking command of the _Bellerophon_ 274 Rear-Admiral Charles Austen, C.B. (_From a miniature painted at Malta in 1846, in the possession of Miss Jane Austen_) 278 Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, at the age of ninety 284 JANE AUSTEN’S SAILOR BROTHERS CHAPTER I BROTHERS AND SISTERS No one can read Jane Austen’s novels, her life, or her letters, without feeling that to her the ties of family were stronger and more engrossing than any others.