The Sisters as Writers of Poetry--They Decide to Publish--Each begins a Novel--The Spirit under which the Work was Undertaken-- 'The Professor'--'Agnes Grey'--'Wuthering Heights'--Branwell's Condition--A Touching Incident--'Epistle from a Father to a Child in her Grave'--Letter with Sonnet--Publication of the Sisters' Poems 113 CHAPTER VIII. Death of Branwell's late Employer--Branwell's Disappointment--His Letters--His Delusion--Leyland's Medallion of Him--Mr. Brontë's Blindness--Branwell's Statement to Mr. Grundy in Reference to 'Wuthering Heights'--The Sisters Relinquish the Intention of Opening a School 138 CHAPTER IX. Branwell's Sardonic Humour--Mr. Grundy's Visit to him at Haworth--Errors regarding the Period of it--Tragic Description --Probable Ruse of Branwell--Correspondence between him and Mr. Grundy ceases--Writes to Leyland--A Plaintive Verse-- Another Letter 160 CHAPTER X. 'Wuthering Heights'--Reception of the Book by the Public--It is Misunderstood--Its Authorship--Mr. Dearden's Account-- Statements of Mr. Edward Sloane and Mr. Grundy--Remarks by Mr. T. Wemyss Reid--Correspondences between 'Wuthering Heights' and Branwell's Letters--The 'Carving-knife Episode'--Further Correspondences--Resemblances of Thought in Branwell and Emily 178 CHAPTER XI. Statement of Charlotte that her Sister Anne wrote the Book in consequence of her Brother's Conduct--Supposition of Some that Branwell was the Prototype of Huntingdon--The Characters are Entirely Distinct--Real Sources of the Story--Anne Brontë at Pains to Avoid a Suspicion that Huntingdon was a Portrait of Branwell 216 CHAPTER XII. Novel-writing--The Sisters' Method of Work--Branwell's Failing Health and Irregularities--'Jane Eyre'--Its Reception and Character--It was not Influenced by Branwell--Letter and Sketches of Branwell, 1848 229 CHAPTER XIII. Branwell's Poetical Work--Sketch of the Materials which he intended to use in the Poem of 'Morley Hall'--The Poem--The Subject left Incomplete--Branwell's Poem, 'The End of All'--His Letter to Leyland asking an Opinion on his Poem, 'Percy Hall' --Observations--The Poem 242 CHAPTER XIV. Charlotte Corresponds on Literary Subjects--Novels--Confession of Authorship--Branwell's Failing Health--He Writes to Leyland --Branwell and Mr. George Searle Phillips--Branwell's Intellect Retains its Power--His Description of 'Professor Leonidas Lyon'--The latter Gentleman's Account of his Reading of 'Jane Eyre'--Branwell's Remarks on Charlotte and the Work 264 CHAPTER XV.