Symington over the past years has confirmed my opinion that Branwell Brontë, and his work-most of it untranscribed-has been too long neglected. Wise, of the incomparable Shakespear Head edition of the Brontë Works, Lives, and Letters, and long correspondence with Mr. Alex Symington, editor and compiler, with the late T. I am, however, the lucky possessor of the Brontë library of Mr. I realize that living at Haworth as she does, Miss Gérin is happier placed than I am, and with one Brontë biography “under her belt,” as the saying goes, it would be foolish of me to attempt to cover the identical ground. She did not ask me to “stand aside”, nor do I intend to do so, but her information was valuable nevertheless. I received, within a few days, a very nice letter from Miss Winifred Gérin, telling me that she was preparing a biography of Branwell, which would appear as a companion volume to her recent Life of Anne Brontë. I happened to mention this recently to Richard Findlater, who reported the fact in the Dispatch. Sir,-As a life member of the Brontë Society I have been tremendously interested in the Brontë family for many years, and have made many notes for a possible work on Branwell Brontë. A letter by Daphne du Maurier, published in the TLS on Jfollowed by a review by Sylva Norman of du Maurier’s The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë, published in the TLS of November 18, 1960.
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