New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-23

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and viete ard all especially e''ipIueed for
lay who w.s the f.miy SIX
died Saturday last at her fathers h0ue at Hs~Oth York
From The London Morning yetrt.
"Currer Bell IL dead The early des;h If the
large family # whom she VISA the cole survivor pre-.
psIed all who bne~ the circumstances 20 expect
The oss OF this gifted ctesturs al aDy tims but not
the efs deep will be the grief Of society that her ge
niue will yield nothing more We have three
wcrks from her which will bold their place in the
literature Of our century: and but for her fr1ll
beslth there might have been three times three for
she was under forty end her genius not of an
exhausible kind II it bad been exhaustibls. it
would have been exhausted some time since She
bad every iDducement that could have svaled with
one less high minded to publish two o. three novel.
a year Fame waited upon 81 she did; and
che might have enriched herself By very eight
exertion; but her steady conviction was that
the publication Of book Is solemn act
Of conscence-in the csse Of novel az much ~
any other kird OF book. Sse was not fond OF soesk
ing Of herself and her conscience but she nov aud
then uttered to her very few friends things which
NAV alas be told DOW, without fear of hurting her
seprtive pature-thnes which ought to be told 10 her
honor Among these sayings was one which explains
the long interval between her works. She said that
che thought every serious delneston Of life ought to
be the product of personal experience and ooserva-
ton-experierce naturally occurring and observation
OF q normal and not Of a forced or special kind. Il
"have not accumulated, since published Shirley,
she said "whst makes il needfu for me to speak
"apsin; and till do, may God give me grace 10 be
.duub' She had conscienti0usness which could
not be relaxed by praise or even sympathy-der az
sympathy WAS to her sensitive nature. She hsf no
vanity which praise could ageravae or censure NOR
tfy. She calmly read all adverse reviews OF her
hooks for the sske of instruction; and when she
could not recognize the apness of criticism, she was
more puzzled than hurt or angry. The common HAT
teries which wait upon literary success shs qllzzed
with charming grace; and any occasional severity,
ouch as literary women are favored with at tbs begin
ming of their course, she accepted with humility
which was full dignity and C ,arm. From her feeble
constitution of body her suierings by the death OF
her whole family and the secluded and monotonous
life she led she became morbidly sensitive in some
respects but in her high voc sion. she had 10 add
ton to the deep intuitioDs OF gifted woman, the
strength of a man, the patience OF hero, and the
conseenfiousness Of saint. In the points 10 which
woman are usually most weak-in regard To opinion
TO appreciation to applause-her moral strength fell
rot whit behind the intellectual force maniiested in
her works. Though passion occupies too prominent
place in her pictures OF life, though women have to
CON plain that she represents love as the whole and
sole concern of their lives, and though governesses
pecally have to remonerate. and do remon-
strate that their share of hum IN conflict is laid open
,omewewh hat rudely and iDconsideraely and very
sweepipg,y social observation Il is true social
blessing that We have had female writer who has
discountepanced sentimentaiism and feeble egotien
with such practical force as Ia apparent III the WORKS
of Currer Bell Her herones love too resdly, too
vebemently. and sometimes alter fashlon when
duty through every thing, and are healthy in action,
howevr morbid in passion.
How admirable this siren 9Th is-how wonderful
this force Of infegrity-can hardly be understood by
any but the few who know the story of this remark
able womans life The account of the school in
"Jane Eyre" is only too true. The Helen of
that tale s-not precisely the eldest sister, who died
there-but more like her than any other real person
She is that sister, with a difference Another sis
ter died at home soon after leaving the school, aud
p consequence of its hardshipsi and g Cdrer Bell
Charlotte Bront never free, while there, Tor
year and half from the gnawing sensation or coz
sequebt febeness of downright hunger and she
never grew an inch from that time. She was the
smallest of women; and il was that school which
stunted her growth As che tells ia 10 Jane Eyre
the visitation Of epidemic caused total change
ana radical reform in the establishment, which was
even removed 10 another cite. But the reform came
too late to the destiny of the doomed family
of the Bronls.
Tnese wonderful girls were the daughters Of
clergy man who very aged and lnirm, survives
bis wife and all his many children. The name Bront
ian sbbrevistion Of Bronterre is Irish, and very
ancient. The mother died many years ago, and
several of her children. When the reading world
begsn TO have interest in their existence, there
were three sisters and brother living with their
father at Haworih, near Keighley, in Yorkshire.
The girls had been out as governesses-Chsrioue
at Brussels is no secret 10 the readers OF " Viz
"leite They rejoiced 70 meet again At home
Charlotte, Emily and Ann l'' Currer, Ellis, and
ACTON" In her obituary notice of her two sisters,
"Currer" revesls something of their process OF
authorship and their experience of failure and
success How terrible come sf their experience OF
life was in the midst of the domestic freedom anu
indulgence afforded them by their stGdous father,
may be seen by the fearful representations Of mssca
line nsture and character found ia the novels anu tales
of Emily and Ann. They considered It their duty,
they told u.s. 10 present life they knew IT, and they
gave us "WuiherDg Hights.' and The fenant OF
"Wildfell Hall" Such experience a. this indi-
Gates lie really perple1iDg TO Et gsh people 10 general
and all that have 10 do With ii is 10 bear in mind
when disposed TO pass criticism on the coarseness
which 10 certain degree, pervades the works OF all
the sister, and the responsiveness which makes the
tales by Emily and Ann really horrible 10 peope sho
have not iron nerves
Jane Eyre" was naturally aud universally sup
posed TO be Charlotte herselt; but she always denied
IT, calmly cheeruly and with the obvioas sincerity
which characterized 81 sbe said. She declared tina,
there IVES no more ground for the assertion than this
She opce told her sisters that they were wrong-even
morally wToDs-n making their berolnee be.utidi, a.
matter Of course. They replied that II WAS imoos-
.ible 10 make a heroine interesting other terms.
Her answer was, % will prove TO you that you ars
wrong. | will show you heroine A. small aud Is
plain as myself who shall be as Interesting as any
Of yours" Hence, Jane Eyre, ssd she, 10
telling the anecdote: but she Is not myself, any
further than that" AS the work went on tue in-
terest deepened 10 the writer. When she came 70
Tborpheld she could not stop. Being snort
sighted 10 excess she wrote IN little square PAPER
books held close 10 her eyes, and the nrst copy III
repcil On she went, writing necessarily Tor tnree
weeks: by which time she had carried her h-roine
away from Thcrpfeld, sud va: herself 10 teve',
which compelled her 10 pause. The rest . ~rluen
with less vehemsnce, ana with more ANXIOUS Csae'
The world adds, with less vlgor and interest. sue
could crafty her singular reserve IA rgsra 70 .n7
nubTos,ion Of this remarkable book. We all re-
member ho " long /, bsfore We could learn Nn'
vrote IL and asy particulars of the writer, when tne
name was revesled She WAS living among tue VIA