Chapter Vii.).

A letter from Mrs. Austen is extant, dated 'April 1806, Trim Street still.' Most writers state that the Austens went to Southampton towards the end of 1805--a year too early.

Jane afterwards asked Frank's leave to introduce the names of some of his ships (one of which was the Canopus) into Mansfield Park.

This order is said to have been given to each squadron in succession; and it is evident that the ships of Admiral Louis's squadron were especially likely to be in need of supplies, as they had taken their part in Nelson's chase of Villeneuve.

Sailor Brothers, chaps. ix, x, and xi.

See p. 208.

See p. 70.

Probably Joseph Hill--the frequent correspondent of the poet Cowper.

Miss Mary Leigh left her property--in so far as she had any right to do so--in trust for (a) the Rev. Thomas Leigh; (b) James Leigh Perrot; (c) William Henry Leigh.

Not to be confused with his uncle, Thomas Leigh, Rector of Harpsden and father of Mrs. Austen.

See p. 201.

This letter is quoted by Miss Hill, pp. 163-7.

Unfortunately, Jane appears to date her letters merely 'Southampton,' until she moved to Castle Square.

Alphonsine, by Madame de Genlis; The Female Quixote, published 1752, by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, author of the phrase: 'A thought strikes me: let us swear an eternal friendship.'

Miss Hill supplies us with the line from The Task, 'The Winter Walk at Noon,' ll. 149-50:--

'Laburnum rich In streaming gold; syringa, ivory pure.'

The Austens were about to become Lord Lansdowne's tenants in Castle Square.

Johnson to Boswell, July 4, 1774.--Birkbeck Hill's Boswell, ii. 279.

Mr. John Austen of Broadford, under whose will the property at Horsmonden came into the possession of the family of 'Uncle Frank' on the failure of his own direct heirs. See Chapter I.

Letters from the Mountains: being the real Correspondence of a Lady, between 1773 and 1807, by Mrs. Grant of Laggan.

Probably An Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy, etc. London, 1768-9.

Memoir, p. 77.

Ibid. p. 140.

Brabourne, vol. ii. p. 116.

The Henry Austens were then living at 16 Michael's Place, Brompton--a row of houses on the site of the present Egerton Mansions.

James having arrived by the coach before the others.

Son and daughter of James.

Mr. W. Fowle speaks of a visit to Steventon, when Jane read 'very sweetly' the first canto of Marmion. By that time she was no doubt a warm admirer of the poem.