CHAPTER IV.

Girlhood--Gravity of Character--Charlotte's Description of the Elf-land of Childhood--The Still and Solemn Moors of Haworth influence their Writings--The Present of Toys--The Plays which they Acted--Mr. Brontë on a Supposed Earthquake--The Evidence of his Care for his Children--Grammar School at Haworth--His Children under the Tuition of the Master--The Character of the School--Cowan Bridge School--Charlotte's View of Mr. Carus Wilson's Management--Deaths of Maria and Elizabeth 57