CHAPTER IX

MRS. WARD AS CRITIC AND PLAYWRIGHT--FRENCH AND ITALIAN FRIENDS--THE SETTLEMENT VACATION SCHOOL, 1899-1904

Mrs. Ward and the Brontës--George Smith and Charlotte--The Prefaces to the Brontë Novels--André Chevrillon--M. Jusserand--Mrs. Ward in Italy and Paris--The Translation of Jülicher--Death of Thomas Arnold--The South African War--Death of Bishop Creighton and George Smith--Dramatization of _Eleanor_--William Arnold--Mrs. Ward and George Meredith--The Marriage of her Daughter--The Vacation School at the Passmore Edwards Settlement 165-186