A Memoir of Jane Austen

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March 14 th . 1870.
. . . I do not think Dr. Blackall died until long afterwards. If I do
not mistake there were two brothers, one of whom was called Mr.
Edwd. B–– & I never heard what became of him–– The other, the
Dr.–– Aunt Cassandra met with again long afterwards when she
made an excursion to the Wye in company with Uncle Charles,
two of his daughters & my sister Cassandra–– My cousin Cassie
Austen the only survivor of that party could I have no doubt tell
where and how they met him–– I only remember that my Aunt
found him stout, red-faced and middle-aged–– very different
from their youthful hero–– It must have been in ‘32’––or thereabouts,
and I believe he died soon afterwards ...
8. Copy of a letter, undated, from Caroline Austen to JEAL,
written after the publication of the first edition of the Memoir on
16 December 1869 (NPG, RWC/HH, fos. 16–17).
My dear Edward
I should have sent you my thanks for your kind present by that
day’s post–– only I waited till I should have read the book, & so be
able to assure you, as I now can, that I am very much pleased with
it & I congratulate you on having succeeded so well in arranging
your scanty and miscellaneous materials, and connecting them
from your own resources, so as to form an interesting narrative––
Such, I hope and expect it will prove to general readers, who I
think will only wish that it could have been longer. I have not read
steadily as yet, quite to the end, but I see you have been very
merciful to Mr. Clarke° in omitting the most ridiculous parts of
his letter––
The portrait° is better than I expected–– as considering its early
date, and that it has lately passed through the hands of painter
and engraver–– I did not reckon upon finding any likeness–– but
there is a look which I recognise as hers–– and though the general
resemblance is not strong, yet as it represents a pleasant countenance
it is so far a truth–– & I am not dissatisfied with it.
I remain, my dear Edward, your very affecte. sister,
Car. Austen.