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The letter is 2 leaves (bifold leaf 1) mounted separately in the volume. Leaf 1 has been numbered 19 in the upper right-hand corner according to chronology and its order in the volume. Leaf 2 is unnumbered. \n\nBront\u00eb writes from London (Gloucester Terrace, home of publisher George Murray Smith) where has been staying 'about 3 weeks' and intends to stay 'a few days longer'. 'Villette' is to be published the following day. Its publication date has been delayed to avoid a possible conflict with Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Ruth'. Miss Wooler is on the list of presentees therefore her copy 'will be sent off immediately'. Bront\u00eb says she recalls what Miss Wooler has said about Mrs. Moore and says she will do her best to help if possible. However she writes she may have little opportunity to be do so, 'ladies colleges' being in fashion in London rather than schools. Bront\u00eb acknowledges that such College classes may be very useful in 'finishing the education of ladies intended to go out as governess' but is less certain of their usefulness for younger girls. \n\nShe says she has 'read attentively' all Miss Wooler has said regarding the writer Harriet Martineau but does not wish to give her up as many others have done. She suggests that Martineau's 'sin' is one which 'God and not man must judge'. This is likely in reference to Martineau's 1851 publication with Henry G. Atkinson, 'Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development', which included topics such as atheism, mesmerism and clairvoyance. The work met with disapproval from various quarters and may be the reason for Bront\u00eb's mention of Martineau's 'fair-weather friends'. She says that were Miss Wooler in her place she would be the 'last' person to give up Martineau and that 'patience and tolerance' are more effective in moving Martineau than 'opposition and desertion'. Nonetheless she promises to 'think seriously' on the subject. She adds that she would like to tell Miss Wooler all that she has seen during her London trip and invites her to visit Haworth at a suitable time. \n\nAccording to Professor Mildred Christian (Newcomb College, Tulane University), the final annotation on Leaf 2 is from Ellen Nussey: 'I think eventually give up Miss M. from sincere conviction', as detailed in the typescript note of contents (Bront\u00eb(C)\/37) accompanying the bound volume. An estrangement was to occur between Bront\u00eb and Martineau following the latter's critical review of 'Villette' in the 'Daily News' (3 February 1853). \n\nA full edition of this letter can be found in Margaret Smith's 'The Letters of Charlotte Bront\u00eb', Vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004), pp. 110-112."}]},"identifier":[{"accession_number":"Bront\u00eb(C)\/19","primary":true,"type":"accession number","value":"Bront\u00eb(C)\/19"},{"priref":"110009988","type":"priref","value":"110009988"},{"type":"uri","uri":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110009988","value":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110009988"}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"lifecycle":{"creation":[{"date":[{"earliest":1853,"latest":1853,"value":"1853-01-27"}],"maker":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-18451","uid":"adlib-agent-18451","uuid":"44ea0a4f-41b1-397c-9880-2ace1de3d0df"},"summary_title":"Bront\u00eb, Charlotte"}]}]},"summary_title":"MS Letter, Bront\u00eb to Margaret Wooler","title":[{"value":"MS Letter, Bront\u00eb to Margaret Wooler"}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}