Jane Austen and Her Country-house Comedy

[Frontispiece: Jane Austen]

JANE AUSTEN AND HER COUNTRY-HOUSE COMEDY

BY

W. H. HELM

AUTHOR OF "ASPECTS OF BALZAC," ETC.

EVELEIGH NASH FAWSIDE HOUSE LONDON 1909

RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

TO MY MOTHER

"I concluded, however unaccountable the assertion might appear at first sight, ...