The last of Charlotte Bront？’s “little books” known to be in private hands has been saved for the public and will go on display in Yorkshire.

       The minature books were created by Charlotte Bront？ and her siblings when they were children to entertain their toy soldiers.

       The small works of literature have long been objects of fascination for Bront？ enthusiasts and the last privately-held book, “A Book of Ryhmes” [sic], has now been bought for the nation.

       The minature books stayed in the Bront？ family until the 1890s when they were dispersed.

       A young Charlotte Bront？’s inscription in her book of poems

       (Friends of the National Libraries/James Cummins bookseller)

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       Prior to its resurfacing, “A Book of Ryhmes” was last seen at auction in 1916 in New York, where it was sold for 520 dollars before disappearing.

       The book is probably, inch-for-inch, the most valuable literary manuscript ever to be sold - measuring just 3.8 by 2.5 inches.

       The contents page of ‘A Book of Ryhmes’

       (Friends of the National Libraries/James Cummins bookseller)

       It contains 10 poems and was purchased by Friends of the National Libraries after an urgent appeal for funds to meet the purchase price.

       They will donate it to the Bront？ Parsonage Museum in Haworth, Yorkshire. The museum has the largest collection of Bront？ manuscripts in the world and its collection already boast nine of the little books.

       The return of the book to a public museum was decribed as a ‘giant gain for Britain’

       (Friends of the National Libraries/James Cummins bookseller)

       Chairman of the Friends of the National Libraries, Geordie Greig, described the purchase of the little book as “a giant gain for Britain”.

       “To return this literary treasure to the Bront？ Parsonage where it was written is important for scholars and also students studying one of our greatest women writers,” he added.

       The little book contains 10 poems

       (Friends of the National Libraries/James Cummins bookseller)

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       Principal curator of the Bront？ Parsonage Museum, Ann Dinsdale, said that the museum was “absolutely thrilled to be the recipients of this extraordinary and unexpected donation.”

       She said: “It is always emotional when an item belonging to the Bront？ family is returned home and this final little book coming back to the place it was written when it had been thought lost is very special for us.”