Last modified on Fri 28 May 2021 10.15 EDT The Brontë Society is calling for immediate government intervention to prevent the âpricelessâ literary treasures of the Honresfield Library, which include a rare notebook of Emily Brontëâs poetry, from disappearing back into private hands at auction. The Honresfield collection of more than 500 historic literary items vanished from public view in 1939, and was seen by only one or two academics over the subsequent years. The collection includes the only surviving handwritten manuscript of some of Emily Brontëâs best-known poems, complete with annotations by her sister Charlotte, as well as Brontë family letters and books, and important manuscripts by Robert Burns and Walter Scott.