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 and oi References to Periodicals 
 
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 THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY 
 
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 1912 
 
Robert BrpwAing> 
 
 1812-1889 ''^ 
 
 A List oi: Books 
 
 and oi Reierences to Periodicals 
 
 in tke 
 
 Brooklyn Public Library 
 
 Published by 
 
 THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY 
 
 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 
 
 1912 
 
Robert Browning 
 
 Born May 7, 1812; Died December 12, 1889 
 
 SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT 
 
 I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 II. WORKS. 
 
 III. BIOGRAPHY, CRITICISM, ETC. 
 
 A. Books and parts of books (listed alphabetically 
 
 by authors). 
 
 B. Periodical articles (listed alphabetical'y by 
 
 titles). 
 
I. BiBLioGFRAPHiEs; '; ; V - 
 
 Allibone, S. Austin. Chronological }:sV of' pTo^'r-ing's ; 
 works. (In Supplement to his CriVxa-lciibtiori'at-yl of : 
 English literature and British and American authors 
 ...by J. F. Kirk. 2 v. 1902. v. i, p. 232-234. R803- 
 A43S.) 
 
 Anderson, J. P. Bibliography [of Robert Browning]. 
 (In Sharp, William. Life of Robert Browning. 1890. 
 BB885S.) 
 
 Is arranged as follows: I. Works. II. Single works. III. 
 Contributions to magazines. IV. Printed letters. V. Selec- 
 tions. V'l. Appendix — Biography, criticism, etc ; magazine arti- 
 cles. VII. Chronological list of works. Has some annotations. 
 
 Bates, Arlo. Bibliography [of the plays included in 
 this volume]. (In Browning, Robert. Blot in the 
 'scutcheon, Colombe's birthday, A Soul's tragedy, 
 and In a balcony; edited by Arlo Bates. 1904. p. 
 300-303. 822B88BC.) 
 
 I. Texts. "It is not exhaustive, but includes the authorized 
 editions and the best reprints." II. Works. Biographical and 
 critical. "Made with special reference to the plays, the essays 
 cited having at least noteworthy passages bearing upon one or 
 more of the dramas included in this volume; but most of the 
 works given have also a broader range and deal with Browning 
 in the varied phases of his genius." 
 
 Berdoe, Edward. Books, essays, etc., which are espec- 
 ially useful to the Browning student [and] Chrono- 
 logical list of works, etc. (In his Browning cyclo- 
 paedia. 1892. p. [xiii]-xx. R82i.7B88Bn.) 
 
 The first part is divided into biographical works ;_ works of 
 criticism and exposition; the Browning Society's publications. 
 
 Clark, J. Scott. Bibliography of criticism on Brown- 
 ing. (In his Study of English and American poets. 
 1900. p. 677-679- 82I.7C59-) 
 
 * A list of references to books and periodicals. 
 
 Cooke, George Willis. The Best things said of Brown- 
 ing. (In his Guide book to the Poetic and dramatic 
 works of Robert Browning. 1894. 821.7B88C.) 
 
 Arranged under the following head?: I. Biographical works. 
 II. Biographical magazine articles. III. Books of interpreta- 
 tion and criticism. IV. Books with essays on Browning. V. 
 Magazine articles of special value. A list is also given of 
 "General articles in the Browning Society papers." 
 
 Oll^irC) : 
 
Fotheringham, James. Chronological list of Bro\vn- 
 .•; JTig's poejns in ordtjr, and with dates, of publication. 
 ;»" • ',0.t: his SUid^es of'the mind and art of Robert Brown- 
 ing. 1900. p. xxiii-xxviii. 821.7B88F0.) 
 
 "In compiling the above List, Dr. Furnivall's Bibliography has 
 been used, and certain sections of the valuable Bibliography 
 of Mr. T. J. Wise, given in the Athenaum, 1894-96." 
 
 Furnivall, F. J. Bibliography of Robert Browning, 
 from 1833 to 1881. (In London. Browning society 1 
 Papers. 1881-91. v. i, pt. i. 82i.7B88Ln.) 
 
 I. An alphabetical list of Robert Browning's works, with 
 their order-numbers and dates of publication. II. A List of 
 Robert Browning's works in the order of their publication. 
 Annotated. III. Browning's printed letters. IV. Appendix. 
 Contains: The "Selections' from Browning's works; Trial-list 
 of criticisms and notices of Browning's works; Personal notices; 
 etc. 
 
 Browning bibliography. Additions, 31 December 
 
 1881. (In Same. v. i pt. 2.) 
 
 Contains: (i) Browning's acted plays; (2) Fresh entries of 
 criticisms of Browning's works; (3) Fresh personal notices of 
 Browning; (4) Notes on Browning's poems and my bibliography; 
 (5) Short index to the Bibliography and Additions. 
 
 Marzials, Frank T. Bibliographical note. (In his 
 Browning. 1905. BB885M.) 
 
 Gives a list of Browning's own works in the order of publi- 
 cation, a list of "Selections" (with remarks on them), and a 
 selection of books dealing with Br<iwning's works, in elucidation 
 or criticism (with remarks on their value). 
 
 Orr, Mrs. Sutherland. Chronological bibliography of 
 Browning's works. (In her Handbook to the works 
 of Robert Browning. Ed. 6. 1899. p. 365fT. 821.7 
 B880.) 
 
 Based on Furnivall's Bibliography "and thoroughly revised 
 by .Mr. Dykes Campbell." Followed on p. 395IT. by an alpha- 
 betical list of Robert Browning's works, which is an index 
 to the foregoing bibliography and to the collcct< 
 1868 and 1889-90. 
 
 Symons, Arthur. (A) Bibliography of Robert Brown- 
 ing. (In his Introduction to the study of Browning. 
 1906. p. 241-254. 82i.7B88Sy.) 
 
 A list of his works in the order of their publication, com- 
 piled mainly from Furnivall's Bibliography. "Selections" are 
 not noticed. 
 
 h is an index a 
 ted editions of i 
 
 l- 
 
 A 
 
Wise, Thomas J. Materials for a bibliography of the 
 writings in prose and verse of Robert Browning, 
 (In Nicoll, W. Robertson and Wise, Thomas J. Lite- 
 rary anecdotes of the nineteenth century: contribu- 
 tions towards a literary history of the period. 2 v. 
 1895-96. V. I, p. 361-627. 809N64.) 
 
 A very complete and detailed bibliography, divided into the 
 following parts: I. Editiones principes, etc. II. Contributions 
 to periodical literature, etc. III. Published letters of Robert 
 Browning. IV. An Alphabetical list of Robert Browning's 
 poems, with references to the positions of each in the various 
 editions of his works. V. Collected editions of the poetical 
 works of Robert Browning. VI. Selections from the poetical 
 works of Robert Browning. VII. Complete volumes of biography 
 and criticism. VIII. Browningiana — A List of the principal re- 
 views and criticisms of Robert Browning and his writings 
 contained in books and magazines, with a selection from the 
 more important weekly and daily periodicals. The reading of 
 '•he title pages of all books both by and on Browning is given, 
 with collation and annotations. 
 
11. WORKS. 
 
 Browning, Robert. Complete poetic and dramatic 
 works. Bost. [C1895]. 821B88C 
 
 Agamemnon of /Eschylus; with introduction, 
 
 notes and general indexes. Bost. 1899. 821B88AS 
 
 Includes: La Saisiaz; The Two poets of Croisic; Dramatic 
 idyls, series 1-2; Jocoseria; Ferishtah's fancies; i'arleyings with 
 certain people of importance in their day; Asolando; Poems 
 uncollected by Browning. 
 
 Same. Bost. 1887. 821B88A1 
 
 Same; with the author's latest corrections. 1891. 
 
 821B88A1 
 
 Same. Bost. 1895. 82iB88Aa 
 
 Agamemnon [of ^schylus]. Bost. 1882. 
 
 82iB88Am 
 
 Includes: La Saisiaz; The Two poets of Croisic; Pauline; 
 Dramatic idyls, series 1-2. 
 
 Agamemnon [of .^schylus]. Bost. 1886. 
 
 82iB88Ag 
 
 Includes: La Saisiaz; The Two poets of Croisic; Pauline; 
 Dramatic idyls, series 1-2; Jocoseria. 
 
 Agamemnon of ^schylus. (In his Poetical 
 
 works. 1894-1903. V. 7. 821B88P09.) 
 
 Aristophanes' apology; including a transcript from 
 
 Euripedes, being the last adventure of Balaustion. 
 Bost. 1875. 821B88AR 
 
 Aristophanes' apology. (In his Red cotton night- 
 cap country. 1887. 82iB88Re.) 
 
 Same. (In his Balaustion's adventure. 1886. 
 
 82iE88Ba.) 
 
 Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 7. 
 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 Asolando; fancies and facts. Bost. 1891. 821B88A 
 
 Asolando. (In his Agamemnon of yEschylus. 
 
 1S95. 82iB88Aa.) 
 
 Same. (In Same. 1899. 821B88AS.) 
 
 Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894- 1903. v. Qt 
 
 821B88P09.) .*3«'tS5 
 
 7 f ^^'*- ^ 
 ^ ^ UNIVERi i I ^ 
 
 Or 
 
— Balaustion's adventure; including a transcript 
 from Euripedes. Bost. 1871. 821B88BL 
 
 — Balaustion's adventure, Aristophanes' apology; 
 Pacchiarotto, and other poems. Bost. 1S86. 
 
 82iB88Ba 
 
 — Balaustion's adventure. (In his Christmas-eve 
 and Easter day. 1891. 82iB88Ch.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 6. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — and Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Beautiful 
 thoughts; arranged by Margaret Shipp. N. Y. 1900. 
 
 82iB88Be 
 
 — Blot in the 'scutcheon and other dramas; edited 
 with notes by W. J. Rolfe and H. E. Hersey. X. Y. 
 C1887. 822B88B 
 
 Contents: A Blot in the 'scutcheon; Colombe's birthday; A 
 Soul's tragedy. 
 
 — Blot in the 'scutcheon, and other poetic dramas; 
 with an introductory note, by Frank Rinder. Lond. 
 n. d. 822B88BL 
 
 Contents: Introductory note; The Return of the Druses; A 
 Blot in the 'scutcheon; Colombe's birthday; The Flight of the 
 duchess; Luria; A Soul's tragedy; Christmas eve and Easter 
 day. 
 
 — Blot in the 'scutcheon, Colombe's birthday, A 
 Soul's tragedy, and In a balcony; edited by Arlo 
 Bates. Bost. 1904. SjjBSSBc 
 
 — Blot in the 'scutcheon. (In his Dramatic lyrics. 
 1887. 821B88D.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 4. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 2. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Dramas. 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 — Same. (In Morris, H. S. cd. Tales from ten 
 poets. 1893. V. 2. 821.08M877.) 
 
 — and Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Brownings for 
 the young; edited by F. G. Kenyon. N. Y. 1896. 
 
 J821B88K 
 
 8 
 
Christmas-eve and Easter day; with the author's 
 
 latest corrections. Bost. 1891. 82iB88Ch 
 
 Includes: Men and women; In a balcony; Dramatis persons; 
 r.alaiistion's adventure; Prince llohcnstiel-Sclnvangau; Fifine at 
 the fair. 
 
 Same; with introduction and notes. Bost. ci899- 
 
 82iB88Ch 
 
 Christmas-eve and Easter-day. (In his Dramatis 
 
 personse. 1886. 82iB88Dp.) 
 
 Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 5. 821- 
 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 3. 
 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 Same. (In his Sordello. 1864. 821B88S0.) 
 
 Same. (In his Blot in the 'scutcheon, n. d. 
 
 822B88BL.) 
 
 Colombe's birthday. (In his Dramatic lyrics. 
 
 1887. 821B88D.) 
 
 Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 4. 821- 
 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 2. 
 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 Same. (In his Blot in the 'scutcheon. 1904. 
 
 822B88BC.) 
 
 Same. (In Same. n. d. 822B88BL.) 
 
 Same. (In his Blot in the 'scutcheon and other 
 
 dramas. C1887. 822B88B.) 
 
 Same. (In his Dramas. 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 Dramas. 2 v. in i. N. Y. 1886. 822B88 
 
 Contents: v. r. Paracelsus; Pippa passes; King Victor and 
 King Charles; Colombe's birthday, v. 2. A Blot in the 'scut- 
 cheon ; The Return of the Druses; Luria; A Soul's tragedy. 
 
 ' Dramatic idyls; [series 1-2]. Lond. 1889. 
 
 82iB88Di 
 
 Includes Jocoseria. 
 
 Dramatic idyls. (In his Agamemnon of i^schylus. 
 
 1887. 821B88A1.) 
 
 Same. (In Same. 1895. 82iB88Aa.) 
 
 -- Same. (In Same. 1899. 821B88AS.) 
 
— Same. (In his Agamemnon [of /Eschylus]. 1882. 
 82iB88Am.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1886. 82iB88Ag.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 8. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Dramatic lyrics. Bost. 1887. 821B88D 
 Includes: The Return of the Druses; A Blot in the 'scutcheon; 
 
 Colombe's birthday; Dramatic romances; A Soul's tragedy ;i^ 
 Luria. '1 
 
 — Same; with the author's latest corrections. BostJ* 
 1891. 821B88D] 
 
 — Same; with introduction and notes. Bost. C189Q. 
 
 821 B 8^0 
 
 — Dramatic lyrics. (In his Poetical works. iSr^ 
 1903- V. 3. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 3. 821 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Dramatic romances. (In his Dramatic lyrics. 
 1887. 821B88D.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 4. 821-' 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 3. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Dramatic romances and lyrics; with an introduc- 
 tory note, by E. Dixon. Lond. introd. 1897. 
 
 821B88DS 
 
 Includes: Sorddlo. 
 
 — Dramatic romances and lyrics. (In his Dramatis 
 personam. 1886. 82iB88Dp.) 
 
 — Dramatis persona?. Bost. 1864. 82iB88Dr 
 
 — Same. N. Y. 1886. 82iB88Dp 
 
 Includes: Dramatic romances and lyrics; Strafford; Christ- 
 mas-eve and Easter-day. 
 
 — Same. (In his Christmas-eve and Easter day. 
 1891. 82iB88Ch.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 6. 
 821B88PW.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 4. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 10 
 
-- Favorite poems. [Bost. C1875.] 828M68 
 
 — Ferishtah's fancies. N. Y. 1886. 82iB88Fe 
 
 — Same. (In his Agamemnon of ^schylus. 1895. 
 82iB88Aa.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1899. 821B88AS.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1887. 821B88A1.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 8. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Fifine at the fair, and other poems. Bost. 1872. 
 
 82iB88Fi 
 
 Contents: Fifine at the fair; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau; 
 Herve Riel. 
 
 — Fifine at the fair, [and other poems]. N. Y. 1886. 
 
 821B88F 
 
 Contents: Fifine at the fair; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau; 
 Herve Riel; Red cotton night-cap country; The Inn album. 
 
 — Fifine at the fair. (In his Christmas-eve and 
 Easter day. 1891. 82iB88Ch.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 6. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Flight of the duchess. (In his Blot in the 'scutch- 
 eon, n. d. 822B88BL.) 
 
 — and Brov^^ning, Elizabeth Barrett. Florence in the 
 poetry of the Brownings; being a selection of [their] 
 poems which have to do with the history, the scen- 
 ery and the art of Florence; edited by A. B. Mc- 
 Mahan. Chic. 1904. 821B88FL 
 
 — Herve Riel. (In his Fifine at the fair and other 
 poems. 1872. 82iB88Fi.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Fifine at the fair. 1886. 821B88F.) 
 
 — Same. (In De Berard, F. B. ed. Famous tales of 
 heroism. 1899.) 
 
 — In a balcony. (In his Christmas-eve and Easter 
 day. 1891. 82iB88Ch.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Blot in the 'scutcheon. 1904. 822- 
 B88Bc.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 6. 821B88- 
 Pw.) 
 
 II 
 
— Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 4. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Inn album. Bost. 1876. 821B88I 
 
 — Same. (In his Red cotton night-cap country. 
 1887. 82iB88Re.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Fifine at the fair. 1886. 821B88F.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 6. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Jocoseria. Lond. 1883. 821B88J 
 
 — Same. (In his Agamemnon [of /Eschylus]. 1886. 
 82iB88Ag.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Agamemnon of ^schylus. 1887. 
 821B88A1.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1895. 82iB88Aa.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1899. 82iB88As). 
 
 — Same. (In his Dramatic idyls; [series 1-2]. 1889. 
 82iB88Di.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 8. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — King Victor and King Charles. (In his Dramas. 
 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Pauline. 1887. 82iB88Pa.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Pippa passes and other poetic 
 dramas, n. d. 822B88P.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 3. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894-1903. v. 2. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — and Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Letters, 1845- 
 46. 2 V. N. Y. 1899. 826B88 
 
 — Luria. (In his Dramatic lyrics. 1887. 821B88D.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 5. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894-1903. v. 3. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Dramas. 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Blot in the 'scutcheon. n. d. 
 822B88BL.) 
 
 13 
 
Lyrical and dramatic poems, edited by E. T. 
 
 Mason. N. Y. 1897 [c'83]. 821B88L 
 
 Men and women. Bost. 1856. 82iB88Me 
 
 ■ Same. N. Y. 1886. 821B88M 
 
 Includes: Sordello. 
 
 ■ Same. (In his Christmas-eve and Easter day. 
 
 1891. 82iB88Ch.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 5. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894-1903. v. 2. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Pacchiarotto and how he worked in distemper; 
 with other poems. Bost. 1877. 821B88PC 
 
 — Pacchiarotto and how he worked in distemper. 
 (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 7. 821B88- 
 P09.) 
 
 Same. (In his Balaustion's adventure. 1886. 821- 
 
 B88Ba.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Red cotton night-cap country. 
 1887. 82iB88Re.) 
 
 — Paracelsus. (In his Dramas. 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Pauline. 1887. 82iB88Pa.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Pippa passes and other poetic 
 dramas, n. d. 822B88P.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. i. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894-1903. v. i. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Parleyings with certain people of importance in 
 their day; to wit, Bernard de Mandeville, Daniel 
 Bartoli, Christopher Smart, George Bubb Doding- 
 ton, Francis Furini, Gerard De Lairesse, and Charles 
 Avison, introduced by a dialogue between Apollo 
 and the fates, and concluded by another between 
 John Fust and his friends. Bost. 1887. 82iB88Py 
 
 — Parleyings with certain people of importance in 
 their day. (In his Agamemnon of yEschylus. 1887. 
 821B88A1.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1899. 821B88AS.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. i8o5- 82iB88Aa.) 
 
 13 
 
ns. Jiost. I 
 82iB88Pa J 
 it. C1899. I 
 82iB88PaJ 
 IS.] i882f 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 8. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Pauline; a fragment of a confession; edited by 
 T. J. Wise. Lond. 1886. 821B88PL 
 
 — Pauline. Bost. 1887. 82iB88Pa 
 
 Includes: Paracelsus; Strafford; Sordcllo; Pippa passes; King 
 X'ictor and King Charles. 
 
 — Same; with the author's latest corrections. Bost 
 1895. 82iB88Pa 
 
 — Same; with introduction and notes. Bos 
 
 8 
 
 — Same. (In his Agamemnon [of ^schylus 
 82iB88Am.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Agamemnon. 1886. 82iB88Ag.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Pippa passes and other poetic 
 dramas, n. d. 822B88P.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. i. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894-1903- v. i. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Pied piper of Ilamelin, a child's story; illustrated 
 by Hope Dunlap. [Chic] C1910. J82iB88Pd 
 
 — Pied piper of Hamelin and other poems; with a 
 biographical sketch and notes. Bost. [C1897]. 
 
 82iB88Pi 
 
 — Same; with illustrations by Kate Greenawav. 
 N. Y. n. d. & Lond. [1910]. J82iB88Pg 
 
 — Pied piper of Ilamelin. (In De Bcrard, F. B. ed. 
 Famous talcs of fairyland and fancy. 1899.) 
 
 — Pippa passes and other poetic dramas; with an 
 introductory note, by Frank Rinder. Lond. n. d. 
 
 822B88P 
 Contents: Pauline, a fragment of a confession; Par.icelsus; 
 Strafford, an historical tragedy; Pippa passes, a drama; King 
 Victor and King Charles, a tragedy. 
 
 — Pippa passes. (In his Dramas. 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Pauline. 1887. 82iB88Pa.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 2. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894- 1903. v. 2. 821B88P09.) 
 
 14 
 
- Poems. 2 V. Bost. 1874. 82iB88Pm 
 
 — Poems; with introduction by Richard Garnett. 
 Lond. 1900. 82iB88Pt 
 
 Poems selected by the author. N. Y. [1872]. 
 
 821B88PS 
 
 — Poems; from the author's revised text of 1889, his 
 own selections with additions from his latest works, 
 edited with biographical and critical notes and in- 
 troductions by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. 
 Clarke. 2 v. N. Y. C1896. 82iB88Pp 
 
 — Poetical works. 6 v. Lond. 1868. 821B88PW 
 
 Contents: v. i. Pauline; Paracelsus; Strafford. v. 2. Sor- 
 dello; Pippa passes. v. 3. King Victor and King Charles; 
 Dramatic lyrics; The Return of the Druses. v. 4. A Blot in 
 the 'scutcheon; Colombe's birthday; Dramatic romances, v. 5. 
 A Soul's tragedy; Luria; Christmas eve and Easter day; Men 
 and women, v. 6. In a balcony; Dramatis persons. 
 
 — Same. 9 v. N. Y. 1894-1903. 821B88P09 
 
 Contents: v. i. Pauline; Sordello; Paracelsus; Strafford. 
 V. 2. Pippa passes; King Victor and King Charles; The Return 
 of the Druses; A Soul's tragedy; A Blot in the 'scutcheon; 
 Colombe's birthday; Men and women, v. 3. Dramatic romances; 
 Christmas-eve and Easter-day; Dramatic lyrics; Luria. v. 4. 
 In a balcony; Dramatis persons; The Ring and the book, v. i. 
 V. 5. The Ring and the book, v. 2-3. v. 6. Balaustion's adven- 
 ture; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau; Fifine at the fair; Red cot- 
 ton night-cap country; The Inn album. v. i. Aristophanes' 
 apology; The Agamemnon of yEschylus; Pacchiarotto and how 
 he worked in distemper; Other poems. v. 8. Dramatic idylls; 
 Jocoseria; Ferishtah's fancies; Parleyings with certain people. 
 V. 9. Asolando; Biographical and historical notes to the poems. 
 
 — Pomegranates from an English garden; with in- 
 troduction and notes, by J. ]\I. Gibson. N. Y. 1885. 
 
 82iB88Pt 
 
 — Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, saviour of society. 
 Lond. 1871. 82iB88Ph 
 
 — Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau. (In his Christ- 
 mas-eve and Easter day. 1891. 82iB88Ch.) 
 
 -- Same. (In his Fifine at the fair and otlier poems. 
 1872. 82iB88Fi.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Fifine at the fair. 1886. 821B88F.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 6. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 , Principal shorter poems. N. Y. 1895. 82iB88Pr 
 
 15 
 
— Rabbi Ben Ezra; with supplementary illustrative 
 quotations and an introduction by W. A. Slade. 
 N. Y. 1902. 82iB88Ra 
 
 — Red cotton night-cap country; or, Turf and 
 towers. Host. 1873- 821B88RC 
 
 — Red cotton night-cap country. Bost. 1887. 
 
 82iB88Re 
 
 Includes: Aristophanes' apology; The Inn album; Pacchia- 
 rotto, with other poems. 
 
 — Same; with the author's latest corrections. Bost. 
 
 1891. 82iB88Re 
 
 — Same; with introduction and notes. Bost. C1899. 
 
 82iB88Re 
 
 — Red cotton night-cap country. (In his Fifine at 
 the fair. 1886. 821B88F.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 6. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Return of the Druses. (In his Dramatic lyrics. 
 1887. 821B88D.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Dramas. 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 3. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894-1903. v. 2. 821B88P09.) 
 — ■ Same. (In his Blot in the 'scutcheon. n. d. 
 
 822B88BL.) 
 
 — Ring and the book. 2 v. in i. Bost. 1886. 
 
 821B88R 
 
 — Same. Bost. 1887. 821B88RJ 
 
 — Same; with the author's latest corrections. Bost.l 
 
 1892. 821B88R? 
 
 — Same; with introduction and notes. Bost. C1899. 
 
 821B88R . 
 
 — Ring and the book. 2 v. Bost. 1869. 821B88R2! 
 
 — Same. 4 v. Lond. 1868. 821B88R4) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1894-1903. v. 4-5. 
 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Same. (In Morris, H. S. ed. Tales from ten 
 poets. 1893. V. I. 821.08M877.) 
 
 16 
 
— (La) Saisiaz. (In his Agamemnon. 1886. 821- 
 B88Ag.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Agamemnon of ^schylus. 1887. 
 821B88A1.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1899. 821B88AS.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1895. 82iB88Aa.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Agamemnon [of ^schylus]. 1882. 
 82iB88Am.) 
 
 — Saul; with drawings by F. O. Small. Bost. C1890. 
 
 R82iB88Sa 
 
 — Seed thoughts; selected and arranged by M. E. 
 Burt. Ed. 3, rev. Chic. i887c'85. 82iB88Sd 
 
 — Select poems; arranged in chronological order 
 with biographical and literary notes, by A. J. George. 
 Bost. 1905. 821B88SL 
 
 — Select poems; edited by W. J. Rolfe and H. E. 
 Hersey. N. Y. 1895 [c'86]. 82iB88Sp 
 
 — Selections. 2 v. Lond. 1895. 82iB88Se 
 
 — Selections from his "Fifty men and women." (In 
 Leavens, Pauline. Browning. 1910. 82i.7B88Le.) 
 
 — Selections [from his poems]. (In Watrous, G. A. 
 ed. Selections from Dryden [etc.]. C1898. 821.08- 
 W33.) 
 
 — Selections from his poems; with biographical and 
 critical essa}^ by E. L. Burlingame. (In Warner's 
 Library of the world's best literature, v. 5 or 6, 
 p. 2557-2593. R803W27, etc.). 
 
 Contents: Andrea del Sarto; A Toccata of Galuppi's; Con- 
 fessions; Love among the ruins; A Grammarian's funeral ; My 
 last duchess; Up in a villa — down in the city; In three days; 
 In a year; Evelyn Hope; Prospice; The Patriot; One word 
 more. 
 
 — Selections from [his] poetical works. Phil. n. d. 
 
 821B88S 
 
 — Same. From the 6th London edition. N. Y. 
 C1886. 821B88S 
 
 — Selections; from [his] poetry, with an introduc- 
 tion by R. G. White. N. Y. 1883. 821B88SW 
 
 17 
 
— Shorter i)ocms; selected and edited by Franklin 
 T. Baker. Ed. 4, rev. & enl. N. Y. 190501899- 
 
 82iB88Sh 
 
 — Sordello. (In his Dramatic romances and lyrics. 
 introd. 1897. 821B88DS.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Men and women. 1886. 821B88M.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Pauline. 1887. 82iB88Pa.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 2. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894-1903. v. i. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Sordello, Strafford, Christmas-eve and Easter-dav. 
 Bost. 1864. 821B8SS0 
 
 — Soul's tragedv. (In his Blot in the 'scutcheon. 
 C1887. 822B88B.) 
 
 — Same. In Same. 1904. 822B88BC.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. n. d. 822B88BL.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Dramas. 1886. 822B88.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Dramatic lyrics. 1887. 821B88D.) 
 
 — Same. (In his Poetical works. 1868. v. 5. 821- 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 — Same. (In Same. 1894- 1903. v. 2. 821B88P09.) 
 
 — Stories from Robert Browning, by F. M. Holland; 
 with an introduction by Mrs. Sutherland Orr. 
 Lond. 1882. 82iB88St 
 
 Contents: Strafford; Sordello; Luria; The .\dventures of 
 l?aIaustion; A Hlot in the 'scutcheon; The King and the book; 
 Pippa passes; The Return of the Druses; Colombo's birthday. 
 
 — Strafford; a tragedy; with notes and preface by 
 E. H. Hickey and an introduction by S. R. Gardi- 
 ner. Lond. 1903. 822B88S 
 
 A prose life of Strafford was planned by Tohn Forster, the 
 biographer of Dickens, and was published uncfer his name. As 
 Forster was in ill-health he appealed to his new friend, Brown- 
 in(j, for help, which was given. There is a difference of 
 opinion as to the extent of this assistance. Statements on this 
 point will be found in C.rifTin, Life of Browning, p. 18, and in 
 Kliss Mickey's article. Browning biography, in The Nineteenth 
 Century and After, 68: 1060 (reprinted in Littcll's Lking Age, 
 
 268: .201). 
 
 — Strafford. (In his Dramatis persona?. 1886. 
 82iB88Dp.) 
 
 18 
 
Same. 
 
 (In 
 
 ■ Same. 
 
 (In 
 
 dramas. 
 
 n. d 
 
 • Same. 
 
 B88Pw.) 
 
 (In 
 
 • Same. 
 
 (In 
 
 — Same. 
 
 (In 
 
 Two poets 
 
 JEschylus]. 
 
 Same. 
 
 (In 
 
 Same. (In 
 
 821B88AL.) 
 
 Same. 
 
 (In 
 
 Same. 
 
 (In 
 
 his Pauline. 1887. 82iB88Pa.) 
 
 his Pippa passes and other poetic 
 . 822B88P.) 
 his Poetical works, 1868. v. i. 821- 
 
 Same. 1894-1903. v. i. 821B88P09.) 
 his Sordello. 1864. 821B88S0.) 
 
 of Croisic. (In his Agamemnon [of 
 1882. 82iB88Am.) 
 Same. 1886. 82iB88Ag.) 
 
 his Agamemnon of ^schylus. 1887. 
 
 Same. 1899. 821B88AS.) 
 Same. 1895. 82iB88Aa.) 
 
 19 
 
III. BIOGRAPHY, CRITICISM, ETC. 
 
 A. Books and Parts of Books. 
 
 The only authorized biography of Robert Brown- 
 ing and the principal source of information as to his 
 personal career is the Life and letters published by 
 Mrs. Sutherland Orr, who had exceptional opportuni- 
 ties for obtaining material through her long friendship 
 with the poet. Valuable biographical material is in- 
 cluded in the Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 
 1897, and the Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth 
 Barrett Barrett, 1845-46, published in 1899. The latest 
 complete life of Browning is that of the late Professor 
 VV. Hall Griffin (finished by H. C. Minchin). Pro- 
 fessor Griffin qualified himself by many years of study 
 and collection of materials and had access to some 
 material not available to Mrs. Orr. Another recent 
 account of the poet's life is included in Lilian Whiting's 
 The Brownings. An authoritative brief biography is 
 contributed by Edmund Gosse to the Dictionary of 
 national biography, supplement, v. i, p. 3o6fT. (See also 
 Mr. Gosse's Robert Browning; personalia, listed 
 below.) 
 
 Abbott, Mary W. Browning and Meredith; some 
 points of similarity. 1904. 820.1A13 
 
 Affirms that in their faults, as in their virtues, they are much 
 alike and points out in what ways they resemble each other as 
 men and writers. 
 
 Alexander, W. J. Introduction to the poetry of Robert 
 Browning. I902[ci889]. 821.7B88A 
 
 Consists largely of extracts, accompanied by careful analyses 
 and a copious critical commentary. Amonf? the topics treated 
 are Browning's general characteristics. j)l»iIosophy, tlieory of 
 art, and development. 
 
 Austin, Alfred. Mr. Browning. (In his Poetry of the 
 period. 1870. 821.7A93.) 
 
 In this early critique, the present poet-laureate argues that 
 
 Browning is "not specifically a poet, but specifically something 
 
 (juite different" — "a deep thinker, a profound philosopher, a 
 keen analyser and a biting wit." 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
Bagehot, WaUer. Wordsworth, Tennyson and Brown- 
 ing; or, Pure, ornate and grotesque art in English 
 poetry. (In his Literary studies. 3 v. 1898. v. 2. 
 824B14L; and in other editions of his works.) 
 
 Reprinted from the National Rcz'iew, Nov. 1864. "Of this 
 art [grotesque art! we possess in the present generation one 
 prolific master. Mr. Browning is an artist working by incon- 
 gruity." Some of Bagehot's opinions are adverse. 
 
 Berdoe, Edward. Browning and the Christian faith. 
 1896. 821.7B88BC 
 
 "The evidences of Christianity from Browning's point of 
 view." The author, who had abandoned belief in the Christian 
 religion and become an agnostic, tells how he found his way 
 back to his former faith by reading Browning's works. 
 
 Browning cyclopaedia. 1892. R82i.7B88Bn 
 
 "A guide to the study of the works of Robert Browning; 
 with copious explanatory notes and references on all difficult 
 
 f>assages." In the case of every poem, an exposition of its 
 eading ideas, its key-note, its sources, and a glossary of every 
 difficult word or allusion are given. 
 
 Browning's message to his time, his religion, phil- 
 osophy and science. 1890. 821.7B88B0. Ed. 2. 
 1891. 821.7B88B 
 
 An attempt to set forth some of the broader principles of 
 Browning's teaching for educated people who require some kind 
 of introduction before undertaking the study of the poet. 
 
 , ed. Browning studies, being select papers by 
 
 members of the Browning society. 1895. 
 
 82i.7B88Bb 
 
 The editor contributes an introduction in which he tells about 
 the Browning Society of London, its membership, period of 
 existence (1881-1893), its achievements, and the like. The 
 papers are selected from the Browning Society's publications. 
 
 Birrell, Augustine. On the alleged obscurity of Mr. 
 Browning's poetry. (In his Obiter dicta: first 
 series. 1895. P- 55- 824B61.) 
 
 Most of his poems are intelligible, but thev are difficult read- 
 ing. If we are moved by his matter, to cnarge him with ob- 
 scurity is both folly and ingratitude. 
 
 Robert Browning; an address delivered at the 
 
 Browning hall settlement, Walworth, 1897. (In his 
 Essays and addresses. 1901. p. 182. 824B61E.) 
 
 Speaks especially of Browning as a religious poet. 
 
y^ 
 
 Bolton, Mrs. S. K. Robert Browning. (In her Famous 
 English authors of the 19th century. [C1890]. 
 p. 390. j92oB69Fn.) 
 
 A brief account of his life and works, u?eful for the general 
 reader. 
 
 Boston Browning society. Papers, selected to repre- 
 sent the work of the society from 1886-1897. 1900- 
 C1897. 82i.7B88Pa 
 
 There arc papers by T. W. Iligginson, Josiah Royce, Percy 
 S. Grant, C. G. Ames, G. VV. Cooke. W. J. Rolfe, Helen A. 
 Clarke, Charlotte Porter, J. W. Chadwick, F. B. Ilornbrooke, 
 P. S. Moxom, \'ida D. Scudder, and others. 
 
 Brooke, Rev. Stopford A. Poetry of Robert Browning. 
 [C1902.] 821.7B88BR 
 
 An analytical and critical study. Some of the topics treated 
 are Browning and Tennyson, Browning's treatment of nature, 
 his theory of human life, the poet of art, womanhood in Brown- 
 ing, Browning and Sordello, the dramas, the poems of the 
 passions, imaginative representations, the Ring and the Book, etc. 
 
 Buchanan, R. W. Browning's masterpiece. (In his 
 Master-spirits. 1873. P- 89. 824B918M.) 
 
 An analysis and criticism of the Ring and the Book. "Every- 
 thing Browningish is found here." 
 
 Burton, Richard. Renaissance pictures in Browning's 
 poetry. (In his Literary likings. [C1898-1903.] p. 
 150. 804B97L.) 
 
 A paper read before the Boston Browning Society, October 
 26, 1897. Browning has given a superb gallery of I^enaissance 
 historic pictures, re-creatmg with dynamic force and virile 
 imagination past beliefs and feelings, people and actions. 
 
 Carpenter, W. Boyd. Browning. (In his Religious 
 spirit in the poets. 1901. Chap. xi. (p. 202) and 
 Chap. xii. (p. 224). 824C29.) 
 
 Browning is the poet of simple human life, its anguish, its 
 search, its doubt, its despair, its triumph. In spite of all 
 perplexing questions there is such a thing as springtime and 
 God is over all, is Browning's invigorating message to the men 
 of his generation. 
 
 Gary, E. L. Browning, poet and man; a survey. 1899. 
 
 BBSSsCa 
 
 A "looking over" of the ground covered by his life and 
 poetry and of "the place the two seem to have occupied in the 
 generation to which he belonged." There are quotations from 
 contemporary opinions and from French criticism, a chapter 
 on Browning societies, etc. 
 
 22 
 
Chapman, E. M. Great twin brethren: Tennyson and 
 Browning, (in his English literature in account 
 with religion. 1910. p. 349. 820C46.) 
 
 The purpose is to appraise the value of religion to them 
 as poets. 
 
 Chapman, John Jay. Robert Browning. (In his Emer- 
 son and other essays. 1898. p. 185. 814C46.) 
 
 A critical essay treaung Browning "as a theologian and a 
 doctor of philosophy." Criticises him adversely as to his verse 
 and grammar. 
 
 Cheney, John Vance. What about Browning. (In his 
 Golden guess; essays on poetry and the poets. 1892. 
 Chap. V. 821.7C51.) 
 
 It is the author's belief that there are fixed laws of poetic 
 utterance, which Browning disregards, and he thinks that 
 Browning is not a great poet, but a great teacher and philoso- 
 pher, 
 
 Chesterton, G. K. Robert Browning. 1903. BB885C 
 
 A volume in the English Men of Letters series, giving an 
 outline of his life and an estimate of his works. Chapters 
 VI, VII, and VIII deal with Browning as a literary artist, the 
 Ring and the Book, and the Philosophy of Browning, respect- 
 ively. 
 
 Chicago (111.) Browning society. Robert Browning's 
 poetry; outline studies. 1886. 82i.7B88Ch 
 
 This volume was prepared with the hope of its being helpful 
 in the study of the poet. The chief thing in it is a "classifica- 
 tion of the entire writings of Robert Browning," designed to 
 indicate to clubs and classes the order in which the poems 
 shall be studied. Short programs are given. 
 
 Church, Rev. R. W. Sordello. (In his Dante and other 
 essays. 1901. p. 221. 851.C56D.) 
 
 An analysis and exposition of Browning's poem, in which its 
 teaching is indicated. 
 
 Clark, J. Scott. Browning, 1812-1889. (In his Study of 
 English and American poets. 1900. p. 658. 821.7- 
 C59.) 
 
 Gives a biographical outline, a bibliography of books and 
 articles on Browning's style, and, chiefly, an enumeration of 
 the particular and distinctive features of his style, with extracts 
 from various critical writings and illustrative examples from bis 
 works under each head. 
 
 23 
 
Clarke, Helen A. Browning's England. 1908. 
 
 82i.7B88Cla 
 
 "A study of English influences in B'Owning," in which is 
 traced Browning's use of the materia' which came to hiin 
 through being an Englishman, through his English education, 
 etc., as exhibited in certain poems. 
 
 Browning's Italy. 1907. 821.7B88CL 
 
 "A study of Italian life and art ii Browning." Similar t<'' 
 the preceding. 
 
 Cochrane, Robert, ed. Robert Browning. (In his Great 
 thinkers and workers. [1891 ] 920C66G.) 
 
 A brief biography, somewhat anecdotal, accompanied with 
 comment on his position as a poet. 
 
 Cooke, Bancroft. Introduction to Robert Browning, 
 n. d. 82i.7B88Ck 
 
 "A criticism of the purpose and method of his earlier works." 
 Confined almost entireW to a selection from the six volumes 
 which comprise his collected poems published in 1868. 
 
 Cooke, George Willis. Browning. (In his Poets and 
 problems. 1901C1886. Pt. iv, p. 269. 821.7C77.) 
 
 Contents include: Biographical sketch. Browning's relation to 
 his wife. Browning's theory of art. Characteristics of Brown- 
 ing's poetry. Browning's dramatic poetry. Browning as a 
 thinker, and Browning's religious teachings. 
 
 Guide book to the poetic and dramatic works of 
 
 Robert Browning. 1894. 821.7B88C 
 
 An effort to supply in part the want of an annotated edition. 
 There are introductions to the various pieces and notes defining 
 words and explaining allusions. 
 
 Corson, Hiram. Introduction to the study of Robert 
 Browning's poetry. i899[c86]. 821.7B88C0 
 
 Designed to afford some aid and guidance in the study of the 
 poetry. There is a chapter on Browning's "obscurity," in which 
 arc explained the peculiarities of the poet's diction, one on 
 Browning's verse, and one giving arguments of poems, and a 
 selection of poems is included. 
 
 Curry, S. S. Browning and the dramatic monologue; 
 nature and interpretation of an overlooked form of 
 literature. C1908. 821.7B88CU 
 
 A discussion of the dramatic monologue as exemplified by 
 Browning, its nature, the influence it has exerted upon modern 
 poetry, the manner of rendering it, etc., by a professional 
 elocutionist. 
 
 :^4 
 
 ■3 
 
 J 
 
Curtis, George William. Robert Browning in Florence. . 
 (In his From the Easy chair. 1893-94. p. 197- 
 814C97.) 
 
 A brief piece telling of intercourse with the Brownings at 
 Florence and of going to Vallambrosa with them. 
 
 Dawson, W. J. Robert Browning... (In his Literary 
 leaders of modern England. 1902. p. 143. 804- 
 D27L.) 
 
 Four chapters from his Makers of modern [or English] 
 poetry or Makers of modern English. 
 
 Robert Browning (In his Makers of English 
 
 poetry. 1902 & C1906. 821D27. In his Makers of 
 modern English. 1890. 821D27M. Makers of Eng- 
 lish poetry is also published as Makers of modern 
 poetry.) 
 
 Six chapters: Robert Browning; Browning's philosophy of 
 life; The Spirit of Browning's religion; Browning's attitude to 
 Christianity; Browning's significance in literature; Robert Brown- 
 ing — concluding survey. 
 
 Defries, Esther Phoebe. Browning primer. 1905. 
 
 82i.7B88Df 
 
 "A companion to the pocket volume of selections." Contents: 
 Introduction by Dr. Furnivall; Preface; The Life of Browning; 
 Characteristics' of Browning's poetry; The Poems; Chronological 
 table. 
 
 Devey, J. Browning. (In his Comparative estimate of 
 modern English poets. 1873. p. zy^. 821.7D49.) 
 
 An unfavorable estimate of his art and works. "The quali- 
 ties in which he excels are not those which belong to the highest 
 rank of poetry." 
 
 Dowden, Edward. Mr. Browning's "Sordello." (In his 
 Transcripts and studies. 1896. p. 474- 820.1D74.) 
 
 Gives a prose rendering of the poem, and indicates the place 
 of the poem among his poems and its purport as a whole. 
 
 Mr. Tennyson and Mr. Browning. (In Afternoon 
 
 lectures on English literature [and art]. 5 v. 1863- 
 69. V. 5, p. 139- 824A25.) 
 An earlier form of the next. 
 
Dowden, Edward. Mr. Tennyson and Mr. Browning. 
 (In his Studies in literature. 1902. p. 191. 804D74.) 
 
 A comparative study, in which are taken up "the four or five 
 elementary themes of all poetry — God, nature, genius, art. love, 
 human life — " and how the two poets treateof them. In the 
 same author's Transcendental movement and literature, p. 80 ff. 
 Browning's place in recent literature is discussed. 
 
 Robert Browning. 1904. BB885D 
 
 Tries to furnish such a biography of Browning's mind, asso- 
 ciating his poems with their date and origin, as may throw 
 some light on his inward development. 
 
 Duff, David. Exposition of Browning's 'Sordello'; with 
 historical and other notes. 1906. 821.7B88D. 
 
 Gives the story in the form of a complete paraphrase or 
 retelling in prose of the poem. 
 
 Farrar, F. W., D.D. Robert Browning. (In his Men 
 I have known. C1897. 920F24.) 
 
 Gives some recollections and anecdotes of the poet, with 
 whom he held familiar intercourse. 
 
 Fawcett, Edgar. (The) Browning craze. (In his Ag- 
 nosticism and other essays. C1889. p. 106. 814F27.) 
 
 Pours contempt upon the Browningitcs and severely con- 
 demns Browning for his lack of art. 
 
 Flew, Josiah. Studies in Browning, [pref. 1904]. 821.7- 
 B88F. 
 
 The object has been to introduce Browning to those to wlioni 
 he is little more than a name and to give them samples of the 
 intellectual wealth which that name represents. Deals especially 
 with the religious aspects of his poetry. 
 
 Forman, H. Buxton. Robert Browning. (In his Our 
 living poets; an essay in criticism. 1871. p. 103. 
 821.7F72.) 
 
 A very favorable critique, mainly devoted to an analysis and 
 estimate of the Ring and the Book. 
 
 Forster, Joseph. Robert Browning. (In his Four great 
 teachers. 1890. p. 103. 920F733.) 
 
 Consists of a brief biographical sketch and a selection from 
 his shorter poems, the latter preceded by the conclusion of a 
 speech made by Lowell at a Browning Society meeting. 
 
 26 
 
Fotheringham, James. Studies of the mind and art of 
 Robert Browning. 1900. 821.7B88F0 
 
 Originally published under the title Studies in the poetry of 
 Robert Browning. This fourth edition is revised and enlarged. 
 The chapters are "critical and expository, literary and ethical." 
 
 Friswell, J. Hain. Robert Browning. (In his Modern 
 men of letters honestly criticised. 1870. p. 119. 
 820.1F91.) 
 
 "Browning is a much deeper, more manly, and more subtle 
 thinker than Tennyson." Finds some fault with Browning's 
 diction. 
 
 Genung, J. F. Idylls and the ages; a valuation of Ten- 
 nyson's Idylls of the king, elucidated in part by com- 
 parisons between Tennyson and Browning. 1907. 
 
 821.7G34 
 
 The comparisons are to be found in the first two sections. 
 
 Gingerich, S. F. Wordsworth, Tennyson and Brown- 
 ing; a study in human freedom. 191 1. 123G49 
 
 Inquires into the poets' views of the freedom of the will and 
 how the effect of their theories entered into the making of their 
 poetry. Chap. IX. Browning and his times; chap. X. Browning: 
 passion and will; chap. XI. Browning: freedom and transcen- 
 dentalism; chap. XII. Browning: art and liberalism. 
 
 Gosse, Edmund. Robert Browning; personalia. 1895. 
 
 BB885G 
 
 Appeared originally in the Century Magazine for December, 
 1881. Deals with the early career (1812-1846) of Browning and 
 is recast from notes of his conversation taken down at his request. 
 Added are "some slight recollections of the personal character- 
 istics" of the poet, contributed to the New Reviezv for January, 
 1890. Mr. Gosse contributed the life of Browning in the Dic- 
 tionary of national biography, supplement, v. i. 
 
 Gould, E. P. Brownings and America. 1904. BB885G0 
 
 Gives information relating to the reception of their works in 
 America, their American friends and their associations with 
 America, their attitude toward the Civil War, and other ways 
 in which their life and work touched America. 
 
 Gould, George M. (The) Origin of the ill-health of... 
 Browning. (In his Biographical clinics. 6 v. 1903- 
 07. V. I. 920G696.) 
 
 Browning suffered from headache and vertigo from about 
 1845, which were due, according to Dr. Gould, to astigmatism. 
 Browning never suspected the cause of his suffering. 
 
 27 
 
Griffin, W. Hall. Life of Robert Browning; with notices 
 of his writings, his family and his friends. 1910. 
 
 BB885Gm 
 
 This work, which was more than half written when Professor 
 Griffin died, was completed and edited by Harry C. Minchin. It 
 is based on prolonged study and gathering of material. No 
 systematic interpretation or detailed criticism of the poems was 
 contemplated by Professor Griffin, but everything that could be 
 discovered as to their origins, their growth, and their reception 
 by the public was to be included. In the preface is a list of 
 works consulted in the preparation of tnis life, which is 
 valuable for its indications of Browning material in books not 
 directly concerned with him. 
 
 Griggs, E. H. Poetry and philosophy of Browning. 
 C1905. 821.7B88G 
 
 A handbook of eight lectures, aiming to furnish an intro- 
 duction to Browning's poetry and philosophy through the careful 
 study of a few typical and especially lofty expressions of his 
 genius. In each case a lecture outline, topics for study and 
 discussion and a list of poems and books for reading are given. 
 
 Griswold, Mrs. Hattie (Tyng). Robert and Elizabeth 
 Browning. (In her Home life of great authors. 
 1897086. 920G871.) 
 
 A sketch of the mutual love of the poets as revealed in their 
 poems, of their happy married life, with information as to their 
 son and some observations on their work and personality and 
 their life in Italy. 
 
 Gunsaulus, Rev. F. W. Robert Browning. (In his 
 Higher ministries of recent English poetry. C1907. 
 p. 178. 821.7097.) 
 
 A study of Browning's interpretation and proclamation of 
 Christianity. 
 
 Haweis, Rev. H. R. Robert Browning, New Year's eve. 
 (In his Poets in the pulpit. 1880. p. 117. 821.7H38.) 
 
 A study in Browning "for the purposes of edification and 
 devout thought," dealing mainlv with the first part of the poem 
 "Christmas-eve and Easterday.^' 
 
 Hcrford, C H. Robert Browning. 1905. BB885H 
 
 Divided into two parts: I. Browning's life and work, in 
 
 which is sifted out the really salient and relevant material; 
 
 II. Browning's mind and art, which is devoted to an interpre- 
 tation. 
 
 Hill, Julian. Robert Browning. (In his Great English 
 poets. 1908. p. 293- 9^011646.) 
 A brief biographical sketch, with little criticism. 
 
Hillis, Newell Dwight, D.D. (A) Study of Browning's 
 "Saul" — The Tragedy of the ten-talent men and their 
 recovery. (In his Great books as life-teachers. 1900. 
 p. 181. 170H65G.) 
 
 Tells 'of ten-talent men who made shipwreck and explains 
 how Browning meditates on the soul's recovery in his "Saul." 
 
 Hinchman, W. S. and Gummere, F. B. Robert Brown- 
 ing. (In their Lives of great English writers from 
 Chaucer to Browning. 1908. p. 524. 920H65.) 
 
 Gives a brief outline of Browning's life and literary career, 
 as 3 preparation for reading him. By Professor Hinchman. 
 
 Holland, F. M. Stories from Robert Browning. 1882. 
 
 82iB88St 
 
 Reproduces, as much in Browning's own words as possible, 
 the stories of six dramas (Strafford, Luria, A Blot in the 
 'scutcheon, Pippa passes. The Return of the Druses, Colombe's 
 birthday) and three narrative poems (Sordello, The Adventures 
 of Balaustion, The Ring and the book). 
 
 Hornbrooke, F. B., D.D. (The) Ring and the book, by 
 Robert Browning; an interpretation. 1909. 
 
 821.7B88H0 
 
 A posthumous work of a Unitarian clergyman, the fourth 
 
 president of the Boston Browning Society, who had read the 
 
 poem through at least thirty times. An analysis of the poem 
 
 and of each part is given, with interpretation of its spirit and 
 lessons. 
 
 Hubbard, Elbert. Robert Browning. (In his Little 
 journeys to the homes of English authors. 1903. 
 p. 35. 920H87E.) 
 
 A brief biographical sketch. 
 
 Hutton, John A. Guidance from Robert Browning in 
 matters of faith. 1903. 821.7B88H 
 
 Originally four lectures given to a class on Sunday evenings, 
 designed "to urge his message as offering in these days of 
 ours a basis and motive for faith and hope and love." I. The 
 Case for belief; II. The Soul's leap to God; III. The Mystery 
 of evil; I\'. The Incarnation. 
 
 Hutton, R. H. Mr. Browning. (In his Essays, theo- 
 logical and literary. 2 v. 1877. v. 2. 824H98E.) 
 Same. (In his Literary essays. 1900. 824H98L.) 
 
 A critical study, pointing out Browning's deficiencies in the 
 medium of expression, but affirming that his intellectual and 
 spiritual strength, etc., will slowly win for him a great, a 
 growing, and an enduring fame. 
 
 29 
 
Hutton, R. H. Robert Browning. (In Masson, David, 
 and others. In the footsteps of the poets. 1893. 
 920M41I.) 
 
 A brief critical estimate. 
 
 Inge, W. R. Mysticism of Robert Browning. (In his 
 Studies of English mystics. 1906. p. 207. 242I45S.) 
 
 "There was a mystical element in his genius and his teaching, 
 and that element constitutes a very valuable part of his mes- 
 sage." A Lenten lecture. 
 
 Jacobs, Joseph. Browning. (In his Literary studies. 
 1895. P- 97. 820.1J17.) 
 
 A favorable estimate written just after the poet's death. 
 
 Same. (In his George Eliot, Matthew Arnold, 
 
 Browning, Newman. 1891. 820.1J17G.) 
 
 Browning's theology. (In his Jewish ideals. 1896. 
 
 p. 84. 296J17.) 
 
 A few words on Browning's theology from the Jewish point 
 of view, pointing out his relation to Judaism. 
 
 James, Henry, Jr. Browning in Westminster abbey. 
 (In his Essays in London and elsewhere. 1893. p. 22. 
 814J27.) 
 
 Written in 1890 just after the poet's funeral in the abbey. 
 Browning "a poet without a lyre.' 
 
 On a drama of Robert Browning. (In his Views 
 
 and reviews. 1908. 820.1J27.) 
 
 An unfavorable review of "The Inn Album," originally pub- 
 lished in The Nation, January 20, 1876. 
 
 Jones, Henry. Browning as a philosophical and relig- 
 ious teacher. 1891 & 1896. 821.7B88 
 
 The author, who is professor of moral philosophy in the 
 University of Glasgow, had as his purpose to give a con- 
 nected account of browning's ideas, especially of his ideas 
 on religion and morality, and to estimate their value. 
 
 Immortality of the soul, in the poems of Tenny- 
 son and Browning. 1907. 8JI.7J77 
 
 A lecture delivered in 1905 ht-forc the British and Foreign 
 Unitarian Association, in which the lecturer dwells upon tlic 
 broad features of the poets* belief with tlie view of discovering 
 the basis on which tliey made it to rest, etc. 
 
 30 
 
Kenyon, F. G. ed. Robert Browning and Alfred Domett 
 [letters]. 1906. BB885K 
 
 Consists of letters, relating mostly to the years 1840-46, 
 written to Domett ("Waring' ), who was for thirty years a 
 colonial official in New Zealand, by Browning and another early 
 friend of both, Joseph Arnould, Judge of the Supreme Court 
 of Bombay. Included is one letter of Miss Browning to 
 Domett. The letters throw some light on the character of the 
 poet. 
 
 Ker, W. p. Browning. (In Bradley, A. C. comp. Es- 
 says and studies. 1910. p. 70. 824B81.) 
 
 A lecture given at Queen's College, London, ]\Iarch 2, 1910. 
 The author saw but never met Browning and thinks of him 
 as he strikes a contemporary. Gives some critical observations 
 on the character of his poetry and compares this thought and 
 method with Wordsworth, and his music with Tennyson. 
 
 Kingsland, William G. Robert Browning, chief poet 
 of the age. 1887. 821.7B88K 
 
 An essay addressed primarily to beginners in the study of 
 Browning's poems and treating of him as "first and foremost 
 a poet." 
 
 Knight, William. Robert Browning. (In his Retro- 
 spects. 1904. p. 69. 920K71R.) 
 
 Personal recollections of meetings with Browning and a few 
 letters. 
 
 Laughlin, Clara E. (The) Brownings — the most ideal 
 of love stories. (In her Stories of authors' loves. 
 2 V, 1902. V. 2, 920L374.) 
 
 A brief account of their courtship, marriage, wedded life, 
 with pertinent quotations from their poems. 
 
 Leake, ]Mrs. Percy. Ethics of Browning's poems. 1901. 
 
 821.7B88L 
 
 "Traces... the large, the permanent, the uplifting thoughts 
 about the work and destiny of man with which it has been 
 the privilege of Robert Browning's genius to enrich his time" 
 (From the introduction by the Bishop of Winchester, the present 
 Archbishop of Canterbury). 
 
 Leavens, Pauline. Browning. 1910. 82i.7B88Le 
 
 "Biographical notes, appreciations, and selections from his 
 'Fifty men and women',' 
 
Le Gallienne, Richard. Robert Browning and Eliza- 
 beth Barrett. (In his Loves of the poets. 191 1. p. i. 
 920L49L.) 
 
 An account of the origin, development, and strength of their 
 love drawn mainly from their letters and poems. 
 
 Little, Marion. Essays on Robert Browning. 1899. 
 
 82i.7B88Li 
 
 Contents: Browning's public; Paracelsus; Caponsacchi; Two 
 poems on painters and their art; Andrea del Sarto; Christmas 
 eve. 
 
 Lockwood, Frank C. Robert Browning. C1906. 
 
 821.7B88L0 
 
 The author's desire is to present to serious readers a con- 
 nected account of things funaamental that lie deeply bedded in 
 Browning's life and poetry. 
 
 London. Browning society. Papers, [v. i]-3. 1881- 
 91. 82i.;BS8Ln 
 
 The society was founded by the late Dr. Frederick J. Turni- 
 vall and was given up in 1893. The napers deal with various 
 aspects of Browning's mind and art. Included in them is Dt. 
 Furnivall's Bibliography. A list of the papers is given in 
 Wise's Materials for a bibliograiihy of the writings in prose and 
 verse of Robert Browning, part viii (See section I of this List). 
 Dr. Berdoc edited a selection of the papers, which was pub- 
 lished in 1895 (See his Browning studies listed ante). 
 
 Lounsbury, T. R. Early literary career of Robert 
 Browning. 191 1. 821.7B88LU 
 
 Four lectures dealing witli Browning's earlier productions 
 (1833-46), with the effect of these on his contemporaries, and 
 with the causes of his early popularity, the subsequent neglect 
 of him, and the revival of his reputation. Considerable criticism 
 of his work and clear statements of the facts bearing upon a 
 number of disputed points are included. 
 
 Mabie, Hamilton W. Robert Browning. (In his Es- 
 says in literary interpretation. 1899. p. 99. 814- 
 MiiLi.) 
 
 "The endeavor has been to lay bare Browning's characteristic 
 quality as a thinker and as an artist, to make clear his dis- 
 tinctive and peculiar message and work." 
 
 MacDonald, Cora Martin. Study of Browning's Saul. 
 1902. 821.7B8SMC 
 
 Prints the poem and gives a sort of analysis and commentary, 
 with some suggestions tor study. 
 
 32 
 
MacDonald, George. Browning's "Christmas eve." (In 
 his Imagination and other essays, n. d. 824M13.) 
 
 Same. (In his Orts. 1882. 824M13O.) 
 
 A description or analysis of the poem, with comments on it 
 and indications of its teachings. 
 
 Machen, Mrs. Minnie (Gresham). Bible in Browning, 
 with particular reference to The Ring and the book. 
 1903. 821.7B88MA 
 
 Part I deals with the general subject of Browning's familiarity 
 with and use of the phrases and words of the Bible : part II. 
 is devoted to "Scriptural quotations and allusions in 'The Ring 
 and the Book'." 
 
 Marzials, Frank T. Browning. 1905. BB885M 
 
 A little book giving the main events of the poet's life and 
 introductory notes to and some criticism of his poems. 
 
 Mather, J. Marshall. Browning, the optimist. (In his 
 Popular studies of nineteenth century poets. 1892. 
 821.7M42.) 
 
 Browning's optimism is affirmed to be due to his belief in a 
 God, who is love, and in the soul. How it is exhibited in dif- 
 ferent poems and different characters is pointed out. 
 
 Mellone. Rev. S. H. Robert Browning. (In his 
 Leaders of religious thought in the nineteenth cen- 
 tury. 1902. 211M52.) 
 
 Gives his idea of what is Browning's contribution to the 
 great central problem of religious thought — the source and mean- 
 ing of belief in the divine being — , of what is the great lesson 
 of Browning's poetry, of what is Browning's view of the 
 t problem of evil, etc. 
 
 Molineux, Marie Ada, ed. Phrase book from the poetic 
 H and dramatic works of Robert Browning. 1896. 
 
 The phrases are given under catch words and the references 
 are to the Riverside and Cambridge editions (Houghton, Mifflin 
 & Co.) of Browning's works. An index is added containing the 
 significant words not elsewhere noted. The design of the work 
 is to fill all the important needs of the student and writer, a 
 concordance which was contemplated being considered to be too 
 bulky and elaborate. 
 
 33 
 
More, Paul Elmer. Wh}' is Browning popular? (In 
 his Shelburne essays; scries 3. 1905. 820.1M83S.) 
 
 Gives various elements in his popularity. "The secret of liis 
 more esoteric fame is just this, that he dresses a worldly and 
 easy philosophy in the forms of spiritual faith and so deceives 
 the troubled seekers after the higher life." He has produced 
 "a body of writing which is neither quite prose nor quite 
 poetry. 
 
 Morley, John. On the Ring and the book. (In his 
 Studies in literature. 1901 [C1890-1901]. 804M86.) 
 
 A favorable review. "It is certain that bv whatever other 
 deficiencies it may be marked The Ring and the Book is blame- 
 less for the most characteristic of all the shortcomings of con- 
 temporary verse, a grievous sterility of thought." 
 
 Naish, Ethel M. Browning and dogma. 1906. 
 
 82i.7B88Na 
 
 "Seven lectures on Browning's attitude towards dogmatic re- 
 ligion," given in Birmingham, England. I. Introductory, and 
 Caliban upon Setebos. II. Cleon. III. Bishop Blougram's 
 apology. IV, \' & \'I. Christmas eve and Kaster day. \'II. 
 La Saisiaz. 
 
 Nettleship, John T. Essays on Robert Browning's 
 poetry. 1868. 821.7B8SX 
 
 .Sie next. 
 
 Robert Browning; essays and thoughts. 1901. 
 
 82i.7B88Ne 
 
 Includes the Essays published in 1868 and additional essays. 
 Not criticism in the usual sense of the word; not a discussion 
 of the poems in their historical aspect, but an examination, more 
 or less analytical in method, of the working of the impulses 
 of the men and women portrayed in a few of his more powerful 
 productions, is the author's purpose. 
 
 Old yellow book. 1908. R343O44 
 
 .\ con;i)lete photo-reproduction of the source of Browning's 
 The King and the Book, with translations, an essay on the re- 
 lation of book and poem, and notes bv Charles W. Ilodell, 
 published by the Carnegie Institution. The original is in the 
 Library of Balliol College, 0.\ford. Four jilates are included. 
 
 Old yellow book. [191L] 343O44Y 
 
 :\ viilumc in Everyman's Library, reproducing the translations 
 made by Professor Hodell and provided with an introduction 
 and notes by him. 
 
 34 
 
Orr, j\Irs. Sutherland. Handbook to the works of 
 Robert Browning. Ed. 6. 1899. 821.7B88O 
 
 "A kind of descriptive index, based partly on the historical 
 order and partly on the natural classification of the various 
 poems." A chapter on General characteristics precedes the part 
 devoted to outlines and explanations of the poems. 
 
 Life and letters of Robert Browning. 2 v. 1891. 
 
 BB885O 
 
 Same. n. d. BB8850r 
 
 Same; edited by F. G. Kenyon. New and revised 
 
 edition. 1908. BB8850k 
 
 See introductory paragraph to this section. 
 
 Parrott, T. M. Vitality of Browning. (In his Studies 
 of a booklover. i904[c'oi-'o4]. p. 262. 820.1P26.) 
 
 Gives an outline of his life and poetical career and gives 
 reasons for his assured vitality. 
 
 Pater, Walter. Browning. (In his Essays from "The 
 Guardian." 1901. p. 39. 824P29E.) 
 
 A favorable estimate of Browning, mainly a review of Sy- 
 mons's Introduction to the Study of Browning, the purpose and 
 the opinions of which are commended. 
 
 Payne, W. M. Robert Browning. (In his Greater 
 English poets of the nineteenth century. 1907. 
 p. 192. 821.7P34.) 
 
 The author's main object in his exposition of the poets in- 
 cluded in these lectures is "to examine their poetry with re- 
 spect to its intellectual content, to set forth their ideas upon 
 religious and philosophical subjects, and to discuss their atti- 
 tude toward the political and social conditions of their time." 
 
 Pearson, C. W. Elements of value in Browning. (In 
 his Literary and biographical essays; a volume of 
 papers by the way. 1908. p. 151. 814P361.) 
 
 An attempt "to exhibit some of the elements of value in 
 Browning rather than his faults." 
 
 Porter, Charlotte and Clarke, Helen A. Browning 
 study programmes. [C19GO.]. 821.7B88PC 
 
 Lays out programmes in which topics for papers, classwork 
 or private study, hints, queries for discussion, etc., are given. 
 Begins with the slighter and more obvious poems, the general 
 design being the gradual unfolding of the matter the poems 
 contain so as to help readers to help themselves. 
 
 35 
 
Rain, Rev. Thomas. Browning for beginners. 1904. 
 
 821.7B88R 
 
 Aims to present the man and his work in broad outline, 
 answering such questions as: what sort of people did Browning 
 spring from? how was he brought up? what type of mind 
 had he? what class of subjects interested him? how did he 
 feel about religion? 
 
 Revell, William F. Browning's criticism of life. 1892. 
 
 82i.7B88Re 
 
 Author's aim is to lay before his readers some few of the 
 thoughts, hopes, and beliefs presented in Browning's works. I. 
 Human nature and conduct. II. Religious thought. III. 
 Knowledge and love. IV. "Sordello's story told." 
 
 Ritchie, Anne Thackeray. Robert and Elizabeth Bar- 
 rett Browning. (In her Records of Tennyson, 
 Ruskin, Browning. 1892. p. 127. 920R59R.) 
 
 Gives a personal record of impressions and remembrances of 
 Robert Browning (beginning on p. 140), with whom she was 
 intimate, the poet dedicating Red Cotton Nightcap Country to 
 her, and some letters. 
 
 Rogers, Rev. Arthur. Prophecy and poetry; studies in 
 
 Isaiah and Browning. 1909. 204R72 
 
 A comparison of the two men, in which the author endeavors 
 
 to point out where there is a likeness, and then to prove the 
 
 likeness by their words. 
 
 Rose, Henry. "Pippa passes": the optimism of Robert 
 Browning. (In his Maeterlinck's symbolism: The 
 Blue bird, and other essays. 1911. p. 59. 814R79.) 
 
 Considers the religious and ethical teaching of Browning as 
 embodied in two songs of Pippa, "The year's at the spring" and 
 "All service ranks the same with God." 
 
 Saintsbury, George. Browning. (In his Corrected 
 impressions; essays on Victorian writers. i899[c95]. 
 chapters xi & xii. 824S15C.) 
 
 Gives the reasons which have made him "a lover of Browning, 
 who was never a Browningite." Points out his merits and 
 defects. 
 
 Scudder, Vida D. Browning as a humorist. (In her 
 Life of the spirit in the modern English poets. 
 1895. P- 201. 820S43L.) 
 
 Humor, and humor tinged with irony, is the most distinctive, 
 if not the most important, clement in his genius. Browning 
 is master in two great branches of humorous art — the grotesque 
 and the satiric. There are numerous references to IJrownmg 
 in other parts of the book. 
 
Shackford, Rev. C. C. The Pope in "The Ring and 
 the book" [and] Browning's "In a balcony." (In 
 his Social and literary papers. 1892. p. 108 & p. 116. 
 814S52.) 
 
 The first is an analysis or paraphrase of "The Pope" section 
 of the poem; the second is an analysis and critical study of the 
 play. 
 
 Sharp, Amy. Robert Browning. (In her Victorian 
 poets. 1891. 821.7S53.) 
 
 A sort of running commentary on a number of Browning's 
 works, especially the Ring and the Book, Pippa Passes, and 
 Colombe's Birthday, giving in some cases an outline of the 
 story, an interpretation of Browning's ideas, and indications of 
 his qualities. 
 
 Sharp, William. Life of Robert Browning. 1890. 
 
 BB885S 
 
 A narrative of the principal events of his career, in which 
 the poems are analyzed more or less. 
 
 Skelton, Sir John. Robert Browning. (In his Cam- 
 paigner at home. 1865. 828S627C.) 
 
 Reviews the charges that have been most frequently pressed 
 against Mr. Browning and glances at some of the features of 
 his genius. 
 
 Smith, Arnold. Robert Browning. (In his Main ten- 
 dencies of Victorian poetry. 1907. 821.7S462.) 
 
 Critical observations on his poetry. 
 
 Stedman, Edmund Clarence. Robert Browning. (In 
 his Victorian poets. 1901C1875-87. 821.7S812V 
 
 Analyzes his dramatic gift, his method, and the moral of his 
 verse. A critical estimate of various poems and plays is given. 
 By his contempt of beauty or inability to surely express it, 
 Browning fails of that union of art and spiritual power which 
 always characterizes a poet entirely great, 
 
 Stephen, Sir Leslie. The Browning letters. (In his 
 Studies of a biographer. 4 v. 18199. v. 3. 804S82.) 
 
 "The difficulty about the Browning letters is, I think, this: 
 whether, in spite of their own undeniable merits, they will not 
 set a precedent eminently likely to be abused." "Was it 
 really necessary that the whole correspondence should be pub- 
 lished." 
 
 37 
 
Stowell, R. S. Significance of [Browning's] The Ring 
 and the book. 1903. 8217B88S 
 
 "The poem is a grand concrete expression of the all impor- 
 tant truth that the mode of activity of the intellectual man is 
 quickened by the spiritual, absolute man." 
 
 Strong, A. H., D.D. Browning: his poetry and his 
 theology. (In his Great poets and their theology. 
 1899. 808.1S92.) 
 
 "Browning is greatest as a creative genius; less great as an 
 idealizer; least great as a literary artist." lie is the greatest 
 optimist of the century and a pronounced evolutionist. Love is 
 for Browning the highest, richest conception man can form 
 and a guarantee for immortality. The later Browning is a 
 philosopher rather than a poet. 
 
 Stubbs, C. W., D.D. Robert Browning. (In his Christ 
 of English poetry. 1906. 821.7S93.) 
 
 Believes Browning to be "the most representative poet of 
 our own period — the poet of keenest spiritual insight, who 
 shall best interpret for us in the light of modern knowledge the 
 person and the spirit of Jesus Christ." Two points are con- 
 sidered: I. The Christian faith in a good God as it is af- 
 fected by the scientific hypothesis of evolution. II. How does 
 Browning interpret for us the personality of the Christ Him- 
 self in its influence on the spiritual nature of man. 
 
 Symons, Arthur. Introduction to the study of Brown- 
 ing. 1886. 82i.7B88Sm 
 
 Same. New revised and enlarged edition, n. d. 
 
 82i.7B88Sy 
 
 The aim is to give information, more or less detailed, about 
 each of Mr. Browning's works, such and sufficient information 
 as to induce people who have deprived themselves of a stimulat- 
 ing pleasure to read him. 
 
 Thomson, James. Notes on the genius of Robert 
 lirowning [and] "The Ring and the book" [and] 
 Browning's "Pacchiart>tto." (In his Biographical 
 and critical studies. 1896. 801T48.) 
 
 The first paper, which was read before the London Browning 
 Society in i88j is a favorable criticism of various characteristics 
 of Browning and a defense of hini against some animadver- 
 sions; the second is a general criticism of "this one greatest 
 work of our poet"; the third i.s a review of Pacchiarotto and 
 other poems, in which the reviewer dwells briefly on various 
 personal characteristics. 
 
 38 
 
Triggs, O. L, Browning and Whitman, a study in 
 democracy. 1893. 821.7B88T. 
 
 Expansion of a paper read before the London Browning So- 
 ciety in 1892. The purpose of the paper was to point out the 
 essential democracy of Browning. In this work Browning and 
 Whitman are compared as exponents of democratic principles. 
 
 Esoteric tendency in literature: Browning. (In 
 
 his Changing order. 1905. 814T82.) 
 
 Devoted to showing that "Browning displays his esotericism 
 in three ways: in the personalization of his poetry, in the 
 artistic modes of his expression, and in the forms of his 
 philosophy." 
 
 Vaughan, C. E. Browning. (In his Types of tragic 
 drama. 1908. 808.2V36.) 
 
 In Lecture XI, Some types of recent drama: Browning, 
 Maeterlinck, Ibsen, the author, who is a professor of English 
 literature in the University of Leeds, points out the peculiarities 
 in the way the situation is handled and in the presentation of 
 character which characterize Browning's dramas. 
 
 Walker, Hugh. Browning. (In his Greater Victorian 
 poets. 1895. 821.7W17.) 
 
 A critical estimate of his works and a study of the relation 
 of the poet to the spirit and thought of the time. Chapter III, 
 Browning: 1833 to 1846, p. 35; Chapter V^, Browning's inter- 
 mediate period, 1850-1869, p. 91; Tennyson and Browning: the 
 closing period, p. 150. 
 
 Wall, Annie. Sordello's story retold in prose. 1886. 
 
 82i.7B88Wa 
 
 The story of the poem is preceded by an historical introduc- 
 tion giving knowledge of the political and social conditions of 
 Italy at that period and information about the chief persons of 
 the poem and is followed by a brief study of the character of 
 Sordello. 
 
 Westcott, B. F. On some points in Browning's view 
 of life. (In his Essays in the history of religious 
 thought in the West. 1891. 204W52.) 
 
 A paper read by Professor Westcott, later Bishop of Durham, 
 before the Cambridge Browning Society, November, 1882, and 
 printed originally in the London Browning Society Papers, 
 V. I, pt. iv. It is also included in Berdoe's Browning studies. 
 
 Gives an outline of "the thought which Browning offers to us 
 unity of life, the discipline of life, the continuity o£ 
 
 on the unity 
 life." 
 
 39 
 
Whiting, Lilian. (The) Brownings; their life and art. 
 1911. BB885\Vh 
 
 Miss Whiting had the assistance of the poets' son in rcmloriii.' 
 complete and authentic this double biography. Many unpublished 
 letters are included. 
 
 Wilson, F. Mary. Primer on Browning. 1891. 
 
 821.7B88W 
 
 Three chapters: I. Browning's literary life. II. Browning's 
 characteristics. III. Introductions to the poems (consisting of 
 analyses and critical remarks). 
 
 Woodberry, G. E. On Browning's death. (In his 
 Makers of literature. 1901 [C1890-1900]. p. 386. 
 804W88.) 
 
 Same. (In his Studies in letters and life. 1890. 
 
 p. 276. 814W88S.) 
 
 A critical estimate of Browning's poetry, published just after 
 his death. 
 
 40 
 
B. Periodical Articles (Selected). 
 
 Browning and [Bishop] Butler. J. Cliurton Collins. 
 Contemporary Review, 98: 467; Living Age, 267: 
 481. 
 
 Browning and Sainte-Beuve. G. Bradford, Jr. North 
 American Review, 191 : 488. 
 
 Browning and Tennyson as spiritual forces. C. C. 
 Everett. New World, 2: 240. 
 
 Browning and the larger public. Review of Reviews, 
 15: 184. 
 
 Consists mainly of two papers: I. The Significance of Brown- 
 ing's message, by F. \V. Farrar, D.D. II. Browning as a 
 poet of the plain people, by F. Herbert Stead, warden of 
 Browning Hall (a social settlement). 
 
 Browning as a religious teacher. R. H. Hutton. Living 
 Age, 184: 660. 
 
 Browning biography. Emily Hickey. Nineteenth 
 Century and After, 68: 1060; Living Age, 268: 201. 
 
 In the main a review of Professor Griffin's Life. 
 
 Browning in Asolo. K. Bronson. Century Magazine, 
 59: 920. 
 Mrs. Bronson was a neighbor of Browning in Asolo. 
 
 Browning in Edinburgh. Rosaline Masson. Living 
 Age, 260: 653. 
 
 Relates to a visit made in 1884. 
 
 Browning in Venice. K. Bronson. Century Magazine, 
 
 63: 572. 
 
 Another paper by Mrs. Bronson of Asolo, who also had a 
 home in Venice. 
 
 Browning's casuistry. Sir Leslie Stephen. Living Age, 
 236: 257. 
 
 Browning's plays and poems. James Russell Lowell. 
 North American Review, 66: 357 (April 1848). 
 
 41 
 
Browning's summers in Brittany. A, M. Mosher. Cen- 
 tury Magazine, 54(32): 755- 
 
 Browning's theism. Josiah Royce. New World, 5: 
 401. 
 
 Browning's theory of love as developed in his lyrical 
 poems. E. J. Bailey. Arena, 41: 274. 
 
 The Brownings. Mrs. Andrew Crosse. Living Age, 
 192: 719. 
 
 The Browning tonic. Martha B. Dunn. Atlantic 
 Monthly, 90: 203. 
 
 Did Browning whistle or sing? F. M. Padelford. Liv- 
 ing Age, 261: 475. 
 
 A defense of Browning's verse. 
 
 Glorious Robert Browning. Emily Hickey. Nineteenth 
 Century and After, 70: 753; Living Age, 271: 270. 
 
 Influence of Italy on the poetry of the Brownings. 
 Ethel de Fonblanque. Fortnightly Review, 92: ^i^j. 
 
 "Jocoseria" and the critics: a plea for the reader. W. J. 
 Courthopc. National Review, i: 548. 
 
 Mr. Browning's place in literature. Mrs. Sutherland 
 Orr. Contemporary Review, 2Z\ 934; Living Age, 
 122: 67. 
 
 Optimism of Browning and Meredith. A. C. Pigou. 
 Living Age, 246: 415. 
 
 A Philistine view [of Browning's Blot in the 'scutch- 
 eon]. T. R. Lounsbury. Atlantic Monthly, 84: 764. 
 
 Religious opinions of Robert Browning. Mrs. Suther- 
 land Orr. Contemporary Review, 60: 876; Living 
 Age, 192: 365. 
 
 Robert Browning. Living Age, 185: 666. 
 
 Robert Browning. Living Age, 186: ^^l■. 
 
 4a 
 
Robert Browning; in memoriam. Edmund Gosse. Liv- 
 ing Age, 184: zi^' 
 
 Robert Browning. Roden Noel. Contemporary Re- 
 view, 44: 701; Living Age, 159: 771. 
 
 Robert Browning. William Lyon Phelps. Century 
 Magazine, 84: 118 (May, 1912). 
 
 Robert Browning. H. D. Traill. National Review, 14: 
 592; Living Age, 184: 297. 
 
 Robert Browning the musician. A. Goodrich-Freer. 
 Nineteenth Century and After, 49: 648; Living Age, 
 229: 803. 
 
 "Robert Browning, writer of plays." W. L. Courtney. 
 Fortnightly Review, 39: 888; Eclectic Magazine, lOi: 
 358. 
 
 Robert Browning's message to the nineteenth century. 
 J. T. Bixby. Arena, i: 283. 
 
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