INDEX

Abinger, Lord, 18 “Abt Vogler,” 205 “Andrea del Sarto,” 152, 170 “Any Wife to Any Husband,” 152 “Apprehension, An,” 47 Arnold, Matthew, 112 Arnould, Joseph, friendship for Browning, 14, 39, 40, 129; letters to Domett, 69, 94, 99, 103 Ashburton, Lady Louisa, 222 “Asolando,” 5, 282, 292 “Aurora Leigh,” 50, 52, 76, 127, 134, 143, 148, 158, 160, 164, 167, 171, 174-176, 210 “Balaustion’s Adventure,” 229 Barrett, Alfred, 16, 164 ——, Arabel, 16, 50, 129, 137, 164, 202, 212 ——, Edward (brother), 16, 22, 59; death of, 18, 62, 135 ——, Edward (father) legal name, 17; marriage, 18; character, 20, 21, 121, 164; death, 178 ——, Elizabeth. See Moulton-Barrett, Elizabeth ——, George, 16, 50 ——, Henrietta (Mrs. Surtees Cook), 16, 50; marriage, 121; affection for sister, 129; 137, 164, 192 ——, Mrs. (mother), 18, 21 “Battle of Marathon,” 20 “Beatrice Signorini,” 237, 267 “Bells and Pomegranates,” 14, 39, 67, 68 “Ben Karshook’s Wisdom,” 158 Berdoe, Dr., commentary on "Paracelsus," 37 “Bertha in the Lane,” 46, 71 “Bishop Blougram’s Apology,” 205 Blagden, Isabella, friendship with Brownings, 111, 112, 178, 182, 184, 190, 191, 197, 200, 201, 207, 225; death, 229 Blessington, Lady, 33, 113, 138 “Blot in the ’Scutcheon, A,” 69 “Book of the Poets, The,” 64, 206 Boyd, Hugh Stuart, tutor, 22; letters from Elizabeth Barrett, 25, 45, 53, 55, 63, 64, 68, 73, 89 Bronson, Mrs. Arthur (Katherine DeKay), friendship with Browning, 242, 273; letters from Browning, 243, 248, 249, 252-260, 265, 271, 272, 277-286, 291, 292; hospitality, 242, 274-276; entertains Browning in Asolo, 286, 287, 290; letters from Robert Barrett Browning, 293-294; letter from Sarianna Browning, 295 Bronson, Edith (Contessa Rucellai), 275, 280 Brooks, Rev. Dr. Phillips, 211, 212 Browning, Mrs. (mother), 4-6, 38 ——, Elizabeth Barrett, birth, 16; childhood, 17, 19; ancestry, 17, 18; first literary work, 20; accident to, 21; studies, 22; tastes, 23, 24; removal to Sidmouth, 24; translation of "Prometheus Bound," 44; removal to London, 45; fugitive poems, 46-48, 53; Hebrew Bible, 49; definite periods in her life, 50; change of residence, 54, 56; notable friends, 58, 59; publication of "The Seraphim," 56; literary criticisms, 60, 61, 67, 68; goes to Torquay, 59; personal appearance, 58; death of brother, 62; returns to England, 63; translations from Greek, 64; description of her room, 65; refusal to meet Browning, 65; publication of two volumes of poems, 71; literary reputation established, 71, 72; first letter from Browning, 73, 74; correspondence of poets, 74-89; meets Browning, 80; lyrics, 83, 84; marriage, 87, 89; will, 93; lyrics, 100, 101; mentioned for Laureateship, 121, 122; books read by, 143; genius for friendship, 148; comment on dress, 151; description of, 153, 179; souvenir locket, 153; views on life, 159; appreciation of Tennyson, 166; success of "Aurora Leigh," 174-176; American appreciation, 187; ill health, 193, 195; closing days, 196; last words, 197; burial, 197; tomb, 200; tablet on Casa Guidi to her memory, 218, 264; Tauchnitz edition of poems, 227 Browning, Reuben (uncle), 8 ——, Robert (father), character and qualities, 4-6; removal to Paris, 132; talent for caricature, 137; death, 210 ——, Robert (grandfather), 4 ——, Robert, ancestry of, 4-6; birth, 4; childhood and early tastes, 6-8; first literary work, 7; home atmosphere, 10, 11; school, 12; influenced by Byron and Shelley, 13, 14; juvenile verses, 14; publication of "Pauline," 14; visit to Russia, 27, 28; meets Wordsworth, Landor, Dickens, and Leigh Hunt, 30, 32; personal appearance, 31; writes play for Macready, 33; visit to Venice, 35, 36; removal to Hatcham, 38; English friends and social life, 38-41; hears of Elizabeth Barrett, 41; visit to Italy, 70, 71; return to England, 71; correspondence of the poets, 74-89; first meeting with Miss Barrett, 80; marriage, 87, 89; sees "Sonnets from the Portuguese," 109; lyrics, 120, 121, 152; keynote of his art, 122-125; interpretation of Shelley, 133, 134; Fisher’s portrait of, 153; Page’s portrait of, 155; literary standing, 172; finds "Old Yellow Book," 181; homage to Landor, 183; leaves Florence forever, 200; returns to London, 200; takes London house, 202; literary work, 203-207; extension of social activities, 206, 207; friendship with Jowett, 209; meeting with Tennyson, 210; death of father, 210; Oxford conferred degree of M.A., 211; made Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, 211; new six-volume edition of poems, 213; dedication to Tennyson, 213; success of "The Ring and the Book," 214-215; comparison of character of Pompilia to that of his wife, 219; visits Scotland with the Storys, 221-222; conversation and personal charm, 222-224; with Milsand in "Red Cotton Night-cap Country," 224-226; prepares Tauchnitz edition of Mrs. Browning’s poems, 227; friendship with Domett, 228; relations with Tennyson, 230-232; facility for rhyming, 231; visit to Oxford and Cambridge, 232; sojourn at "La Saisiaz," 233-234; revisits Italy, 235, 239-240; doctrine of life, 237; Oxford conferred degree of D.C.L., 241; son’s portrait of, 242; friendship with Mrs. Bronson, 242; gift from Browning Societies, 243; letters to Mrs. Bronson, 243, 248, 249, 252-260, 265, 271, 272, 277-286, 291; Italian recognition, 245; honored at Edinburgh, 249; letters to Professor Masson, 249, 250; removal to DeVere Gardens, 260; Foreign Correspondent to Royal Academy, 266; poet of intensity, 270; last year in London, 281; return to Asolo, 287-288; last meeting with the Storys and Dr. Corson, 289-290; death, 294; memorial inscription, 295; burial, 295 Browning, Robert Barrett ("Penini"), birth, 107; anecdotes of, 126, 139, 144, 146, 147, 155; studies of, 171, 178, 180, 185, 188, 192, 193; love of novels, 181; enjoyment of Siena, 184; children’s party at French Embassy, 194; preparation for University, 202; characteristics, 202, 265; explanation of "The Ring and the Book," 218; begins study of painting, 227; picture in Royal Academy, 227; success in art, 236, 241; marriage to Miss Coddington, 260; purchase of Palazzo Rezzonico, 262; portrait of father, 217, 242; portrait of Milsand, 263; purchase of Casa Guidi, 265; Florentine villa, 264-265, 267 ——, Robert Jardine, 38 ——, Sarianna, 4, 38; letter from Browning, 71; letters from Mrs. Browning, 195; goes to live with brother, 211; letter to Domett, 228; travels with brother, 236; letters to Mrs. Bronson, 248, 293; death, 295 Brownings, The, life in Paris, 92, 93; finances, 93; journey to Italy, 95; winter in Pisa, 95, 97; home in Florence, 97; visit to Vallombrosa, 98, 99; apartments in Casa Guidi, 100, 101; trip to Fano, 103, 104; literary work, 106; meet Story, 107; summer at Bagni di Lucca, 107; Florentine friends and life, 111-113, 118, 119; visit to Siena, 125; return to England, 129; life and friends in Paris, 130-137; return to England, 137; social life in London, 137-141; return to Casa Guidi, 142; summer at Bagni di Lucca, 144-151; winter in Rome, 152-157; “Clasped Hands,” 153; pilgrimage to Albano, 156; return to Florence, 157; poetic work, 158; Italian appreciation, 161; return to London, 164; Tennyson reads "Maud" to them, 165; winter and social life in Paris, 167-172; return to Florence, 176; Florentine gayety, 176, 178; summer in Normandy, 179; another winter in Rome, 180; return to Florence, 181; summer in Siena, 184-185; in Florence again, 185; Roman winter, 185, 188-189; journey to Florence, 189-190; last summer in Siena, 191-192; last winter in Rome, 192-193; return to Casa Guidi, 195; memorials in Palazzo Rezzonico, 262 “Browning Society, The,” 240 Browning, William Shergold, 38 Brunton, Rev. Wm., poem, 91 “By the Fire-side,” 170 Carducci, Contessa, 71 Carlyle, Thomas and Jane, 30, 38, 39, 41, 61, 68, 97, 129, 130, 131 Casa Alvisi, 242, 243, 274 “Casa Guidi Windows,” 106, 115, 116 “Catarina to Camoens,” 71, 83 Chaucer, project to modernize, 60 “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” 152, 261 “Child’s Grave at Florence, A,” 121 Chorley, Henry, 39, 40, 147 “Christmas Eve and Easter Day,” 110, 119, 123, 124, 125 “Christopher Smart,” 237 Clarke, Mary Graham. See Barrett, Mrs. “Clasped Hands, The,” 153 Coddington, Fanny, 260 “Colombe’s Birthday,” 27, 38, 143 “Comfort,” 47 “Conclusion,” 72 “Confessions,” 46, 83, 84 Cook, Mrs. Surtees. See Barrett, Henrietta Corson, Dr. Hiram, criticism of Browning’s poetry, 29, 218; visit to Browning, 35, 222, 244, 245-247, 290-291; founder of Browning Society, 240-241; letters from Browning, 247, 259; 215 Cosimo I, statue of, 114 “Cowper’s Grave,” 46, 57 Coxhoe Hall, 16 Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 111 Crosse, Andrew, 58, 59 “Crowned and Wedded,” 46 “Cry of the Children, The,” 46 “Curse for a Nation, A,” 186 Curtis, George William, 118, 119 Cushman, Charlotte, 40, 141 “Dead Pan, The,” 47, 68, 83 “Deaf and Dumb,” 205 “Death in the Desert, A,” 205, 237 “Denial, A,” 84 “De Profundis,” 18, 52, 136 “Development,” 5 Dickens, Charles, 30, 33, 59, 61, 69 Dilke, Mr., 64 Domett, Alfred, friendship for Browning, 14, 39, 228; Browning’s letters to, 42, 43; Arnould’s letters to, 69, 94, 99, 103 Dowden, Dr. Edward, 97, 133 Dowson, Christopher, 39 “Drama of Exile, A,” 46, 71-72 “Dramatic Idyls,” 236 “Dramatis Personæ,” 203-205 “Dryope,” statue of, 263 Dulwich Gallery, 11 Eastnor Castle, 22 Egerton-Smith, Miss, 233-234 Elgin, Lady, 131, 132, 167 Eliot, George, 190 “Englishman in Italy, The,” 71 “Epistle of Karnish,” 158 “Essay on Mind,” 22 “Eurydice to Orpheus,” 265 “Evelyn Hope,” 120 “Face, A,” 205 Faucit, Helen (Lady Martin), 70, 143 “Ferishtah’s Fancies,” 244 Field, Kate, Browning gives locket, 154; visit to the Brownings, 182; Browning’s letters to, 183, 186, 208; Mrs. Browning’s letter to, 187 “Fifine,” 237 “Flight of the Duchess, The,” 80, 152 “Flute-Music,” 267 Forster, John, criticism of “Paracelsus,” 30; friendship for Browning, 31, 32, 129; 33, 39, 69 Fox, Rev. William Johnson, 30, 140, 141 “Fra Lippo Lippi,” 152, 169-170 Franceschini, tragedy of, 181 Fuller, Margaret. See D’Ossoli, Marchesa Furnivall, Dr., 240 “Futurity,” 47 Garrow, Theodosia. See Trollope Giorgi, Signor, 217 “Gold Hair,” 204 Gosse, Edmund, 97, 281 “Grammarian’s Burial, A,” 152 “Greek Christian Poets, The,” 23, 65, 206 Griffin, Professor Hall, 27, 118, 134 “Guardian Angel, The,” 103, 152 Gurney, Rev. Archer, 38 “Half Rome,” 218 Haworth, Fanny, letter from Browning, 36; 40 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 150, 178-179 “Hector in the Garden,” 47 “Helen’s Tower,” 222 “Hervé Riel,” 211 Hillard, George Stillman, 106, 118 Hodell, Dr. Charles W., 215-216 Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell, 48 “Holy Cross Day,” 158 Hope End, 16, 19, 22, 24 Horne, Richard Hengist, letter from Elizabeth Barrett, 19, 59; friendship with Miss Barrett, 30, 53, 60, 61, 62, 65, 68 Hosmer, Harriet, takes cast of “Clasped Hands,” 153; excursion with Brownings, 156, 157; letter from Browning, 168; visits poets, 191, 194 “How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix,” 35 “In a Balcony,” 144, 158, 203 “In a Gondola,” 36 “Inclusions,” 84 “Incondita,” 14, 140 “Inn Album,” 232, 269 “Insufficiency,” 47, 84 “In the Doorway,” 207 “Isabel’s Child,” 46, 57 Italy, political conditions of, 105, 108, 115, 117, 121, 143, 180 “Ivan Ivanovitch,” 27, 236 James, Henry, characterization of Browning, 224 “James Lee’s Wife,” 204, 261 Jameson, Mrs., friendship with Miss Barrett, 73, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 129; letter from Browning, 108 Jerrold, Douglas, 41 Jowett, Dr., 209, 229, 281 Kemble, Mrs. Fanny, 129, 138, 153, 154, 155 Kenyon, John, 33; meets Browning, 40; offers an introduction to Miss Barrett, 41; 45; visit to Rydal Mount, 56; account of, 58, 59; termed the “joy-giver,” 65; shows manuscript of “Dead Pan” to Browning, 68; dedication of "Paracelsus" to, 69; appreciation of, 74; letters to the Brownings, 74, 97; friendship, 112, 113, 129, 137; dedication of “Aurora Leigh” to, 174; death and legacy to Brownings, 176 Kingsley, Charles, 139 King Victor and King Charles, 69 Kinney, Mrs., 144, 145 “Lady and the Painter, The,” 288 “Lady Geraldine’s Courtship,” 71, 72, 73 “Lament for Adonis,” 23 Landor, Walter Savage, chirography of, 23; meets Browning, 30; courtesy of, 32; meets Miss Barrett, 55, 59, 137; quoted, 60; intimacy with Leigh Hunt, 112, 113; opinions, 138; guest of Brownings, 182; homage from Browning, 183; guest of Storys, 183, 184, 190, 192 “La Saisiaz,” 233-234 “Last Poems,” 202 “La Torre all’ Antella,” 264, 295 “La Vallière,” 33 Leighton, Sir Frederic, 200 “Les Charmettes,” 238 “Lost Leader, The,” 32 “Loved Once,” 83, 84 Lowell, James Russell, 51, 74 “Luria,” 69 Lytton, Bulwer, 33, 53, 60 ——, Lord (Owen Meredith), 142; entertains Mrs. Browning, 145-146; visits the Brownings, 149, 150, 158 Macready, William, meeting with Browning, 30, 31; suggests playwriting to Browning, 32; sees “Strafford,” 33; produces “Strafford,” 34; dinner to Browning, 39; produces “A Blot in the ’Scutcheon,” 69, 70 Marcello, Contessa, 276 Martineau, Harriet, friendship with Brownings, 33, 35, 39, 60, 62, 68 Masson, Professor, Browning entertained by, 249-251 Mazzini, 13, 143 Medici, Marchesa Peruzzi di, birthday fête, 184; reminiscences of, 188, 193; visit to Scotland, 221; villa of, 239; translation of Duprè’s Autobiography, 257; Browning’s letter to, 257; Florentine palace of, 265 Medici, statue of Fernandino di, 173 “Meeting at Night,” 120 “Men and Women,” 106, 157, 164, 169, 172 Millais, Lady, 240 ——, Sir John Everett, Browning’s letter to, 227-228; 251 Milnes, Monckton (Lord Houghton), 30, 60, 61, 138; christening party, 139 Milsand, Joseph, meeting with Browning, 134; paper on Browning, 135; letter from Browning, 152, 225; friendship with Brownings, 159, 224, 225, 226; criticism of "Aurora Leigh," 176; death, 259; portrait, 263 Mitford, Mary Russell, 32; association with the Brownings, 32, 45, 55, 56, 58, 61, 65, 72; letter from Mrs. Browning, 108, 118, 135, 136, 159; death, 173 Mohl, Mme., 132, 167, 171 Moore, Mrs. Bloomfield, 252 Moulton-Barrett, Elizabeth (niece), 18 ——. See Barrett, explanation of name, 17 Nancioni, il Signor Dottore, 245 Nettleship, Mr., essays on Browning, 213 “New Spirit of the Age, The,” 60, 68 Nightingale, Florence, 140 “Old Yellow Book, The,” 215 “One Word More,” 123, 168-169, 205 Ongaro, Dall’, 194 “Only a Cure,” 121 Ossoli, Marchesa d’ (Margaret Fuller), 111, 112; visits the Brownings, 118; death, 112, 126 “Other Half Rome, The,” 218 “Pacchiarotto,” 232 Page, William, 152, 155, 181 Palazzo Giustiniani, 242 —— Peruzzi, 265 —— Pitti, 102, 105, 106 —— Rezzonico, 262-264, 290, 293, 295 “Paracelsus,” 14, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 57, 69, 168, 237 “Parleyings,” 269 “Parting at Morning,” 120 Patmore, Coventry, 140 “Pauline,” 12, 14, 15, 28, 34, 57, 169, 172, 267 “Penini.” See Browning, Robert Barrett “Pippa Passes,” 36, 65, 67, 69, 271, 286-287 Pius IX (Pio Nono), 105, 115, 117, 118, 121 Poe, Edgar Allan, 52 “Poems before Congress,” 185 “Poet’s Vow, The,” 53, 55, 57 “Pompilia,” 206, 218, 219 “Portrait, A,” 18, 164 Powers, Hiram, 102, 112, 118, 142 Prince of Wales (Edward VII), 180-181 Proctor (“Barry Cornwall”), 30, 33, 40, 61, 69, 129 “Prometheus Bound,” 23, 25, 44 “Proof and Disproof,” 84 “Prospice,” 123, 205 “Question and Answer,” 84 “Rabbi Ben Ezra,” 205 “Recollections of a Literary Life,” 135 “Red Cotton Night-cap Country,” 226, 230 “Return of the Druses, The,” 69 “Rhapsody of Life’s Progress, A,” 47, 48, 83 “Rhyme of the Duchess May, The,” 227 “Ring and the Book, The,” 182, 203 205, 214-220 Ripert-Monclar, Marquis Amédée de, 28, 38, 153 Ritchie, Lady, 153, 154, 226 Robertson, John, 35, 39 Rogers, Arthur, 273 “Romances and Lyrics,” 67 “Romaunt of Margret, The,” 53, 58 “Rosny,” 267 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 139, 165, 166, 169, 174 Sand, George, 131, 136 “Saul,” 120, 157 Scotti, Signor, 71 “Seraphim, The,” 46, 56, 58, 110 Sharp, William, quoted, 6; suggested origin of “Flight of the Duchess,” 12; quoted, 28; description of Browning, 31; 43 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 13, 133, 134 Silverthorne, Mrs., 14 “Sleep, The,” 46, 83 Smith, Alexander, 151 Smith, George Murray, 247, 270, 296 “Sonnets from the Portuguese,” 50, 71, 97, 108, 109, 110, 123, 168 “Sordello,” 14, 27, 28, 35, 41-42, 69, 171, 207, 237 “Soul’s Tragedy, A,” 69 “Statue and the Bust, The,” 152, 173 Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 90 Story, Edith. See Medici, Marchessa Peruzzi di ——, William Wetmore and Emeline, Browning’s first meeting, 107, 111; characteristics, 118, 119; associations with the Brownings, 148-152, 155, 184, 185, 192, 196, 197, 199, 221, 239; entertain Landor, 183; characterization of Hawthorne, 150; last meeting with Browning, 289-290 “Strafford,” 33, 34, 35, 57 Talfourd, Field, 39 Talfourd, Sergeant, 30, 32, 40, 60, 69 Taylor, Bayard, 129 Tennyson, Alfred, 15; comment on “Sordello,” 41; 60; works, 56, 68; Miss Barrett’s comments on, 61, 67, 120; becomes Laureate, 122; letter to Mrs. Browning, 139, 140; reads “Maud” to the poets, 165; letters from Browning, 209, 230, 284; friendship with Browning, 231; dedication, 213; regarding Browning’s lines, 232 ——, Frederick, 144, 158 ——, Hallam, 296 “Tertium Quid,” 218 Thackeray, Anne. See Ritchie, Lady Ticknor and Fields, 156 Tittle, Margaret, 4 “Toccata of Galuppi’s, A,” 120 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus and Theodosia, 59, 111, 112, 190, 229 “Two Poets of Croisic,” 236 “Valediction, A,” 84 Vallombrosa, 98, 99 Villari, Mme. Pasquale, 112 “Virgin Mary to the Child Jesus, The,” 46 “Vision of Poets, A,” 71 Wiedemann, Sarah Anna, 4-6 “Wine of Cyprus,” 23, 86 “Woman’s Last Word, A,” 120 Wordsworth, William, 30, 32, 55, 56, 59, 68, 94 Zampini, Fanny (Contessa Salazar), 161