renewed relations with his father's widow
and second family; death [10]
Browning, Mrs. (the poet's mother): her family; her nervous
temperament
transmitted to her son; her death [3]
Browning, Mr. Reuben (the poet's uncle),
(incl. Lord Beaconsfield's appreciation of his Latinity) [2]
Browning, Mr. William Shergold (the poet's uncle),
(incl. his literary work) [2]
Browning, Miss Jemima (the poet's aunt) [1]
Browning, Miss (the poet's sister),
(incl. comes to live with her brother) [16]
Browning, Robert: 1812-33--the notion of his Jewish
extraction disproved;
his family anciently established in Dorsetshire; his carelessness
as to genealogical record; account of his grandfather's life
and second marriage; his father's unhappy youth; his paternal
grandmother;
his father's position; comparison of father and son;
the father's use of grotesque rhymes in teaching him;
qualities he inherited from his mother; weak points in regard
to health
throughout his life; characteristics in early childhood;
great quickness in learning; an amusing prank; passion for his
mother;
fondness for animals; his collections; experiences of school life;
extensive reading in his father's library; early acquaintance
with old books; his early attempts in verse; spurious poems in
circulation;
'Incondita', the production of the twelve-year-old poet;
introduction to Mr. Fox; his boyish love and lasting affection
for Miss Flower; first acquaintance with Shelley's and Keats'
works;
his admiration for Shelley; home education under masters,
his manly accomplishments; his studies chiefly literary; love
of home;
associates of his youth: Arnould and Domett; the Silverthornes;
his choice of poetry as a profession; other possible
professions considered;
admiration for good acting; his father's support in his
literary career;
reads and digests Johnson's Dictionary by way of preparation [37]
Browning, Robert: 1833-35--publication of 'Pauline';
correspondence with Mr. Fox; the poet's later opinion of it;
characteristics of the poem; Mr. Fox's review of it; other notices;
Browning's visit to Russia; contributions to the 'Monthly
Repository':
his first sonnet; the 'Trifler