irst winter in Rome;
the Kembles;
again in London (1855): Tennyson, Ruskin [32]
Browning, Robert: 1855-61--publication of 'Men and Women';
'Karshook'; 'Two in the Campagna'; another winter in Paris:
Lady Elgin;
legacies to the Brownings from Mr. Kenyon; Mr. Browning's
little son;
a carnival masquerade; Spiritualism; 'Sludge the Medium';
Count Ginnasi's clairvoyance; at Siena; Walter Savage Landor;
illness of Mrs. Browning; American appreciation of Browning's
works;
his social life in Rome; last winter in Rome; Madame du Quaire;
Mrs. Browning's illness and death; the comet of 1861 [18]
Browning, Robert: 1861-69--Miss Blagden's helpful sympathy;
journey to England; feeling in regard to funeral ceremonies;
established in London with his son; Miss Arabel Barrett;
visit to Biarritz; origin of 'The Ring and the Book';
his views as to the publication of letters; new edition of his
works,
selection of poems. Residence at Pornic; a meeting at Mr. F.
Palgrave's;
his literary position in 1865; his own estimate of it;
death of his father; with his sister at Le Croisic;
Academic honours: letter to the Master of Balliol (Dr. Scott);
curious circumstance connected with the death of Miss A. Barrett;
at Audierne; the uniform edition of his works; publication of
'The Ring and the Book'; inspiration of Pompilia [21]
Browning, Robert: 1869-73--'Helen's Tower'; at St.-Aubin;
escape from France during the war (1870); publication of
'Balaustion's Adventure' and 'Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau';
'Herve Riel' sold for the benefit of French sufferers by the war;
'Fifine at the Fair'; mistaken theories of that work;
'Red Cotton Nightcap Country' [8]
Browning, Robert: 1873-78--his manner of life in London;
his love of music; friendship with Miss Egerton-Smith;
summers spent at Mers, Villers, Isle of Arran, and La Saisiaz;
'Aristophanes' Apology'; 'Pacchiarotto', 'The Inn Album',
the translation of the 'Agamemnon'; description of a visit to
Oxford;
visit to Cambridge; offered the Rectorships of the Universities
of Glasgow and St. Andrews; description of La Saisiaz;
sudden death of Miss Egerton-Smith; the poem 'La Saisiaz':
Browning's position towards Christianity; 'The Two Poets of