ny,
London, 1897.

_The Poetry of Robert Browning._ Stopford A. Brooke. Crowell and
Company, 1902.

_Robert Browning._ G. K. Chesterton. Macmillan, 1903.

_Robert Browning._ C. H. Herford. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1905.

_Interpretations of Poetry and Religion_, by George Santayana,
Scribners, 1900, contains an interesting presentation of Browning's work
in a chapter entitled "The Poetry of Barbarism."

_Browning Study Programmes_ by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke,
Crowell and Company, 1900, is a series of studies on separate poems or
on groups of poems. Often very suggestive and helpful. In _Poet-Lore_,
edited by Miss Clarke and Miss Porter, are, _passim_, many other
valuable studies and notes on Browning. The Camberwell edition of
Browning's poems, edited by Miss Clarke and Miss Porter with excellent
annotations, was published by Crowell and Company in 1898.

_The London Browning Society's Papers_ and _The Boston Browning
Society's Papers_ contain much valuable material on separate poems or on
various phases of Browning's life and work.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

May 7, 1812. Robert Browning born in Camberwell, London.
1824. _Incondita_ ready for publication.
1825. Shelley and Keats read.
1826. Left Mr. Ready's school.
1833. _Pauline_ published anonymously.
1833-4. Travels in Russia and Italy.
1835. _Paracelsus._
1837. _Strafford._ Acted May 1, 1837, Covent Garden.
1840. _Sordello._
1841-6. _Bells and Pomegranates._
1841. No. I. _Pippa Passes._
1842. No. II. _King Victor and King Charles._
1842. No. III. _Dramatic Lyrics._
1843. No. IV. _The Return of the Druses._
1843. No. V. _A Blot in the 'Scutcheon._ Acted Feb.
11, 1843, Drury Lane.
1844. No. VI. _Colombe's Birthday._ Acted April 25,
1853, Haymarket.
1845. No. VII. _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics._
1846. No. VIII. _Luria_ and _A Soul's Tragedy_.
Jan. 10, 1845. Correspondence between Mr. Browning and Miss
Barrett begun.
May 20, 1845. Their first meeting.
Sept. 12, 1846. Their marriage at Marylebone Church, London.
Oct. 1846. to April, 1847. In Pisa.
April 20, 1847. Arrival at Florence.