Chapter 30

"I have just noticed in this month's 'Nineteenth Century' that it is inquired by a humorous objector to the practice of spelling (under exceptional conditions) Greek proper names as they are spelt in Greek literature, why the same principle should not be adopted by 'Ægyptologists, Hebraists, Sanscrittists, Accadians, Moabites, Hittites, and Cuneiformists?' Adopt it, by all means, whenever the particular language enjoyed by any fortunate possessor of these shall, like Greek, have been for about three hundred years insisted upon in England as an acquisition of paramount importance, at school and college, for every aspirant to distinction in learning, even at the cost of six or seven years' study--a sacrifice considered well worth making for even an imperfect acquaintance with 'the most perfect language in the world.' Further, it will be adopted whenever the letters substituted for those in ordinary English use shall do no more than represent to the unscholarly what the scholar accepts without scruple when, for the hundredth time, he reads the word which, for once, he has occasion to write in English, and which he concludes must be as euphonic as the rest of a language renowned for euphony. And, finally, the practice will be adopted whenever the substituted letters effect no sort of organic change so as to jostle the word from its pride of place in English verse or prose. 'Themistokles' fits in quietly everywhere, with or without the _k_: but in a certain poetical translation I remember, by a young friend, of the Anabasis, beginning thus felicitously, '_Cyrus the Great and Artaxerxes (Whose temper bloodier than a Turk's is) Were children both of the mild, pious, And happy monarch, King Darius_,'--who fails to see that, although a correct 'Kuraush' may pass, yet 'Darayavush' disturbs the metre as well as the rhyme? It seems, however, that 'Themistokles' may be winked at: not so the 'harsh and subversive Kirke.' But let the objector ask somebody with no knowledge to subvert, how he supposes 'Circe' is spelt in Greek, and the answer will be 'with a soft _c_.' Inform him that no such letter exists, and he guesses, 'Then with _s_, if there be anything like it' Tell him that, to eye and ear equally, his own _k_ answers the purpose, and you have, at all events, taught him that much, if little enough--and why does he live unless to learn a little?"

"R. B."

_Jan. 4, 1866._

A CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BROWNING'S WORKS.

1833. PAULINE; A FRAGMENT OF A CONFESSION. 8vo. Saunders and Otley, 1833. Dated at the end "Richmond, Oct. 22, 1832." Reprinted in the six vol. editions of the _Poetical Works_, 1868, and later. Also reprinted from the original edition and edited by T. J. Wise, 1886.

1834. SONNET, "Eyes calm beside thee (Lady couldst thou know!") Dated Aug. 17, 1834, and signed "Z." _Monthly Repository_, vol. viii., N.S., 1834, p. 712. Not reprinted by Mr. Browning.

1835. PARACELSUS. By Robert Browning. 8vo. Effingham Wilson, 1835. Reprinted in _Poems_, 2 vols. 1849, and in _Poetical Works_ later, but without Preface, dated 15th March, 1835.

1835. THE KING. "A king lived long ago." 54 lines signed "Z," in the _Monthly Repository_, vol. ix., N.S., 1835, pp. 707-8. Afterwards given in _Pippa Passes_ (sc. I, act iii.) with six additional lines.

1836. PORPHYRIA. "The rain set early in to-night." Sixty lines signed "Z," in _Monthly Repository_, vol. x., N.S., 1836, pp. 43-4. Afterwards appeared in _Bells and Pomegranates_ under the heading "Madhouse Cells II." Was called "Porphyria's Lover" in the _Works_, 1863 and after.

1836. JOHANNES AGRICOLA. "There's Heaven above; and night by night." Sixty lines signed "Z," in _Monthly Repository_, vol. x., N.S., 1836, pp. 45-6. Reprinted in _Bells and Pomegranates_ under the heading "Madhouse Cells I."

1836. LINES. "Still ailing, wind? wilt be appeased or no?" Six stanzas signed "Z," in the _Monthly Repository_, vol. x., N.S., 1836, pp. 270-71. Reappeared in _Dramatis Personæ_ (1864) as the first six stanzas of section vi. of "James Lee."

1837. STRAFFORD: AN HISTORICAL TRAGEDY. By Robert Browning. 8vo. Longmans, 1837. Acted at Covent Garden Theatre, May 1, 1837. Reprinted without preface in _Poetical Works_, 863, and later. Acting edition, for the North London Collegiate School for Girls, 1882, 8vo. An edition (including preface of 1837) with notes and preface by Miss E. H. Hickey, and introduction by S. R. Gardiner, LL.D., 1884, 8vo.

1840. SORDELLO. By Robert Browning. 8vo. E. Moxon, 1840. Revised edition with prefatory letter to J. Milsand, in _Poetical Works_, 3 vols. 1863, and later.

1841-6. BELLS AND POMEGRANATES. Eight numbers in wrappers, Rl. 8vo., 1841-46, as follows:--

1841. No. 1. PIPPA PASSES. By Robert Browning. London, E. Moxon, 1841.

1842. No. 2. KING VICTOR AND KING CHARLES. By Robert Browning. London, E. Moxon, 1842.

1842. No. 3. DRAMATIC LYRICS. By Robert Browning, London, E. Moxon, 1842.

Contents:

_Cavalier Times._ I. _Marching Along_, p. 3.--II. _Give a Rouse_, p. 3.--III. _My Wife Gertrude_, p. 3. [III. afterwards "Boot and Saddle."]

_Italy and France._ I. _Italy_ ["My last Duchess."]--II. _France_ ["Count Gismond"], p. 4.

_Camp and Cloister._ I. _Camp_ (_French_), p. 5.--II. _Cloister (Spanish)_, p. 6.

_In a Gondola_, p. 7.

_Artemis Prologuizes_, p. 9.

_Waring._ I. "What's becomes of Waring?"--II. "When I last saw Waring," p. 10.

_Queen Worship._ I. _Rudel and the Lady of Tripoli._--II. _Cristina_, p. 12.

_Madhouse Cells._ I. _Johannes Agricola_ [of 1836.] II. _Porphyria_ [of 1836], p. 13.

_Through the Metidja to Abd-el-Kadr_, p. 14.

_The Pied Piper of Hamelin_, p. 14.

1843. No. 4. THE RETURN OF THE DRUSES. A Tragedy in five acts. By Robert Browning. London, E. Moxon, 1843.

1843. No. 5. A BLOT IN THE 'SCUTCHEON. A Tragedy in three acts. By Robert Browning. London, E. Moxon, 1843. Acted at Drury Lane Theatre, Feb. 11, 1843.

1844. No. 6. COLOMBE'S BIRTHDAY; A Play in five acts. By Robert Browning. London, E. Moxon, 1844. Acted at the Haymarket, April 25, 1853.

1845. No. 7. DRAMATIC ROMANCES AND LYRICS By Robert Browning. London, E. Moxon, 1845.

Contents:

_How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix_, p. 3.

_Pictor Ignotus._ _Florence_, 15--, p. 4.

_Italy in England._ [Called "The Italian in England" in the _Poems_, 1849], p. 4.

_England in Italy._ [Called "The Englishman in Italy" in _Poems_, 1849], p. 5.

_The Lost Leader_, p. 8.

_The Lost Mistress_, p. 8.

_Home Thoughts from Abroad._ I. "Oh, to be in England."--II. "Here's to Nelson's Memory." [Put after _Claret and Tokay_, in _Poet. Works_, 1863, under "Nationality in Drinks."]--III. "Nobly, nobly Cape St. Vincent," p. 8. ["Home Thoughts from the Sea."]

_The Tomb at St. Praxed's_, p. 9.

_Garden Fancies._ I. _The Flower's Name._--II. _Sibrandus Schafnaburgensis_, p. 10.

_France and Spain._ I. _The Laboratory_ (_Ancien Régime_).--II. _The Confessional_, p. 11.

_The Flight of the Duchess_, p. 12.

_Earth's Immortalities._ I. "See, as the prettiest graves."--II. "So the year's done with," p. 19.

_Song._ "Nay, but you, who do not love her," p. 19.

_The Boy and the Angel._ [A fresh couplet added on republication in _Poet. Works_, 1868,] p. 19.

_Night and Morning._ I. _Night._--II. _Morning._ [Called "Meeting at Night" and "Parting at Morning" in 1863], p. 20.

_Claret and Tokay._ I. "My heart sunk with our Claret-flask." II. "Up jumped Tokay on our table." [These grouped together, with "Here's to Nelson's Memory," as "Nationality in Drinks," No. 37 in _Poet. Works_, 1863,] p. 20.

_Saul_ [Part the First, only; completed in _Men and Women_, 1855,] p. 21.

_Time's Revenges_, p. 22.

_The Glove._ (Peter Ronsard _loquitur_), p 23.

1846. No. 8, and Last. LURIA; and A SOUL'S TRAGEDY. By Robert Browning. London, E. Moxon, 1846.

_Luria._ A Tragedy in five acts, p. 2.

_A Soul's Tragedy._ Part First, being what was called the Poetry of Chiappino's Life; and Part Second, its Prose. [With Preface to _A Soul's Tragedy_ not reprinted], p. 21.

1844. THE LABORATORY (Ancien Régime). By Robert Browning, in _Hood's Magazine_, vol. i., 1844, pp. 513-14. Reprinted in _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics_ (_Bells and Pomegranates_, No. 7), 1845, as the first of two poems called _France and Spain_.

1844. CLARET AND TOKAY. By Robert Browning. ["My heart sunk with our Claret-flask," and "Up jumped Tokay on our table"], in _Hood's Magazine_, vol. i., 1844, p. 525. Reprinted in _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics_ (_Bells and Pomegranates_, No. 7), 1845.

1844. GARDEN FANCIES. By Robert Browning. I. _The Flower's Name._--II. _Sibrandus Schafnaburgensis._ In _Hood's Magazine_, vol. ii., pp. 140-42, 1844. Revised and enlarged in _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics_ (_Bells and Pom._, No. 7), 1845.

1844. THE BOY AND THE ANGEL. By Robert Browning. In _Hood's Magazine_, vol. ii., pp. 140-42. Enlarged in _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics_ (_Bells and Pomegranates_, No. 7), 1845.

1845. THE TOMB AT ST. PRAXED'S (ROME 15--). By Robert Browning. In _Hood's Magazine_, vol. iii., pp. 237-9, 1845. Enlarged in _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics_ (_Bells and Pomegranates_, No. 7) in same year. Reappeared in _Works_, 1863, and after, with the title "The Bishop Orders his Tomb in St. Praxed's Church."

1845. THE FLIGHT OF THE DUCHESS. By Robert Browning. Part the first, in _Hood's Magazine_, vol. iii., pp. 313-18, 1845. Part II. appeared when the first part was reprinted in _Bells and Pomegranates_, No. 7, in the same year, _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics_.

1849. POEMS BY ROBERT BROWNING. A New Edition [but the first collection under a collective title]. 2 vols., 8vo. Chapman and Hall, 1849.

_Contents_: vol. i. Paracelsus, p. 1. Pippa Passes, a Drama, p. 163. King Victor and King Charles, a Tragedy, p. 231. Colombe's Birthday, a Play, p. 302.

Vol. ii. A Blot in the 'Scutcheon, a Tragedy, p. 1. The Return of the Druses, a Tragedy, p. 61. Luria, a Tragedy, p. 139. A Soul's Tragedy, p. 211. Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, p. 253; 38 of the 41 pieces in _Bells and Pomegranates_, Nos. 3 and 7, the three omitted being _Claret_, _Tokay_, and _Here's to Nelson's Memory_.

1850. CHRISTMAS-EVE AND EASTER-DAY. A Poem. By Robert Browning. 8vo. Chapman and Hall, 1850. Reprinted in _Works_, 1863, and after.

1852. Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley. With an Introductory ESSAY BY ROBERT BROWNING. London, E. Moxon, 1852. 8vo. [The Essay is on Shelley--not on the "Letters," which were afterwards discovered to be spurious, with one exception.] The Essay was reprinted in the _Browning Society's Papers_, Part I., 1881. Edited by Dr. F. J. Furnivall. Another reprint, edited by W Tyas Harden, appeared in 1888, 8vo.

1854. Two POEMS. By Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. Price Sixpence. The poem by Robert Browning here is "The Twins," and is dated "Rome, March 30th, 1854." Reprinted in _Men and Women_, 1855, and in _Works_, 1863 and after. The "Two Poems" were printed by Miss Arabella Barrett for sale at a bazaar in aid of a "Refuge for Young Destitute Girls." Mrs. Browning's contribution was "A Plea for the Ragged Schools of London."

1855. MEN AND WOMEN. By Robert Browning. In two vols. 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall.

Contents: Vol. I.--

_Love Among the Ruins_, p. 1. _A Lover's Quarrel_, p. 17. _Evelyn Hope_, p. 19. _Up at a Villa--Down in the City_, p. 23. _A Woman's Last Word_, p. 31. _Fra Lippo Lippi_, p. 35. _A Toccata of Galuppi's_, p. 56. _By the Fire-side_, p. 63. _Any Wife to Any Husband_, p. 81. _An Epistle concerning the strange Medical Experience of Karshish the Arab Physician_, p. 90. _Mesmerism_, p. 107. _A Serenade at the Villa_, p. 117. _My Star_, p. 122. _Instans Tyrannus_, p. 123. _A Pretty Woman_, p. 128. "_Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came_," p. 134. _Respectability_, p. 149. _A Light Woman_, p. 151. _The Statue and the Bust_, p. 156. _Love in a Life_, p. 173 _Life in a Love_, p. 175. _How it Strikes a Contemporary_, p. 177 _The Last Ride together_, p. 184. _The Patriot._ An Old Story, p. 191. _Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha_, p. 194. _Bishop Blougram's Apology_, p. 205. _Memorabilia_, p. 259.

Contents of Vol. II.:

_Andrea del Sarto_, p. 1. _Before_, p. 15. _After_, p. 19. _In Three Days_, p. 21. _In a Year_, p. 24. _Old Pictures in Florence_, p. 30. _In a Balcony_, p. 49. _Saul_, p. 111. "_De Gustibus_," p. 147. _Women and Roses_, p. 150. _Protus_, p. 154. _Holy-Cross Day_, p. 158. _The Guardian Angel_, p 167. _Cleon_, p. 171. _The Twins_, p. 190. _Popularity_, p. 193. _The Heretic's Tragedy_, p. 198. _Two in the Campagna_, p. 205. _A Grammarian's Funeral_, p. 210. _One Way of Love_, p. 218. _Another Way of Love_, p. 220. "_Transcendentalism_" p. 223. _Misconceptions_, p. 227. _One Word More._ _To E. B. B._, p. 229.

1856. BEN KARSHOOK'S WISDOM. By Robert Browning. Twenty lines in _The Keepsake_ for 1856, edited by Miss Power. Never reprinted by Mr. Browning. The poem seems to be alluded to in "One Word More."

1857. MAY AND DEATH. By Robert Browning. In _The Keepsake_ for 1857. Reprinted in _Dramatis Personæ_, 1864, and in _Works_ 1868, and after.

1863. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Third edition. Three vols., 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall, 1863. No new poems in this collection. It was re-issued as "Fourth Edition" in 1865.

Contents: Vol. I.

LYRICS.

_Cavalier Times_:-- I. _Marching Along_, p. 1. II. _Give a Rouse_, p. 2. III. _Boot and Saddle_, p. 3. _The Lost Leader_, p. 4. _How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix_, p. 6. _Through the Metidja to Abd-el-Kader,_ p. 9. _Nationality in Drinks_:-- I. _Claret_, p. 11. II. _Tokay_, p. 11. III. _Beer_ (_Nelson_), p. 12. _Garden Fancies_:-- I. _The Flower's Name_, p. 13. II. _Sibrandus Schafnaburgensis_, p. 15. III. _Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister_, p. 18. _The Laboratory_, p. 21. _The Confessional_, p. 24. _Cristina_, p. 27. _The Lost Mistress_, p. 30 _Earth's Immortalities_, p. 31. _Meeting at Night_, p. 32. _Parting at Morning_, p. 33. _Song_ ("_Nay but you_"), p. 33. _A Woman's Last Word_, p. 34. _Evelyn Hope_, p. 36. _Love Among the Ruins_, p. 38. _A Lover's Quarrel_, p. 42. _Up at a Villa--Down in the City_, p. 49 _A Toccata of Galuppi's_, p. 54. _Old Pictures in Florence_, p. 58. "_De Gustibus_ ----" p. 70. _Home Thoughts, from Abroad_, p. 72. _Home Thoughts, from the Sea_, p. 73. _Saul_, p. 74. _My Star_, p. 98. _By the Fireside_, p. 98. _Any Wife to any Husband_, p. 110. _Two in the Campagna_, p. 116. _Misconceptions_, p. 119. _A Serenade at the Villa_, p. 119. _One Way of Love_, p. 122. _Another Way of Love_, p. 123. _A Pretty Woman_, p. 125. _Respectability_, p. 129. _Love in a Life_, p. 130. _Life in a Love_, p. 131. _In Three Days_, p. 132. _In a Year_, p. 133. _Women and Roses_, p. 137. _Before_, p. 139. _After_, p. 141. _The Guardian Angel_--A Picture at Fano, p. 142. _Memorabilia_, p. 145. _Popularity_, p. 146. _Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha_, p. 149.

ROMANCES.

_Incident of the French Camp_, p. 156 _The Patriot._ An Old Story, p. 158. _My Last Duchess._ Ferrara, p. 159. _Count Gismond._ Aix in Provence, p. 162. _The Boy and the Angel_, p. 167. _Instans Tyrannus_, p. 171. _Mesmerism_, p. 174. _The Glove_, p. 180. _Time's Revenge_, p. 187. _The Italian in England_, p. 189. _The Englishman in Italy_--Piano di Sorrento, p. 195. _In a Gondola_, p. 205. _Waring_, p. 215. _The Twins_, p. 225. _A Light Woman_, p. 226. _The Last Ride together_, p. 229. _The Pied Piper of Hamelin; a Child's Story_, p. 234. _The Flight of the Duchess_, 246. _A Grammarian's Funeral_, p. 278. _Johannes Agricola in Meditation_, p. 284. _The Heretic's Tragedy_--A Middle-Age Interlude, p. 286. _Holy-Cross Day_, p. 291. _Protus_, p. 297. _The Statue and the Bust_, p. 299. _Porphyria's Lover_, p. 310. "_Child Roland to the Dark Tower came_," p. 312.

Contents of Vol. II.

TRAGEDIES AND OTHER PLAYS.

_Pippa Passes--A Drama_, p. 1. _King Victor and King Charles--A Tragedy_, p. 68. _The Return of the Druses--A Tragedy_, p. 140. _A Blot in the 'Scutcheon--A Tragedy_, p. 216. _Colombe's Birthday--A Play_, p. 275. _Luria--A Tragedy_, p. 357. _A Soul's Tragedy_, p. 428. _In a Balcony--A Scene_, p. 468. _Strafford--A Tragedy_, p. 503.

Contents of Vol. III.

_Paracelsus_, p. 1. _Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day_, p. 163. _Sordello_, p. 252.

1863. SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall, 1863. The editors of this first selection were John Foster and B. W. Procter ("Barry Cornwall"). The volume was re-issued in 1869 with the imprint of Smith, Elder & Co.

1864. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall, 1864. Second edition published same year.

Contents.

_James Lee_, p. 3. [This appears as "James Lee's Wife" in the _Poetical Works_, 1868 and after.] _Gold Hair: a Legend of Pornic_, p. 27. _The Worst of it_, p. 37. _Dîs aliter visum; or, Le Byron de nos Jours_, p. 47. _Too Late_, p. 57. _Abt Vogler_, p. 67. _Rabbi ben Ezra_, p. 77. _Death in the Desert_, p. 91. _Caliban upon Setebos; or, Natural Theology in the Island_, p. 123. _Confessions_, p. 139. _May and Death_, p. 145. _Prospice_, p. 149. _Youth and Art_, p. 153. _A Face_, p. 161. _A Likeness_, p. 165. _Mr. Sludge_, "_the Medium_," p. 171. _Apparent Failure_, p. 239. _Epilogue_, p. 245.

Three of the above poems were reprinted from advance sheets in the _Atlantic Monthly_ (Boston, U. S.), vol. xiii., 1864, viz., _Gold Hair_, May, pp. 596-599; _Prospice_, May, p. 694; _Under the Cliff_ (part of _James Lee_), May, pp. 737-8.

1864. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. Eight lines in the Royal Academy Catalogue for 1864, in F. Leighton's (now P.R.A.) picture so named. First collected in _Poetical Works_, 1868, under the title of "Eurydice to Orpheus, a Picture by Fred Leighton, A.R.A."

1864. POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Fourth edition. A reprint of the Third edition (which see under "1863").

1865. A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Square post 8vo. "Moxon's Miniature Poets," E. Moxon & Co., 1865. With Dedication to Alfred Tennyson; and a photographic portrait of Robert Browning.

1866. A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall, 1866. EDITED by Robert Browning, and has a PREFACE signed "R. B.," and dated "London, November, 1865."

1866. Last Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 8vo. London, Chapman & Hall, 1862. THE DEDICATION ("To Grateful Florence," etc.), and "ADVERTISEMENT" (dated "London, February, 1862"), written by Robert Browning. See _Browning Soc. Papers_ [additions to Bibliography], Parts I. and II., 1881, pp. 111, 162.

1868. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Six vols. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1868. There is only one new piece in this collection, viz., _Deaf and Dumb_; written for a marble group of two children by T. Woolner in the International Exhibition of 1862.

Contents of Vol. I.

_Pauline_, p. 1. _Paracelsus_, p. 43. _Strafford_, p. 207.

Contents of Vol. II.

_Sordello_, p. 1. _Pippa Passes_, p. 219.

Contents of Vol. III.

_King Victor and King Charles_, p. 1. _Dramatic Lyrics_:-- _Cavalier Tunes,_ p. 75. _The Lost Leader_, p. 78. _How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix_, p. 80. _Through the Metidja to Abd-el-Kadr_, p. 83. _Nationality in Drinks_, p. 85. _Garden Fancies_, p. 87. _Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister_, p. 92. _The Laboratory_, p. 95. _The Confessional_, p. 98. _Cristina_, p. 101. _The Lost Mistress_, p. 104. _Earth's Immortalities_, p. 105. _Meeting at Night_, p, 106. _Parting at Morning_, p. 107. _Song_ ("Nay but you "), p. 107. _A Woman's last Word_, p. 108. _Evelyn Hope_, p. 110. _Love among the Ruins_, p. 112. _A Lovers' Quarrel_, 115. _Up at a Villa-Down in the City_, p. 122. _A Toccata of Galuppi's_, p. 127. _Old Pictures in Florence_, p. 131. "_De Gustibus_ ----" p. 143. _Home Thoughts from Abroad_, p. 145. _Home Thoughts from the Sea_, p. 146. _Saul_, p. 146. _My Star_, p. 170. _By the Fire-side_, p. 170. _Any Wife to any Husband_, p. 182 _Two in the Campagna_, p. 188. _Misconceptions_, p. 191. _A Serenade at the Villa_, p. 191. _One Way of Love_, p. 194. _Another Way of Love_, p. 195. _A Pretty Woman_, p. 197. _Respectability_, p. 201. _Love in a Life_, p. 202. _Life in a Love_, p. 203. _In Three Days_, p. 204. _In a Year_, p. 205. _Women and Roses_, p. 209. _Before_, p. 211. _After_, p. 213. _The Guardian Angel_, p. 214. _Memorabilia_, p. 217. _Popularity_, p. 218. _Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha_, p. 221. _The Return of the Druses_, p. 229.

Contents of Vol. IV.

_A Blot in the 'Scutcheon_, 1. _Colombe's Birthday_, p. 61. _Dramatic Romances_:-- _Incident of the French Camp_, p. 147. _The Patriot_, p. 149. _My Last Duchess_, p. 150. _Count Gismond_, p. 153. _The Boy and the Angel_, p. 158. _Instans Tyrannus_, p. 162. _Mesmerism_, p. 165. _The Glove_, p. 171. _Time's Revenges_, p. 178. _The Italian in England_, p. 180. _The Englishman in Italy_, p. 186. _In a Gondola_, p. 196. _Waring_, p. 206. _The Twins_, p. 216. _A Light Woman_, p. 217. _The Last Ride together_, p. 220. _The Pied Piper of Hamelin_, p. 225. _The Flight of the Duchess_, 237. _A Grammarian's Funeral_, p. 270. _The Heretic's Tragedy_, p. 275. _Holy-Cross Day_, p. 280. _Protus_, p. 286. _The Statue and the Bust_, p. 288. _Porphyria's Lover_, p. 299. "_Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came_," p. 301.

Contents of Vol. V.

_A Soul's Tragedy_, p. 1. _Luria_, p. 43. _Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day_, p. 115. _Men and Women:-- "Transcendentalism; a Poem in Twelve Books_," p. 207. _How it strikes a Contemporary_, p. 209. _Artemis Prologizes_, p. 213. _An Epistle (Karshish)_, p. 218. _Johannes Agricola in Meditation_, p. 229. _Pictor Ignotus_, p. 231. _Fra Lippo Lippi_, p. 234. _Andrea del Sarto_, p. 248. _The Bishop orders his Tomb at St. Praxed's Church_, p. 257. _Bishop Blougram's Apology_, p. 262. _Cleon_, p. 299. _Rudel to the Lady of Tripoli_, p. 311. _One Word More_, p. 313.

Contents of Vol. VI.