Chapter XII (2)

Miss Browning died in her nephew's home, La Torre All' Antella, near Florence, in the spring of 1903, in her ninetieth year.

On the facade of the Palazzo Rezzonico the City of Venice placed this inscription to the memory of the poet:

A
ROBERTO BROWNING
MORTO IN QUESTO PALAZZO
IL 12 DICEMBRE, 1889
VENEZIA
POSE

"Open my heart and you will see
Graved inside of it,--'Italy'"

It was on the last day of 1889 that the impressive rites were held in Westminster Abbey for Robert Browning. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dean of Windsor, an aid-de-camp representing Queen Victoria, Dean Bradley, the sub-dean, and many eminent canons, and Sir Frederick Bridge, of the Abbey choir, all were present among the officiating clergy. The casket under its purple pall, with a massive cross of violets, and wreaths of lilies-of-the valley, and white roses (Mrs. Browning's favorite flower), was followed by the honorary pall-bearers including Hallam Tennyson, representing the Poet Laureate (whose health did not permit him to be present), Archdeacon Farrar, the Master of Balliol (representing Oxford), the Master of Trinity (representing Cambridge), Professor Masson (representing the University of Edinburgh), and George Murray Smith. The committal service was entirely choral, and Mrs. Browning's poem with its touching refrain,

"He giveth His beloved sleep!"

was chanted by the full vested choir of the Abbey, to music composed for the occasion by Sir Frederick Bridge. Preceding the Benediction, the entire vast concourse of people united in singing the hymn,

"O God, our help in ages past!"

As that great assemblage turned away from the last rites in commemoration of the poet who produced the largest body of poetry, and the most valuable as a spiritual message, of any English poet, was there not wafted in the air the choral strains from some unseen angelic choir, that thrilled the venerable Abbey with celestial triumph:

"'Glory to God--to God!' he saith:
Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And Life is perfected by Death."

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, 603

"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 Personae," 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

"Herve 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 Valliere," 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 fete, 184;
reminiscences of, 188, 193;
visit to Scotland, 221;
villa of, 239;
translation of Dupre'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 Amedee 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

Footnotes:

[1] Letters of Robert Browning and Alfred Domett. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.

[2] Life of Robert Browning. London: Walter Scott, Limited.

[3] La Vie et l'oeuvre de Elizabeth Browning, par Germaine-Marie Merlette; Licencie des lettres; Docteur de l'Universite de Paris.

[4] Red Letter Days of my Life. London: Richard Bentley and Son.

[5] "Letters of Robert Browning and Alfred Domett." New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.

[6] Robert Browning: Life and Letters. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company.

[7] "La Vita e le Opere di Roberto et Elisabetta Barrett Browning. Rome: Societa Typografico-Editrice Nazionale."

[8] William Wetmore Story and his Friends. Boston: The Houghton-Mifflin Co.

[9] Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett. London: John Murray.

[10] Alfred Lord Tennyson. London and New York: The Macmillan Co.

[11] Life of Phillips Brooks. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co.

[12] Records of Tennyson, Ruskin, and Browning. London: The Macmillan Company.

[13] Life and Letters of Sir John Millais. London: Methuen and Co.

[14] What I Remember. New York: Harper and Brothers.

[15] Alfred Lord Tennyson. London and New York: The Macmillan Company.

[16] William Wetmore Story. Boston: The Houghton-Mifflin Company.

[17] Alfred Lord Tennyson. London and New York: The Macmillan Co.

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