THE FIRST VOLUME


[CHAPTER I]

1806-1835

Birth—Hope End—Early Poems—Sidmouth—'Prometheus'

[CHAPTER II]

1835-1841

London—Magazine Poems—'The Seraphim and other Poems'—Torquay—Death
of Edward Barrett—Return to London

[CHAPTER III]

1841-1843

Wimpole Street—'The Greek Christian Poets'—'The English
Poets'—'The New Spirit of the Age'—Miscellaneous Letters

[CHAPTER IV]

1844-1846

The 'Poems' of 1844—Miss Martineau and Mesmerism—Pro-posed
Journey to Italy

[CHAPTER V]

1846-1849

Friendship with Robert Browning—Love and Marriage—Paris
and Pisa—Florence—Vallombrosa—Casa Guidi—Italian Politics
in 1848

[CHAPTER VI]

1849-1851

Birth of a Son—Death of Mrs. Browning, senior—Bagni di
Lucca—New Edition of Poems—Siena—Florentine Life

PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
Frontispiece CASA GUIDI