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.
- In a Balcony, p. 1.
- Dramatis Personæ:—
- James Lee's Wife, p. 41.
- Gold Hair; a Story of Pornic, p. 62.
- The Worst of it, p. 70.
- Dîs aliter visum; or, Le Byron de nos Jours, p. 77.
- Too Late, p. 85.
- Abt Vogler, p. 92.
- Rabbi ben Ezra, p. 99.
- A Death in the Desert, p. 110.
- Caliban upon Setebos, p. 136.
- Confessions, p. 148.
- May and Death, p. 150.
- Deaf and Dumb: a group by Woolner, p. 151
- Prospice, p. 152.
- Eurydice to Orpheus; a Picture by Leighton, p. 153.
- Youth and Art, p. 154.
- A Face, p. 158.
- A Likeness, p. 159.
- Mr. Sludge, "the Medium," p. 162.
- Apparent Failure, p. 219.
- Epilogue (Three Speakers) p. 222.
1868-9. THE RING AND THE BOOK. By Robert Browning. In four vols., 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., vols. i., ii., 1868; vols. iii., iv., 1869. The volumes were issued one by one, between November 1868 and February 1869. A "second edition," four volumes, appeared 1869.
1871. HERVÉ RIEL. In the Cornhill Magazine, March, 1871, pp. 257-60. Is dated "Croisic, Sept. 30th, 1867." Reprinted in Pacchiarotto, &c., 1876.
1871. BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE: INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT FROM EURIPIDES. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1871. With dedication to the Countess Cowper dated July 22, 1871. A third edition appeared in 1881. The Last Adventure of Balaustion, in Aristophanes' Apology, &c., 1875, in a sequel to this work.
1871. PRINCE HOHENSTIEL-SCHWANGAU: SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1871.
1872. FIFINE AT THE FAIR. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1872.
1872. SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1872. With a preface dated "London, May 14th, 1872." "Dedicated to Alfred Tennyson."
1872. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. (The Tauchnitz selection). Two vols., 8vo. Leipzig; "Collection of British Authors." As this is a "copyright edition," the selection must have been either made or sanctioned by Mr. Browning.
1872-4. COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. A reprint from the latest English edition. 8vo. Chicago. Nos. 1-19 of the "Official Guide of the Chicago and Alton R.R. and Monthly Reprint and Advertiser." Edited by the manager of the railway, Mr. James Charlton. A copy is in the British Museum.
1873. RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY, OR TURF AND TOWERS. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1873. Dated at the end "January 23, 1873." Dedicated "To Miss Thackeray."
1875. ARISTOPHANES' APOLOGY, INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT FROM EURIPIDES, BEING THE LAST ADVENTURE OF BALAUSTION. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1875. The "Transcript" is "Herakles."
1875. THE INN ALBUM. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1875.
A translation of this work into German by E. Leo: "Das Fremdenbuch," Hamburg, 1877.
1876. PACCHIAROTTO AND HOW HE WORKED IN DISTEMPER: WITH OTHER POEMS. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1876.
- Contents.
- Prologue. ("O the old wall here.") [Called "A Wall" in the selection of 1880], p. 1.
- Of Pacchiarotto and how he worked in Distemper, p. 4.
- At the "Mermaid," p. 47.
- House, p. 60.
- Shop, p. 64.
- Pisgah-Sights, I., p. 75.
- Pisgah-Sights, II., p. 78.
- Fears and Scruples, p. 83.
- Natural Magic, p. 88.
- Magical Nature, p. 90.
- Bifurcation, p. 91.
- Numpholeptos, p. 95.
- Appearances, p. 106.
- St. Martin's Summer, p. 108
- Hervé Riel, p. 117.
- A Forgiveness, p. 131.
- Cenciaja, p. 162.
- Filippo Baldinucci on the Privilege of Burial, p. 184
- Epilogue ["'The Poets pour us wine,'">[ p. 223.
1877. THE AGAMEMNON OF ÆSCHYLUS, transcribed by ROBERT BROWNING. 8vo., Smith, Elder & Co., 1877, with preface dated London, October 1st, 1877.
1877. FAVOURITE POEMS. By Robert Browning. [A selection]. Illustrated, pp. 96, 16mo. Boston, James R. Osgood & Co., 1877. [The Vest-Pocket Series of Standard and Popular Authors].
1878. LA SAISIAZ: THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC. By Robert Browning. 8vo. Smith, Elder & Co., 1878. "Dedicated to Mrs. Sutherland Orr." La Saisiaz is dated "November 9th, 1877," and The Two Poets of Croisic, "January 15th, 1878." The Proem to the Two Poets of Croisic was named "Apparitions" in the Selections of 1880.
1879. "OH LOVE, LOVE." Two Stanzas—eighteen lines translated from the Hippolytus of Euripides, contributed to Mr. J. P. Mahaffy's Euripides, p. 115, Macmillan, 1879. Not included in any collection of Robert Browning's Poems. Reprinted in Browning Soc. (Bibliography) Papers, pt. 1, 1881, p. 69.
1879. DRAMATIC IDYLS. By Robert Browning. Post 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1879.
- Contents.
- Martin Relph, p. 1.
- Pheidippides, p. 27.
- Halbert and Hob, p. 45.
- Ivàn Ivànovitch, p. 57.
- Tray, p. 101.
- Ned Bratts, p. 107.
1879. "THE BLIND MAN TO THE MAIDEN SAID." Poem, twenty lines, in "The Hour Will Come," by Wilhelmine von Hillern, translated from the German by Mrs. Clara Bell (vol. ii., p. 174). London, 8vo. Quoted in Whitehall Review, March 1, 1883, with statement that the English version of the poem is by Mr. Browning. Reprinted with some particulars in the Browning Society's Papers, pt. ii., p. 410, 1883.
1880. DRAMATIC IDYLS. Second Series. By Robert Browning. Post 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1880.
- Contents.
- [Proem] ("You are sick, that's sure"), p. vii.
- Echetlos, p. 1.
- Clive, p. 9.
- Muléykeh, p. 43.
- Pietro of Abano, p. 61.
- Doctor ——, p. 113.
- Pan and Luna, p. 137.
- [Epilogue], ("Touch him ne'er so lightly"), p. 149.
Ten additional lines to this epilogue have been published—"Thus I wrote in London, musing," &c. These lines appeared in the Century Magazine (Scribner's), vol. 25, 1882, pp. 159, 160, and were there said to have been written in an autograph album, October 14th, 1880. They were reprinted in the Browning Society's Papers, pt. iii., p. 48*, November, 1882, but have been withdrawn from the Society's later issues.
1880. SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Second Series. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1880. The First Series appeared in 1872. Both were reprinted in 1884.
1882. A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. With a Memoir of the Author, and explanatory notes, by F. H. Ahn, 8vo. Berlin, 1882. This is vol. viii. of Ahn's Collection of British and American Standard Authors.
1883. JOCOSERIA. By Robert Browning. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1883.
- Contents.
- Wanting is—What? p. 1.
- Donald, p. 5.
- Solomon and Balkis, p. 25.
- Cristina and Monaldeschi, p. 33.
- Mary Wollstonecraft and Fuseli, p. 45.
- Adam, Lilith, and Eve, p. 51.
- Ixion, p. 55.
- Jochanan Hakkadosh, p. 71.
- Never the Time and the Place, p. 133.
- Pambo, p. 137.
1883. LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC POEMS SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Edited by E. T. Mason. 8vo. New York, 1883.
[1883.] SELECTIONS FROM THE POETRY OF ROBERT BROWNING. With an Introduction by R. G. White, 8vo. New York.
1883. SONNET ON GOLDONI. Dated "Venice, Nov. 27, 1883," and written for the Album of the Committee of the Goldoni Monument at Venice, where it appears upon the first page. Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette, Dec. 8, 1883, and in the Browning Society's Papers, pt. v., p. 98*, 1884.
1883. PARAPHRASE FROM HORACE. (On Singers). [Horace's "Omnibus hoc vitium est cantoribus," etc.] Four lines written impromptu for Mr. Felix Moscheles. Published in the Pall Mall Gazette, Dec. 12, 1883, and in the Browning Society's Papers, pt. v. p. 99*, 1884.
1884. SONNET ON RAWDON BROWN. Dated Nov. 28. 1883, and published in the. Century Magazine, vol. 27, Feb. 1884, p. 640. Reprinted in the Browning Society's Papers, pt. v., p. 132*, 1884.
1884. THE FOUNDER OF THE FEAST.—A Sonnet. Inscribed by Mr. Browning in the Album presented to Mr. Arthur Chappell, director of the St. James's Hall Popular Concerts, etc. (The World, April 16, 1884). Reprinted in the Browning Society's Papers, pt. vii., p. 18*, 1884. The sonnet is dated "April 5th, 1884."
1884. THE NAMES. Sonnet on Shakspeare. On page 1 of the "Shaksperian Show Book" of the Shaksperian Show held at the Albert Hall, May 29-31, 1884. The poem is dated "March 12, '84," and was published in the Pall Mall Gazette, May 29, 1884, and in the Browning Society's Papers, pt. v., p. 105*.
1884. "The Divine Order, and other Sermons and Addresses. By the late Thomas Jones." Edited by Brynmor Jones; with a short INTRODUCTION by Robert Browning. London, 1884, 8vo.
1884. FERISHTAH'S FANCIES. By Robert Browning 8vo. Smith, Elder & Co., 1884.
| Contents: | |
| Prologue ("Pray Reader"), p 1. | |
| 1. | The Eagle, p. 5. |
| 2. | The Melon-Seller, p. 9. |
| 3. | Shah Abbas, p 13. |
| 4. | The Family, p. 25. |
| 5. | The Sun, p. 33. |
| 6. | Mihrab Shah, p. 46. |
| 7. | A Camel-Driver, p. 59, |
| 8. | Two Camels, p. 69. |
| 9. | Cherries, p. 78. |
| 10. | Plot-Culture, p. 87. |
| 11. | A Pillar at Sebzevah, p. 93. |
| 12. | A Bean-Stripe; also Apple-eating, p. 105. |
| Epilogue ["Oh, Love—no Love!">[ p. 140. |
1884. SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Two series. 2 vols. 8vo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1884. A reprint of the two series, which appeared respectively in 1872 and 1880.
1884. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. By Robert Browning. London, Robert Dunthorne, 1884. Small 4to. Not published for sale, but printed by Mr. Browning's permission "to accompany Mr. Macbeth's Etchings, after the late G. J. Pinwell's drawings illustrating its subject."
1885. POMEGRANATES FROM AN ENGLISH GARDEN: A SELECTION FROM THE POEMS OF ROBERT BROWNING. With Introduction and Notes by John Munro Gibson. New York, 1885, 8vo.
1885. WHY I AM A LIBERAL. Sonnet contributed to "Why I am a Liberal," edited by Andrew Reid. London, Cassell & Co., n.d. [1885]. Not collected by Mr. Browning, but reprinted in Browning Society's Papers, October, 1885, p. 89*, and in "Sonnets of the Century," edited by W. Sharp, 1886.
1886. Spring Song ("Dance, yellows and whites and reds!") contributed to The New Amphion: being the Book of the Edinburgh University Union Fancy Fair. Edinburgh University Press, 1886, p. 1. (Reappeared in Lairesse in Parleyings, &c., p. 189).
1886. SELECT POEMS OF ROBERT BROWNING, with notes by W. J. Rolfe and H. E. Mersey. New York, 1886, 8vo.
1887. PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE IN THEIR DAY; to wit:
- Bernard de Mandeville,
- Daniel Bartoli,
- Christopher Smart,
- George Bubb Dodington,
- Francis Furini,
- Gerard de Lairesse, and
- Charles Avison.
Introduced by A Dialogue between Apollo and The Fates; concluded by another between John Fust and his Friends. By Robert Browning. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1887, 8vo. Dedicated "In Memoriam J. Milsand, obit. iv. Sept. MDCCCLXXXVI. Absens absentem auditque videtque."
1888-9. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Sixteen vols. 8vo. Smith, Elder & Co., 1888-9. All the works collected by the author, excepting only Asolando.
- Contents.
- Pauline, vol. i., p. 1.
- Sordello, vol. i., p. 47.
- Paracelsus, vol. ii., p. 1.
- Strafford, vol. ii., p. 187.
- Pippa Passes, vol. iii., p. 1
- King Victor and King Charles, vol. iii., p. 81.
- Return of the Druses, vol. iii., p. 167.
- A Soul's Tragedy, vol. iii., p. 257.
- A Blot in the 'Scutcheon, vol. iv., p. 1.
- Colombe's Birthday, vol. iv., p. 71.
- Men and Women, vol. iv., p. 171.
- Dramatic Romances, vol. v., p. 1.
- Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, vol. v., p. 209.
- Dramatic Lyrics, vol. vi., p. 1.
- Luria, vol. vi., p. 209.
- In a Balcony, vol. vii., p. 1.
- Dramatis Personæ, vol. vii., p. 45.
- The Ring and the Book. Books 1 to 4, vol. viii., p. 1.
- " " Books 5 to 8, vol. ix., p. 1.
- " " Books 9 to 12, vol. x., p. 1.
- Balaustion's Adventure, vol xi., p. 1.
- Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, vol. xi., p. 123.
- Fifine at the Fair, vol. xi., p. 211.
- Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, vol. xii., p. 1.
- The Inn Album, vol. xii., p. 179.
- Aristophanes' Apology, including a Transcript from Euripides, being the Last
- Adventure of Balaustion, vol. xiii., p. 1.
- The Agamemnon of Æschylus, vol. xiii., p. 259.
- Pacchiarotto, and how he worked in Distemper; with other Poems, vol. xiv., p. 1.
- La Saisiaz: and The Two Poets of Croisic, vol. xiv., p. 153.
- Dramatic Idyls. First series, vol. xv., p. 1.
- " " Second series, vol. xv., p. 85.
- Jocoseria, vol. xv., p. 165.
- Ferishtah's Fancies, vol. xvi., p. 1.
- Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in their Day, vol. xvi., p. 93.
[1889]. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. By Robert Browning. With 35 illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Pp. 64, Routledge & Sons, 4to.
1889. FIVE LINES (beginning "Wind wafted from the sunset"), on a picture by Mr. Felix Moscheles, "The Isle's Enchantress." Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette for March 26, 1889.
1889-90. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In six volumes. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1889-90. 8vo. Vol. i. contains a PREFATORY NOTE signed "R. B.," and dated "29, De Vere Gardens, W., December 10, 1887" ["1887" must be a misprint for 1888, as the "Prefatory Note" mentions a Memoir of E. B. Browning by John H. Ingram, which was published in September, 1888].
1890. ASOLANDO: FANCIES AND FACTS. By Robert Browning. 8vo. Smith, Elder & Co., 1890. With dedication "To Mrs. Arthur Bronson." Now (1891) in its eighth edition. The dedication is dated "Asolo, October 15, 1889." The volume was published on the day of the poet's death, December 12, 1889.
- Contents.
- Prologue ("The Poet's age is sad; for why?") p. 1.
- Rosny, p. 5.
- Dubiety, p. 8.
- Now, p. 10.
- Humility, p. 11.
- Poetics, p. 12.
- Summum Bonum, p. 13.
- A Pearl, a Girl, p. 14.
- Speculative, p. 15.
- White Witchcraft, p. 17.
- Bad Dreams, I., II., III., IV., p. 19.
- Inapprehensiveness, p. 34.
- Which? p. 37.
- The Cardinal and the Dog, p. 40.
- The Pope and the Net, p. 42
- The Bean-Feast, p. 46.
- Muckle-Mouth Meg, p. 52.
- Arcades ambo, p. 56.
- The Lady and the Painter, p. 58.
- Ponte dell' Angelo, Venice, p. 61.
- Beatrice Signorini, p. 76.
- Flute Music, with an Accompaniment, p. 99.
- "Imperante Augusto natus est ——," p. 112.
- Development, p. 123.
- Rephan, p. 131.
- Reverie, p. 141.
- Epilogue ("At the midnight, in the silence of the sleep-time"), p. 156.
1890. Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. With PREFATORY NOTE by R. B. 16mo. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1890.
1890. POCKET VOLUME OF SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1890, 16mo.
*** In the "Bibliography" attached to Mr. William Sharp's "Life of Robert Browning" (London, W. Scott, 1890), under Section II., "Single Works," appear the following entries:—
- (1) "Cleon. Moxon: London, 1855. 8vo. Reprinted in Men and Women"
- (2) "Gold Hair: a Legend of Pornic. [London], 1864. 8vo. Reprinted in
- Dramatis Personæ."
- (3) "The Statue and the Bust. Moxon: London, 1855. 8vo. Reprinted in
- Men and Women."
- (4) Mr. Sharp also (p. 173) mentions a leaflet containing "Prospice."
Pamphlets bearing the titles of the first and third certainly exist, and this may also be the case with regard to the second and fourth; but as nothing is known of the history of any one of the four, all are excluded from the foregoing Bibliography.