"My father died without pain or suffering other than that of weakness or weariness"—so Mr R. Barrett Browning wrote to Mrs Bloomfield-Moore. "His death was what death ought to be, but rarely is—so said the doctor." (Quoted in an article on Browning by Mrs Bloomfield-Moore in Lippincott's Magazine—Jan.—June 1890, p. 690.)
A grave in the Abbey was at the same time offered for the body of Browning's wife; the removal of her body from Florence would have been against both the wishes of Browning and of the people of Florence. It was therefore declined by Mr R. Barrett Browning. See his letter in Mrs Bloomfield-Moore's article in Lippincott's Magazine, vol. xiv.
E.D. West in the first of two papers, "Browning as a Preacher," in The Dark Blue Magazine. Browning esteemed these papers highly and in what follows I appropriate, with some modifications, a passage from the first of them. The writer has consented to the use here made of the passage, and has contributed a passage towards the close.
Index
[The names of Robert Browning, the subject of this volume, and of Elizabeth Barrett Browning are not included in the Index.]
Abt Vogler, [135], [235], [236]
Adams, Sarah Flower, [9]
Aeschylus (see Agamemnon), [274]
Agamemnon, [279], [293], [294]
Alford, Lady M., [217]
Ancona, [120]
Andersen, Hans, [223], [224n]
Andrea del Sarto, [191]
Any Wife to any Husband, [182]
Apparent Failure, [238]
Aristophanes' Apology, [277], [279], [288]-[293]
Arnold, Matthew, [125], [128], [130], [145]
Arnould, Joseph, [9]
Arran, Isle of, [278]
Artemis Prologuizes, [74]
Asceticism, [132], [134]
Ashburton, Lady, [272]
Asolando, [375]-[379]
Asolo, [47], [334], [335], [381]-[385]
At the Mermaid, [317]
Audierne, [250]
Aurora Leigh, [124], [155], [203], [205], [211]
B
Bach, [329]
Bacon, Francis, [296]
Bad Dreams, [377]
Balaustion's Adventure, [279], [280]-[288], [346]
Balzac, H. de, [113], [125]
Barrett, Arabella, [90], [93], [96], [139], [170], [172], [174], [204], [210], [225], [227], [228], [250]
Barrett, Edward M., [89], [90], [99], [106], [119], [139], [204], [206]
Barrett, Henrietta (Mrs Surtees Cook), [93], [99], [119], [139], [172], [204], [220]
Bayley, Miss, [98]
Bean Feast, [378]
Beatrice Signorini, [378]
Bells and Pomegranates, [49]
Benckhausen, Mr, [21]
Bernard de Mandeville, [371]
Biarritz, [230]
Bifurcation, [318]
Bird, Dr, [386]
Bishop Blougram, [177], [199]-[202]
Bishop orders his Tomb, [79], [80]
Blagden, Isa, [206], [207], [208], [220], [225], [226], [229], [231], [276], [297]
Blanc, Mme., [272], [273]
Blot in the 'Scutcheon, [49], [50], [51], [52], [64], [68]
Bottinius, [259]
Bowring, Sir J., [221]
Boyd, H.S., [101]
Boyle, Miss, [117]
Bradley, Dean, [387]
Bridell-Fox, Mrs, [43]-[47]
Bronson, Mrs A., [66], [334], [335], [336], [339], [341], [342], [343], [380], [381], [382], [383], [385]
Browning, Robert (grandfather), [1]
Browning, Robert (father), [1]-[4], [12], [141], [209], [249]
Browning, Robert, W.B. (son), [117], [118], [138], [140], [153], [159], [204], [205], [206], [207], [221], [225], [227], [344], [387n]
Browning, Sarah Anna (mother), [2], [5], [6], [118]
Browning, Sarah Anna, or Sarianna (sister), [2], [50], [81], [106], [174], [209], [249], [336], [343]
Buchanan, Robert, [243n], [329n]
Burne-Jones, E., [217]
By the Fireside, [167], [183], [187]
C
Caliban upon Setebos, [243], [244], [360]
Cambo, [230]
Cambridge, [380]
Caponsacchi, [257], [264]-[266]
Carlyle, Mrs, [152]
Carlyle, Thomas, [5], [42], [83], [103], [140], [141], [254]
Casa Guidi, [115]
Cavalier Tunes, [75]
Cavour, [204], [212], [224]
Cenciaja, [319]
Chapman & Hall, [114]
Chappell, Arthur, [276]
Charles Avison, [371]
Childe Roland, [180]
Christmas Eve and Easter Day, [114], [123]-[137]
Christopher Smart, [371], [373]
"Clarissa," [255], [260]
Clayton, Rev. Mr, [6]
Cleon, [195]
Clive, [355]
Cobbe, Miss F.P., [165n]
Colombe's Birthday, [49], [52], [58], [67], [155]
Conway, Dr M., [2], [42], [326]
Cook, Captain Surtees, [93], [94]
Cook, Mrs Surtees, see [Barrett, Henrietta]
Cornhill Magazine, [228], [275]
Count Gismond, [77]
Coup d'état, [141], [142]
Cristine, [77]
Croisic, [249], [250]
Crosse, Mrs Andrew, [191n]
Curtis, Mr and Mrs, [386]
D
Daniel Bartoli, [232], [370]
Dante, [34], [40], [83], [114]
Davidson, Captain, [46]
Death in the Desert, [233], [239], [240]
De Gustibus, [180]
Development, [377]
De Vere Gardens, [342], [379], [387]
Dickens, Charles, [42], [50]
Dîs Aliter Visum, [234], [245]
Doctor——, [350]
Domett, Alfred, [9]
Dominus Hyacinthus, [259]
Donald, [334]
Dramatic Idyls (First and Second Series), [348]
Dramatic Lyrics, [49], [72]
Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, [49], [72]
Dramatis Personae, [175], [233]-[247]
Dubiety, [377]
Dufferin, Lord, [275]
Duffy, C. Gavan, [199n]
E
Easter Day, see [Christmas Eve and Easter Day]
Echetlos, [351], [352]
Eckley, Mr, [210], [211]
Egerton-Smith, Miss, [276], [277], [321], [327]
Elgin, Lady, [209]
Eliot, George, [217]
Englishman in Italy, [72], [73]
Epilogue (to "Asolando"), [375], [376]
Epilogue (to "Dramatis Personae"), [241]
Epilogue (to "Pacchiarotto" volume), [315]
Epilogue (to "Two Poets of Croisic"), [359]
Epistle to Karshish, [197], [198]
Etretat, [209]
Evelyn Hope, [183]
F
Face, A, [235]
Fano, [119]
Faraday, M., [158]
Faucit, Helen, [45], [52], [155]
Fears and Scruples, [318]
Ferishtah's Fancies, [361]-[369]
Fifine at the Fair, [176], [279], [301]-[306]
Filippo Baldinucci, [319]
Fisher, W., [168]
Fitzgerald, Edward, [381]
Flaubert, G., [121], [122], [125]
Flight of the Duchess, [77], [78]
Flower, Eliza, [9], [19]
Flower, Sarah, [9]
Flush, [92], [96], [101], [105], [153]
Forgiveness, [319]
Forster, John, [42], [44], [139], [229]
Founder of the Feast, [276]
Fox, Caroline, [36]
Fox, W.J., [19], [44]
Fra Lippo Lippi, [174], [192], [370]
Francis Farini, [371], [373]
Fuller, Margaret (see Ossoli, Countess d')
Furnivall, F.J., [1n], [275], [303], [333], [337n], [338], [339], [340], [345], [347], [384]
G
Gagarin, Prince, [21]
Garden Fancy, [73]
Gerard de Lairesse, [371]
Gibson, J., [169], [217]
Gladstone, W.E., [295]
Glove, [77], [78]
Gold Hair, [230], [231], [234], [235], [275]
Goldoni, [335], [343]
Gosse, E., [12], [20n], [21n], [107], [231], [331], [332], [347n], [380]
Grammarian's Funeral, [179], [193]
Greek Christian Poets, [228]
Gresonowsky, Dr, [216]
Gressoney, [338]
Grove, Mr, [328], [329]
Guardian Angel, [119]
Guido Franceschini, [260]-[262]
H
Halbert and Hob, [352]
Hatcham, [43]
Havre, [210], [272]
Hawthorne, N., [208]
"Helen's Tower," [275]
Herakles, [286]-[288]
Heretic's Tragedy, [194]
Hervé Riel, [250], [275], [287]
Hickey, Miss E.H., [347]
Hillard, G.S., [116]
Hippolytus and Aricia, [74]
Holy Cross Day, [195], [319]
Home, D.D., [158], [159], [160], [161], [165], [219]
Hosmer, Harriet, [169]
House, [317]
How it strikes a Contemporary, [188]
How they brought the Good News, [46]
Hugo, Victor, [111], [150]
Hunt, Leigh, [33]
I
Imperante Augusta natus est, [378], [379]
In a Balcony, [53], [65], [66], [167]
In a Gondola, [77]
Inapprehensiveness, [377], [378]
In a Year, [182]
Inn Album, [268], [270], [279], [310]-[315]
Ion, [45]
Italian in England, [76]
Ivàn Ivànovitch, [287], [334], [353]
Ixion, [359], [360], [384]
J
James, Henry, [215n], [216n], [219n],
[220], [223n], [224n], [225n], [272n],
[332], [333], [345], [381]
James Lee's Wife, [230], [246], [247]
Jameson, Anna, [93], [96], [99], [104], [105], [108]
Jochanan Hakkadosh, [359], [360]
Jocoseria, [358]-[361]
Johannes Agricola, [76]
Jones, Thomas, [228]
Jowett, Benjamin, [251], [252]
K
Kean, Charles, [52]
Kemble, Fanny, [139], [169], [310n]
Kenyon, F.G., [219]
Kenyon, John, [50], [81], [96], [98], [152], [204], [205]
Kingsley, Charles, [153]
King Victor and King Charles, [48], [49], [59], [64], [69]
Kirkup, Seymour, [116], [160]
L
"La Dame aux Camélias," [121], [150]
Lamartine, [150]
La Mura, [382]
Landor, W.S., [45], [152], [213]-[215]
La Saisiaz, [278], [279], [321]-[326]
Last Poems, [228]
Last Ride, [185]
Lehmann, R., [165n], [253], [326], [380]
Leighton, F., [172]
Lever, Charles, [117]
Lido, [340], [341]
Life in a Love, [183]
Likeness, [245]
Llangollen, Vale of, [337]
Lockhart, J.G., [169]
Long, Professor, [9]
Lost Leader, [74]
Lounsbury, Professor, [51]
Love among the Ruins, [187]
Love in a Life, [183]
Lover s Quarrel, [186]
Lucca, Baths of, [120], [166], [167]
Luria, [49], [60]
Lytton, Robert, [156], [167], [207]
M
Maclise, Daniel, [77]
Macready, W.C., [42], [44], [45], [51], [52]
"Madame Bovary," [121], [122]
Magical Nature, [318]
Mansoor the Hierophant, [48]
Marston, Westland, [36]
Martin, Lady (see also [Faucit, Helen]),