p. 45. Cristina. This, says wrongly Mr. T. Powell, in his 'Living Authors of England,' was meant for a young man who fell in love with Queen Victoria. The queen intended was Cristina of Spain: the young man was or went mad.-There is an account of Mr. Alfred Domett in Mr. Powell's book, and in the Biograph,' 1881. p. 46. The Blot in the 'Scutcheon was playd at Sadlers Wells in 1848.-T. Powell's 'Living Authors of England,' New York, 1849, p. 74 (or 'Pictures of Living Authors of Britain,' London, 1851, p. 64). In the American edition are several letters of Mrs. Browning's, p. 146-152. One before her marriage says, "Mr. Browning, with whom I have had some correspondence lately, is full of great intentions; the light of the future is on his forehead. . . I have a full faith in him as poet and prophet" (p. 147). The Blot was written in 5 days. p. 66, note 3. The note in no way expresses the full scope of the poem. p. 76. This Moxon 'Selections' came out in six-penny numbers, of 24 pages each. p. 93. The vernacular is Father Prout's fun. Browning's version is in Dramatic Lyrics, Second Series, page 68: "Studiando le mie cifre col compasso, Rilevo che sarò presto sotterra, Perchè del mio saper si fa gran chiasso, E gl' ignoranti m'hanno mosso guerra." "Said to have been found in a well at Abano in the last century. They were extemporaneously Englished thus: not as Father Prout chose to prefer them: p. 101. "Studying my ciphers with the compass, I reckon I soon shall be below-ground; Because, of my lore folks make great rumpus, And war on myself makes each dull rogue round." 1880. Dramatic Lyrics. Second Series, p. 67, 68, notes. 'Monodrama' was uzed by Charles Lamb in 1823, Elia, Ser. II, No. 5, p. 268 (ed. 1865); by Carlyle in 1831, Sartor, p. 75, ed. 1858; and in the Eclectic Review, 1849, p. 211: "The poet's [R. B.'s] genius is essentially dramatic, but not in the sense which the word vulgarly bears. Mr. Browning's is mostly the drama of character, not of incident, or scenic effect. Under this aspect, the entire sum of his poetry may be said to be dramatic, though much of it, like so much of Tennyson's, [is] simple monodrama; in which class must be included not only the lyrics, but the entire poem of Paracelsus." 1853 or -4. When Mr. Moncure D. Conway was a student at Harvard, there was a very successful performance of Colombe's Birthday at the Harvard Athenæum in Boston, Mass., U.S. A. Miss Davenport chose the play for her benefit, and Mr. Conway and other students got all their friends to take tickets. Among others, Longfellow and his wife -a great Browningite-were induced to come. Miss Davenport acted admirably; so did the performer of Valence; and in the acting, no difficulty whatever was felt in following the poet's meaning. Mr. Conway says he was an early reviewer of Browning in America, probably in the New York Tribune' or 'Evening Post.' 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