p. 45. Cruet 2 The sp wrazy Mr. T Powell, in his 'Living Authors of England was meant fie a young man who fell in love with Queen Victoria. The queen intended was instina of Spain: the young was or went mad-There is an account of Mr. Alfred Doment in Mr. Powell's book, and in the Biograph,' 1881. p. 45. The Big in the "Stutzkera was pur? at Sa Ders Wells in 1848.-T. Powell's "Living Authors of England" New York, 1848, p. 74 cr Pictures of Living Authors of Britain." Lakin, 1961, p. 64. In the American edition are several letters of Mia Browning a p. 146-182" One before her marriage says, “Mr. Browning, with whom I have Lid some corespondence 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 Bixt 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 Proat's fan. Browning's version is in Dramatic Lyrics, Second Series, page 68: "Studiando le mie cifre col compasso, Revo che sarò presto sotterra, E gi' ignoranti in 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 : "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. p. 101. 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.” Miss 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 wifee-a great Browningite-were induced to come. 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.' He reviewd the Dramatis Persona in the extinct 'Morning Star' newspaper here in 1864, and soon after wrote a long article in the 'Victoria Magazine' (see above) on all Browning's Works up to 1864. He will preach on Sordello at South Place Chapel, E.C., on Dec. 4, 1881. Here is the pretty poem on Mrs. Browning's death, by Mr. James Thomson of our Society's Committee, mentiond on p. 57, note 2, above: E. B. B. 1861. I. The white-rose garland at her feet, The crown of laurel at her head, II. Soldiers find their fittest grave To the land for which she fought III. Keats and Shelley sleep at Rome, Far from their old home of birth: Very sacred English dust. IV. Wherefore this one prayer I breathe,― That you yet may worthy prove Of the heirlooms they bequeath Who have loved you with such love: Fairest land, while land of slaves,1 Yields their free souls no fit graves. The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems, by James Thomson ("B. V."). 1. Rome was then still Papal. 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