Shelley Essay. Will any one else give it—or help to give it—one or both of the next two working issues that it wants, A Subject-Index to Browning's Works, and a short Statement of the Story and Purpose of each of those Works? The latter can stand over till the Browning Primer is written, but would be of very great use if it could be prepared and printed within three months. Till the number of the Society's Members is multiplied by ten, those of them who can spare any money will have to ask themselves whether they care only a guinea a year for BROWNING or not; and if they feel they care more, they should act on their conviction. There is much to be done before all the needful helps are provided for the study of this manliest and thoughtfullest of our modern English poets whom we are united to honour. For help in the present Bibliography, I thank Mr. Richard Garnett, Mr. Austin Dobson, Mr. J. T. Nettleship, Miss E. H. Hickey,3 Mr. W. G. Stone, Prof. Johnson,5 Prof. Corson, Mr. F. G. Stephens,6 Mr. Kirkman, and other friends. My special thanks are due to the Rev. T. W. Carson of Dublin, for his numerous ana, and collating Sordello, Bks. V and VI, also to Mr. Richard Herne Shepherd, the well-known Bibliographer of Ruskin, Tennyson, &c., for the copy of Karshook, the notes on Pauline, Hervé Riel, the notice of Balaustion, for looking thro my proofs, and adding the many Ana and bits of information to which "S" is put. Above all I have to acknowledge the kindness of Robert Browning himself, for answering such questions as I felt free to ask him, and for his leave to reprint his Karshook, p. 56, below. But it will of course be understood that he is in no way bound by any statement or opinion of mine. F. J. FURNIVALL. Castell Farm, Beddgelert, North Wales, July 31, 1881; and 3 St. George's Sq., N. W., Oct. 1. The P.S. The counting of the lines of the poems before 1863 has been done in the edition of the Works in 1863 or in that of 1868. whole number of Browning's lines I reckon at 93,323. Shakspere has unrymed lines among the couplets in his plays, as Browning has in his poems. 1 The latter, Mr. Nettleship has kindly undertaken to make. The former, I hope to get volunteers and an Editor for, among our Members. 2 He has counted the lines of Pauline, Fifine, Inn-Album. 3 She has counted La Saisiaz, Croisic, and Dramatic Idyls i and ii, and added some metrical details. 4 He has counted Pippa Passes and Strafford. 5 He has counted Aristophanes' Apology, Agamemnon, and Hohenstiel-Schwangau. 6 He gave me the Orpheus and Deaf and Dumb references. AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ROBERT BROWNING'S WORKS, 39.66 WITH THEIR ORDER-NUMBERS AND DATES OF PUBLICATION. ("A,' An,' ‚""Le," and "The" are not reckond as initial words. An acute accent to a number, as 151', means that its poem is part of the Work 151. The Prologue and Epilogue to a single Work, are taken as part of it; those to a set of Poems, as separate works.) (Elizabeth Barrett Browning: see (104) One Word More; (118) Prospice; (126) The Ring and the Book, I. 1391-1416, "O lyric Love", and Bk. iv end; (128) Balaustion's Adventure, p. iv, 168; (130) Prol. and Epilogue to Fifine, ? and the wife, § 38; (134) Prol. to Pacchiarotto, p. 2, and (151) Epilogue to it.) 37 England in Italy; later, "The Englishman in "The poets 123 Epilogue: First, Second, and Third Speakers 64 An Epistle concerning the strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician 124 Euridice to Orpheus. A Picture by Leighton (in Works 1868): first "Orpheus and Euridice" 128 Euripides, a Transcript from [his Alkestis]: "Balaustion's Adventure" 132 Euripides, a Transcript from [his Herakles Mai nomenos]: "The last Adventure of Balaustion' 1875 Aristoph. Apol., 209 155 Euripides: 2 stanzas from his Hippolytus eng |