153 LA SAISIAZ [& 154] THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC 1878 48a Saul, Part I, § 1-9 1876 Pacchiarotto, 108 1845 ... 1855 Bells & Pom., VII. 21 1863 1865 ... 1872 1880 1855 Men & Women, i. 117 *Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert * For the Contents of these Selections, see Appendix, pp. 73-80, below. A LIST OF ROBERT BROWNING'S WORKS IN THE ORDER OF THEIR PUBLICATION. "Of all living poets, we are dealing with the profoundest thinker." 1868. Jn. T. Nettleship. Introd. to Essays on Robert Browning's Poetry, p. 11. [Browning was born at Camberwell on May 7, 1812, went to the Rev. Thos. Ready's school at Peckham till he was near 14, then had a private tutor at home, and attended some lectures at the London University, now University College, London.] 1833. PAULINE; a Fragment of a Confession. 1 Plus ne suis ce que j'ai été, Et ne le sçaurois jamais être.-MAROT. London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street. 1833. p. 1-71. Poem dated, at end, p. 71, 'Richmond, October 22, 1832.' Extract from H. Cor. Agrippa, De Occult. Phil. given as Forewords, dated London, January, 1833. V. A. XX. Blank verse. 1030 lines. (See note 1, p. 40-1, below.) Reprinted for the first time in vol. i. of the 6-vol. edition of the Poetical Works, 1868, with the following Forewords: "The poems that follow are printed [more or less] in the order of their publication. The first piece in the series [Pauline] I acknowledge and retain with extreme repugnance, indeed purely of necessity; for not long ago I inspected one, and am certified of the existence of other transcripts, intended sooner or later to be published abroad: by forestalling these, I can at least correct some misprints (no syllable is changed) and introduce a boyish work by an exculpatory word. The thing was my earliest attempt at poetry always dramatic in principle, and so many utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine,' which I have since written according to a scheme less extravagant, and scale less impracticable, than were ventured upon in this crude preliminary sketch- -a sketch that, on reviewal, appears not altogether wide of some hint of the characteristic features of that particular dramatis persona it would fain have reproduced: good draughtmanship, however, and right handling were far beyond the artist at that time. R. B. London, December 25, 1867.' 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. 4 For help in the present Bibliography, I thank Mr. Richard Garnett, Mr. Austin Dobson, Mr. J. T. Nettleship,2 Miss E. H. Hickey, 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. 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. The 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, WITH THEIR ORDER-NUMBERS AND DATES OF PUBLICATION. » "An,' 99.66 ("A," 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.) |