7, 76, 82, 86,
179, 291, 407, 435, 438, 439, ii. 18, 20, 178, 180, 237;
death, 263 ff.
Barrett, afterwards Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, birth, i. 1;
childhood and youth at Hope End, 3-6;
removal to Sidmouth, 10;
to London (74 Gloucester Place), 31;
failure of health, _ib._;
removal to 50 Wimpole Street, 56;
publication of 'The Seraphim,' _ib._ 63;
breaking of a blood-vessel, _ib._;
removal to Torquay, 74;
death of her brother Edward, 83;
return to London, 91;
publication of the 'Poems' of 1844, 180-188, 193 ff.;
proposed journey to Italy in 1845, 266 ff.;
love and marriage, 280 ff.;
departure from England, _ib._;
at Pisa, 302 ff.;
Florence, 325;
expedition to Vallombrosa, 332 ff.;
settlement at Casa Guidi, 365, 372;
birth of a son, 395;
her name suggested for the Laureateship, 449, 452;
illness, 456, 458;
travels, ii. 1 ff.;
publication of 'Casa Guidi Windows,' 2;
visit to England, 13 ff.;
residence in Paris, 22 ff.;
the _Coup d'etat_ in France, 30 ff.;
second visit to London, 76;
verses by, 81;
return to Paris, 89;
to Florence, 91;
first visit to Rome, 146;
severe illness, 202;
visit to England, 205 ff.;
to Paris, 215 ff.;
last visit to England, 235 ff.;
publication of 'Aurora Leigh,' 240;
carnival in Florence, 256 ff.;
visit to Bagni di Lucca, 267 ff.;
last visit to France, 280 ff.;
winter in Rome, 292 ff.;
the war with Austria, 305 ff.;
summer at Siena, 319 ff.;
severe illness, 325;
winter in Rome, 352 ff.;
publication of 'Poems before Congress,' 363;
last summer at Siena, 400;
last winter in Rome, 408 ff.;
death, 450 ff.
Portraits:
by Reade, ii. 144;
by Miss Fox, ii. 151;
by Leighton, ii. 310;
by Field Talfourd, ii. 404;
bust by Story, ii. 448 _note_.
Her knowledge of Greek literature, i. 101, 102, 242;
opinions on religion, i. 115, 127, 159, 247, ii. 156, 420 ff.;
on Roman Catholicism, ii. 5;
on versification, i. 140, 156, 183;
on female poets, i. 229-233;
on Greek scholarship, i. 260;
on mesmerism, i. 255-259;
on marriage, i. 339, ii. 72, 73, 222 ff.;
on communism, i. 363;
on socialism, i. 467;
protest against publication of juvenile performances, i. 454, 455,
ii. 139;
views on spiritualism, ii. 9
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