r sensitiveness of
feeling; personal appearance of Robert Browning; his "electric" hand;
Elizabeth Barrett discerns his personal worth, and is susceptible to the
strong humanity of Browning's song; Mr. Barrett's jealousy; their
engagement; Miss Barrett's acquaintance with Mrs. Jameson; quiet
marriage in 1846; Mr. Barrett's resentment; the Brownings go to Paris;
thence to Italy with Mrs. Jameson; Wordsworth's comments; residence in
Pisa; "Sonnets from the Portuguese"; in the spring they go to Florence,
thence to Ancona, where "The Guardian Angel" was written; Casa Guidi;
W.W. Story's account of the rooms at Casa Guidi; perfect union. Page 135.

CHAPTER VIII.

March 1849, birth of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning; Browning writes
his "Christmas Eve and Easter Day"; "Casa Guidi Windows" commenced;
1850, they go to Rome; "Two in the Campagna"; proposal to confer
poet-laureateship on Mrs. Browning; return to London; winter in Paris;
summer in London; Kenyon's friendship; return in autumn to Casa Guidi;
Browning's Essay on Shelley for the twenty-five spurious Shelley
letters; midsummer at Baths of Lucca, where "In a Balcony" was in part
written; winter of 1853-4 in Rome; record of work; "Pen's" illness; "Ben
Karshook's Wisdom"; return to Florence; (1856) "Men and Women"
published; the Brownings go to London; in summer "Aurora Leigh" issued;
1858, Mrs. Browning's waning health; 1855-64 comparatively, unproductive
period with R. Browning; record of work; July 1855, they travel to
Normandy; "Legend of Pornic"; Mrs. Browning's ardent interest in the
Italian struggle of 1859; winter in Rome; "Poems before Congress"; her
last poem, "North and South"; death of Mrs. Browning at Casa Guidi, 28th
June 1861. Page 157.

CHAPTER IX.

Browning's allusions to death of his wife; Miss Browning resides with
her brother from 1866; 1868, collected works published; first part of
"The Ring and the Book" published in November 1866; "Herve Riel"
written; Browning's growing popularity; Tauchnitz editions of his poems
in 1872; also first book of selections; dedication to Lord Tennyson;
1877, he goes to La Saisiaz, near Geneva; "La Saisiaz" and "The Two
Poets of Croisic" published 1878; Browning's later poems; Browning
Society established 1881; Browning's letter thereupon to Mr. Yates;
trips abroad; his London residences; his last letter to Tennyson;
revisits Asolo; Palazzo Rezzonico; his belief in immortality; his death,
Thursday, Dec. 12th,