INDEX

A

Agamemnon of Aeschylus, The, 120.

Alliance, The Holy, 89.

“Andrea del Sarto,” 83.

Aristophanes’ Apology, 120, 199.

Arnold, Matthew, 41, 55, 56.

Asolando, 132.

Asolo (Italy), 42, 131.

“At the Mermaid,” 117.

Austria, 88, 89.

B

“Bad Dreams,” 138.

Balaustion’s Adventure, 119-120.

Barrett, Arabella, 74, 119.

Barrett, Edward Moulton, 58 seq., 70, 73, 74, 76, 79.

Beardsley, Mr. Aubrey, 149.

Bells and Pomegranates, 105.

“Ben Ezra,” 23, 201.

Birrell, Mr. Augustine, 160.

“Bishop Blougram,” 51, 189.

Bishop Blougram’s Apology, 188, 189, 199, 200.

Blot on the ’Scutcheon, A, 53.

Boyd, Mr., 62.

Browning, Robert:  birth and family history, 3;
  theories as to his descent, 4-8;
  a typical Englishman of the middle class, 9;
  his immediate ancestors, 10 seq.;
  education, 12;
  boyhood and youth, 17;
  first poems, Incondita, 17;
  romantic spirit, 18;
  publication of Pauline, 20;
  friendship with literary men, 21;
  Paracelsus, 22;
  introduction to literary world, 25;
  his earliest admirers, 26;
  friendship with Carlyle, 26;
  Strafford, 27;
  Sordello, 34;
  Pippa Passes, 43;
  Dramatic Lyrics, 45;
  The Return of the Druses, 51;
  A Blot on the ’Scutcheon, 53;
  correspondence with Elizabeth Barrett, 62 seq.;
  their first meeting, 70;
  marriage and elopement, 78, 79;
  life in Italy, 81 seq.;
  love of Italy, 82, 85 seq.;
  sympathy with Italian Revolution, 90;
  attitude towards spiritualism, 91 seq., 113, 190-199;
  death of his wife, 103;
  returns to England, 105;
  The Ring and the Book, 110;
  culmination of his literary fame, 110, 117;
  life in society, 110;
  elected Fellow of Balliol, 117;
  honoured by the great Universities, 118;
  Balaustion’s Adventure, 119-120;
  Aristophanes’ Apology, 120;
  The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, 120;
  Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, 121;
  Red-Cotton Night-Cap Country, 122;
  Fifine at the Fair, 124;
  The Inn Album, 125;
  Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper, 125;
  La Saisiaz, 127;
  The Two Poets of Croisic, 127;
  Dramatic Idylls, 127;
  Jocoseria, 127;
  Ferishtah’s Fancies, 127;
  Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in their Day, 128;
  accepts post of Foreign Correspondent