Balzac's works, the Brownings' admiration of [2] Barrett, Miss Arabel [4] Barrett, Miss Henrietta (afterwards Mrs. Surtees Cook [Altham]) [2] Barrett, Mr. (the poet's father-in-law) [3] Barrett, Mr. Laurence (actor) [1] Bartoli's 'De' Simboli trasportati al Morale' [1] Benckhausen, Mr. (Russian consul-general) [1] Benzon, Mr. Ernest [1] Beranger, M. [2] Berdoe, Dr. Edward: his paper on 'Paracelsus, the Reformer of Medicine' [1] Biarritz [1] Blackwood's Magazine (on 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon') [1] Blagden, Miss Isa [5] Blundell, Dr. (physician) [1] Boyle, Dean (Salisbury) [1] Boyle, Miss (niece of the Earl of Cork) [2] Bridell-Fox, Mrs. [3] Bronson, Mrs. Arthur [5] Browning, Robert (grandfather of the poet): account of his life, two marriages, and two families [1] Browning, Mrs. (step-grandmother of the poet) [2] Browning, Robert (father of the poet): marriage; clerk in the Bank of England; comparison between him and his son; scholarly and artistic tastes; simplicity and genuineness of his character; his strong health; Mr. Locker-Lampson's account of him; his religious opinions; renewed relations with his father's widow and second family; death [10] Browning, Mrs. (the poet's mother): her family; her nervous temperament transmitted to her son; her death [3] Browning, Mr. Reuben (the poet's uncle), (incl. Lord Beaconsfield's appreciation of his Latinity) [2] Browning, Mr. William Shergold (the poet's uncle), (incl. his literary work) [2] Browning, Miss Jemima (the poet's aunt) [1] Browning, Miss (the poet's sister), (incl. comes to live with her brother) [16] Browning, Robert: 1812-33--the notion of his Jewish extraction disproved; his family anciently established in Dorsetshire; his carelessness as to genealogical record; account of his grandfather's life and second marriage; his father's unhappy youth; his paternal grandmother; his father's position; comparison of father and son; the father's use of grotesque rhymes in teaching him; qualities he inherited from his mother; weak points in regard to health throughout his life; characteristics in early childhood; great quickness in learning; an amusing prank; passion for his mother; fondness for animals; his collections; experiences of school life; extensive reading in his father's library; early acquaintance with old books; his early attempts in verse; spurious poems in circulation; 'Incondita', the production of the twelve-year-old poet; introduction to Mr. Fox; his boyish love and lasting affection for Miss Flower; first acquaintance with Shelley's and Keats' works; his admiration for Shelley; home education under masters,