the Essay on Shelley; summer in London; introduction to Dante G. Rossetti; again in Florence; production of 'Colombe's Birthday' (1853); again at Lucca, Mr. and Mrs. W. Story; first winter in Rome; the Kembles; again in London (1855): Tennyson, Ruskin [32] Browning, Robert: 1855-61--publication of 'Men and Women'; 'Karshook'; 'Two in the Campagna'; another winter in Paris: Lady Elgin; legacies to the Brownings from Mr. Kenyon; Mr. Browning's little son; a carnival masquerade; Spiritualism; 'Sludge the Medium'; Count Ginnasi's clairvoyance; at Siena; Walter Savage Landor; illness of Mrs. Browning; American appreciation of Browning's works; his social life in Rome; last winter in Rome; Madame du Quaire; Mrs. Browning's illness and death; the comet of 1861 [18] Browning, Robert: 1861-69--Miss Blagden's helpful sympathy; journey to England; feeling in regard to funeral ceremonies; established in London with his son; Miss Arabel Barrett; visit to Biarritz; origin of 'The Ring and the Book'; his views as to the publication of letters; new edition of his works, selection of poems. Residence at Pornic; a meeting at Mr. F. Palgrave's; his literary position in 1865; his own estimate of it; death of his father; with his sister at Le Croisic; Academic honours: letter to the Master of Balliol (Dr. Scott); curious circumstance connected with the death of Miss A. Barrett; at Audierne; the uniform edition of his works; publication of 'The Ring and the Book'; inspiration of Pompilia [21] Browning, Robert: 1869-73--'Helen's Tower'; at St.-Aubin; escape from France during the war (1870); publication of 'Balaustion's Adventure' and 'Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau'; 'Herve Riel' sold for the benefit of French sufferers by the war; 'Fifine at the Fair'; mistaken theories of that work; 'Red Cotton Nightcap Country' [8] Browning, Robert: 1873-78--his manner of life in London; his love of music; friendship with Miss Egerton-Smith; summers spent at Mers, Villers, Isle of Arran, and La Saisiaz; 'Aristophanes' Apology'; 'Pacchiarotto', 'The Inn Album', the translation of the 'Agamemnon'; description of a visit to Oxford; visit to Cambridge; offered the Rectorships of the Universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews; description of La Saisiaz; sudden death of Miss Egerton-Smith; the poem 'La Saisiaz': Browning's position towards Christianity; 'The Two Poets of Croisic', and Selections from his Works [13] Browning, Robert: 1878-81--he revisits Italy; Spluegen; Asolo; Venice; favourite Alpine retreats; friendly relations with Mrs. Arthur Bronson; life in Venice; a tragedy at Saint-Pierre; the first series of 'Dramatic Idyls'; the second series,