Chapter 11 1852-1855 M. Joseph Milsand--His close Friendship with Mr. Browning; Mrs. Browning's Impression of him--New Edition of Mr. Browning's Poems--'Christmas Eve and Easter Day'--'Essay' on Shelley--Summer in London--Dante Gabriel Rossetti--Florence; secluded Life--Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Browning--'Colombe's Birthday'--Baths of Lucca--Mrs. Browning's Letters--Winter in Rome--Mr. and Mrs. Story--Mrs. Sartoris--Mrs. Fanny Kemble--Summer in London--Tennyson--Ruskin. Chapter 12 1855-1858 'Men and Women'--'Karshook'--'Two in the Campagna'--Winter in Paris; Lady Elgin--'Aurora Leigh'--Death of Mr. Kenyon and Mr. Barrett--Penini--Mrs. Browning's Letters to Miss Browning--The Florentine Carnival--Baths of Lucca--Spiritualism--Mr. Kirkup; Count Ginnasi--Letter from Mr. Browning to Mr. Fox--Havre. Chapter 13 1858-1861 Mrs. Browning's Illness--Siena--Letter from Mr. Browning to Mr. Leighton--Mrs. Browning's Letters continued--Walter Savage Landor--Winter in Rome--Mr. Val Prinsep--Friends in Rome: Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright--Multiplying Social Relations--Massimo d'Azeglio--Siena again--Illness and Death of Mrs. Browning's Sister--Mr. Browning's Occupations--Madame du Quaire--Mrs. Browning's last Illness and Death. Chapter 14 1861-1863 Miss Blagden--Letters from Mr. Browning to Miss Haworth and Mr. Leighton--His Feeling in regard to Funeral Ceremonies--Establishment in London--Plan of Life--Letter to Madame du Quaire--Miss Arabel Barrett--Biarritz--Letters to Miss Blagden--Conception of 'The Ring and the Book'--Biographical Indiscretion--New Edition of his Works--Mr. and Mrs. Procter. Chapter 15 1863-1869 Pornic--'James Lee's Wife'--Meeting at Mr. F. Palgrave's--Letters to Miss Blagden--His own Estimate of his Work--His Father's Illness and Death; Miss Browning--Le Croisic--Academic Honours; Letter to the Master of Balliol--Death of Miss Barrett--Audierne--Uniform Edition of his Works--His rising Fame--'Dramatis Personae'--'The Ring and the Book'; Character of Pompilia. Chapter 16 1869-1873 Lord Dufferin; Helen's Tower--Scotland; Visit to Lady Ashburton--Letters to Miss Blagden--St.-Aubin; The Franco-Prussian War--'Herve Riel'--Letter to Mr. G. M. Smith--'Balaustion's Adventure'; 'Prince Hohenstiel--Schwangau'--'Fifine at the Fair'--Mistaken Theories of Mr. Browning's Work--St.-Aubin; 'Red Cotton Nightcap Country'. Chapter 17 1873-1878 London Life--Love of Music--Miss Egerton-Smith--Periodical Nervous Exhaustion--Mers; 'Aristophanes' Apology'--'Agamemnon'--'The Inn Album'--'Pacchiarotto and other Poems'--Visits to Oxford and Cambridge--Letters to Mrs. Fitz-Gerald--St. Andrews; Letter from Professor Knight--In the Savoyard Mountains--Death of Miss Egerton-Smith--'La Saisiaz'; 'The Two Poets of Croisic'--Selections from his Works.