they have for his Eastern Luria. In Djabal, at once enthusiast and impostor, Browning may seem, as often afterwards, to offer an apology for the palterer with truth; but in the interests of truth itself, he desires to study the strange phenomenon of the deceiver who would fain half-deceive himself. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 18: Dr Moncure Conway in "The Nation" vol. i. (an article written on the occasion of Browning's death) says that he was told by Carlyle of his first meeting with Browning--as Carlyle rode upon Wimbledon Common a "beautiful youth," walking there alone, stopped him and asked for his acquaintance. The incident has a somewhat legendary air.] [Footnote 19: Lady Martin (Helen Faucit), however, wrote in 1891 to Mrs Ritchie: "The play was mounted in all matters with great care ... minute attention to accuracy of costume prevailed.... The scenery was alike accurate."] [Footnote 20: On which occasion Browning--muffled up in a cloak--was asked by a stranger in the pit whether he was not the author of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello." "No, so far as I am aware," replied Browning. Two burlesques of Shakespeare by a Mr Brown or Brownley were in course of performance in London. _Letters of R.B. and E.B.B._, ii. 132.] [Footnote 21: From the Prologue to _Asolando_, Browning's last volume.] [Footnote 22: Mrs Orr, "Handbook to the Works of Robert Browning," p. 54 (1st ed.).] [Footnote 23: _A Soul's Tragedy_ was written in 1843 or 1844, and revised immediately before publication. See Letters of R.B. and E.B.B., i. 474.] [Footnote 24: Letters of D.G. Rossetti to William Allingham, p. 168.] [Footnote 25: The above statement is substantially that of Browning; but on certain points his memory misled him. Whoever is interested in the matter should consult Professor Lounsbury's valuable article "A Philistine View of a Browning Play" in _The Atlantic Monthly_, December 1899, where questions are raised and some corrections are ingeniously made.] [Footnote 26: An uncle seems to have accompanied him. See _Letters of R.B. and E.B.B_., i. 57: and (for Shelley's Grave) i. 292; for "Sordello" at Naples, i., 349.] [Footnote 27: In later years no friendship existed between the two. We read in Mr. W.M. Rossetti's Diary for 1869, "4th July.... I see Browning dislikes Trelawny quite as much as Trelawny dislikes him (which is not a little.)" _Rossetti Papers_, p. 401.] [Footnote 28: See Mr R. Holt Hutton's article on Browning in "Essays Theological and Literary."] [Footnote 29: Luria withdraws from life "to prevent the harm Florence will do herself by striking him." _Letters of R.B. and E.B.B_., i. 427.] Chapter IV The Maker of Plays--_(Continued)_