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The Armstrong Browning Library Newsletter God Is the Perfect Poet The Armstrong Browning Library Newsletter God is the perfect poet. – Paracelsus by Robert Browning NUMBER 51 SPRING/SUMMER 2007 WACO, TEXAS Ann Miller to be Honored at ABL For more than half a century, the find inspiration. She wrote to her sister late Professor Ann Vardaman Miller of spending most of the summer there was connected to Baylor’s English in the “monastery like an eagle’s nest Department—first as a student (she . in the midst of mountains, rocks, earned a B.A. in 1949, serving as an precipices, waterfalls, drifts of snow, assistant to Dr. A. J. Armstrong, and a and magnificent chestnut forests.” master’s in 1951) and eventually as a Master Teacher of English herself. So Getting to Vallombrosa was not it is fitting that a former student has easy. First, the Brownings had to stepped forward to provide a tribute obtain permission for the visit from to the legendary Miller in Armstrong the Archbishop of Florence and the Browning Library, the location of her Abbot-General. Then, the trip itself first campus office. was arduous—it involved sitting in a wine basket while being dragged up the An anonymous donor has begun the cliffs by oxen. At the top, the scenery process of dedicating a stained glass was all the Brownings had dreamed window in the Cox Reception Hall, on of, but disappointment awaited Barrett the ground floor of the library, to Miller. Browning. The monks of the monastery The Vallombrosa Window in ABL’s Cox Reception The hall is already home to five windows, could not be persuaded to allow a woman Hall will be dedicated to the late Ann Miller, a Baylor professor and former student of Dr. A.J. each one depicting a scene in Italy, a to cross their threshold, so she had to Armstrong. country that had a profound influence on stay in a house outside the monastery (Photo by Jon Patillo) Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning walls. They stayed for only a few days. and their poetry during their residence there. The sixth window, which will The slight to her gender was not taken take about a year to complete, will be lightly by Barrett Browning. “Father What’s Inside dedicated to Miller’s memory. Egidio led him [Robert] to the more 2-4 Selected Armstrong salient places and showed him all Browning Library “Ann would love this,” said her good the sights hidden from my eyes,” she Acquisitions 2002-2004 friend of fifty years, former English complained to her sister. “For of course Professor Dr. Clement Goode. “She they wouldn’t permit an unclean beast 4 Current Exhibition loved Dr. A., and she had a number of like me to pass the threshold of the good stories that she told about him,” monastery or chapel . oh no! Out 4 Ann Miller continued he said. He believes Miller would also of spite, however, when nobody was appreciate the story behind the window looking, I put my foot through the 5 Newsletter Survey scene—a story that hints that Elizabeth gateway and stamped on the gravel of We are asking for your Barrett Browning may have had a lot in their courtyard.” common with Miller, who also wrote help in bringing you the newsletter you want to read. poetry. Cynthia Burgess, Armstrong Browning’s Please fill out this survey curator of books and printed materials and return it to us, or answer The window will feature Vallombrosa, and the coordinator for the window online at www.baylor.edu/ a monastery near Florence. In 1847, project, said that friends and family of abl/survey between Sept. Barrett Browning had her heart set on Ann Miller have agreed that the window 1-Oct. 15. a visit to the scenic retreat, mentioned is an especially appropriate tribute to her by John Milton in Paradise Lost, to memory. She said, “The enthusiasm and 6 Noteworthy News escape the summer heat of Florence and determination that Elizabeth showed (Ann Miller cont. page 4) ABL Newsletter • 2 Selected Armstrong Browning Library Acquisitions, 2002-2004 Letters, Manuscripts & Ephemera even a greater endeavour than ordinary the Joseph Milsand Archive after intelligibility, and hitherto only Other letters from Grant Duff to c 114 Robert Browning Letters published on the first leaf of the Author’s [Edmond Henri Adolphe Scherer], 1863; 22 to Richard Hengist Horne written Son’s Account-book” Richard Hengist Horne to [George] between 1837 and 1879; 30 letters c 15 Elizabeth Barrett Browning Bentley, two in 1876; S. R. Townshend to Frances Julia Wedgwood written Letters Mayer to George Bentley, five in 1876; between 1864 and 1870; 13 letters to To Henry Cotes, 1828; Hugh Stuart Sidney H. Morse to Miss [Charlotte] Joseph Milsand written between 1853 Boyd, 1835; [Mary Russell Mitford], Porter, two in 1890; Edmund Gosse to and 1886; 5 letters from RB and EBB [1841]; James Russell Lowell, 1846; Harold Helmer, two in 1901; William to Joseph Milsand written between 1852 Joseph Milsand, 1853; Anne Thomson Knight to Fannie Browning, two in and 1858; and 1 letter from RB and Braun, [1854]; C. S. Francis, two in 1914; and May Morris to Miss [Rose] Sarianna Browning to Joseph Milsand, 1856; Hiram Powers, [1857]; and Clark, [1922] 1881 [Frederic] Chapman, [1860] Manuscripts: “George Uglow Pope Others to Miss Talfourd, [1843]; C. S. c 9 Letters to EBB [1820-1908] by his Son”; Laurence Francis, three in 1866; Dante Gabriel From Henry Cotes, two in 1828; Whistler’s “Browning as a Dramatist”; Rossetti, [1856]; [John] Chapman, 1863; Jane Hedley, 1828; R. H. Horne, 1840; statement regarding Sales of Browning’s Isa Blagden, 1864; Mrs. Hensleigh Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1843; Mary Poems by the American publisher, Wedgwood, 1864; Edward Dowden, Russell Mitford, 1843; Emily Tennyson, Ticknor and Fields [1864-1867]; and 1866; John Ruskin, [1866]; Chancellor 1852; Edouard Riou, 1857; and Isa notes by Henry Cotes regarding An of University, 1867; H. W. Dulcken, Blagden, 1860 Essay on Mind 1867; Mrs. Mary Davies, 1868; Mr. c 8 EBB Manuscripts c 129 Victorian Letters Enoch, 1869; Mrs. Coddington, 1871; An Essay on Mind; “Little Mattie”; “A 39 letters from John Henry Newman to Alexander Macmillan, 1871; Lady Musical Instrument”; “The pet-name”; Lady Henry Kerr, Francis Ridout Ward, Thompson, 1871, 1872, 1880; E. H. The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point; William George Ward, Mrs. W. G. Ward, Baverstock, 1871; [Messrs. Thacker 2 sonnets: “Two Sketches” and “The Wilfrid Philip Ward, and Mrs. Wilfrid & Co.], 1873; Mrs. Ellen Busk, 1874; Poet”; and the last stanza of Casa Guidi Ward written between 1849 and 1889; Lady Stanley, 1874; Professor John Windows 5 letters from William Michael Rossetti Stuart Blackie, 1874 and accompanied c 169 Browning Memorabilia Items to A. H. Dooley written between 1876 by an envelope on which is written a 5 likenesses of Robert Browning; 3 and 1895; 8 letters from Frances Julia note by RB to Blackie, [1874]; Miss likenesses Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Wedgwood to Eliza Wedgwood written Dickens, 1875; Reuben [Browning], hair pin, once owned by EBB; combined between 1888 and 1910; and others [ca. 1875]; Reginald Cholmondeley, paper knife and book marker that from or to Sir Edwin Arnold, Matthew [1876]; [Frederick Greenwood], 1876; belonged to RB; RB’s bronze inkstand; Arnold, [George] Bentley, Edward Pen Browning, 1877; Mary Ford, 1882; invitation addressed to “Robert Berdoe, Rev. C. Bingham, Edward Lady Henrietta Stanley, 1882; Dear Sir, Browning Esq. & Lady” to attend Burne-Jones, Rev. Dr. B. M. Burridge, 1882; Mrs. Rogerson, 1883; [Elizabeth the Reception of His Royal Highness Thomas Carlyle, George Cattermole, Purefoy FitzGerald], [1885]; Laure The Prince of Wales on 19 May 1876; Alex M. Chance, John Chapman, Eliza Milsand, 1886; Arthur Symons, 1886; dance card for the Reception of His Cook, Dr. Keningale Cook, Mrs. Pender Mr. Eastwick, 1886; George Henry Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Cudlip, Charles Dickens, A. H. Dooley, Boughton, 1888; Miss Brooke, 1888; Guildhall on May 19, 1876; oval place F. S. Ellis, W. J. Fox, W. P. Frith, [F. George Barnett Smith, 1888; Lady card with the guest’s name “Robert J.] Furnivall, Sir Arthur Gordon, Mrs. Combermere, 1888; Mrs. Bruce, no Browning” in ink; 154 caricatures by Aylmer Gowing, Arthur Henry Hallam, date; and Mrs. Martin, no date RB Sr.; and a Commonplace book kept R. H. Horne, Thomas Hughes, John P. c 63 Letters to RB by Fannie Browning Hullah, Miss Jerrold, Joseph Joachim, 44 letters from Frances Julia Wedgwood c 4,159 Supporting Documents John Kenyon, Charles Kingsley, Fanny written between 1864 and 1870; and (family letters or other letters or documents Kingsley, Grenville Kingsley, Mary 12 letters from Joseph Milsand written that mention the Brownings) Kingsley, Rose Kingsley, Thomas between 1852 and 1884 7 letters from Sarianna Browning to Lawrence, S. L. Lee, Frederic Leighton, Other letters from Sarianna Browning, [Elizabeth] Brooks, three in [1880], Thomas Babington Macaulay, Daniel 1863; John Forster, 1863; Adam & Co., 1886, [1886], [1887], and 1892; 39 letters Maclise, W. C. Macready, Philip 1871; William Ewart Gladstone, 1872; from William Sirr to Fannie Browning Bourke Marston, James Martineau, S. George Murray Smith, 1875; William written between 1930 and 1935; 10 R. Townshend Mayer, Henry Seton G. Kingsland, 1881; and James Anthony letters from Pen Browning to Joseph or Merriman, J. E. Millais, Mary Russell Froude, n.d. Laure Milsand written between 1871 Mitford, Roden Noel, Frederic Ouvry, c 2 RB Manuscripts and 1884; 201 letters from or to Sarianna Adelaide Ann Procter, B. W. Procter, “Home Thoughts from Abroad” and Browning written between 1856 and Henry Ritchie, Christina G. Rossetti, “Very Original Poem, written with 1899; and 3,887 letters that are part of Mrs.
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