THE POETICAL WORKS
VOLUME II.
THE
POETICAL 'VORI<:S
OF ROBERT BROWNING
WITH PORTRAITS
lN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME If
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lAil 1·igllts reserved) CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
THE RIXG AXD THE BOOK- PACCHIAROTTO, AND HOW HE PA<:R WORKED IN DISTEMPER, I. THE RIXG A~D THE BooK. ETCETERA- II. HALF-RmiE 21 III. THE OTHER HALF-l{om: . 41 PROLOGUE • I\". TERTIU~t Qum . 64 OF PACCHIAROTTO, A!"D HOW IU: Y. Cou~·r Gumo FRA~CES· WORKED IN DISTE~ll'ER. , 469 CHI~! Si AT THE "MERMAID" . 477 rr. GwsEPPE CAPo:'\~Accm . 116 HOUSE . 479 \"II. Po~rPILIA . q6 SHOP • ' 479 nrr. Dm!I!\US HYAC!YfHUS m: l'!SGAH-S!GHTS. I. 481 ARCHA:'\GELIS . . 173 II. 482 IX. JURIS DoCTOR }OHAI'i~Es- FEARS A:\IJ ScRUPLES . 482 BAPT!STA BoTTl!\IUS • 195 NATURAL MAGIC 483 X. THE PO!'E . . 216 :\IAGICAL NATURE . 484 XI. Gumo. . 245 BIFURCATION . 484 XII. THE BooK A:"IJ THE 'NUMI'HOLEI'TOS . . 484 . 279 APPEARANCES . 487 Sr. MARTI?><'s SuM~IER · 4S7 HERVE RIEL . 488 PRIXCE IIOIIENSTIEL-SCIIWAX A FORGI\'El'iESS . . 491 GAU, SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY 292 CENCIAJA . . 496 FILIPPO HALI>IKUCCI 0~ THE PRIVILEGE OF BURIAL . soo FIFIXE AT THE FAIR. . 320 EI'Il.OG0E • . 507
KED COTTO~ NIGHT-CAP COU.HRY, OR TURF AXD :THE AGAMEMNON OF A~SCH\'LUS . 511 TOWERS . . 371 1 I i THE lXX ALBU!\1 . • 426 LA SAISIAZ . 542 vi CONTENTS ------,------PAGE FERISHTAH'S FANCIES-Conti11ucd. THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC. 556 !'AGE SHAH ABBAS . 659 THE FAMILY . 661 DRAMATIC IDYLS: FIRST SERIES- THE SU:'< • . 662 MARTIN RELPH • . 579 1\IIHRAB SHAH . 665 PHEIDIPPIDES . 582 A CAMEL-DRIVER . 667 HALBERT AND HoB . 585 Two CAMELS . 669 IVAN IVANOVITCH . 587 CHERRIES , . 671 TRAY • . 596 PLOT-CULTURE . 673 NED BRATTS . 596 A PILLAR AT SEBZEVAR . 674 A BEAN-STRIPE: ALSO, APPLE- EATING • 676 DRAIIIATIC IDYLS: SECOND SERIES- EPILOGUE • . 683 EcHETLOS • . 604 CLIVE. . 6os :MULEYKEH. . 61o PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PIETRO OF ABANO • 613 PEOPLE OF 11\IPORTA~CE DocTOR- . 623 IN THEIR DAY- PAN AND LUNA • • 628 APOLLO AND THE FATES: A l'RO· LOGUE , 684 fOCOSERIA- WITH BERNARD DE 1\IANDEYILLE 690 WITH DANIEL BARTOLI . 695 "WANTING IS-WHAT?" • 630 WITH CHRISTOPHER S~IART , 700 DoNALD • 630 WITH GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON 704 SOLOMON AND BALKIS . 633 WITH FRANCIS FURINI . 709 CRISTINA AND 1\IONALDESCHI . 635 WITH GERARD DE LAIRESSE • 718 llfARY WoLLSTONECRAFT AND WrrH CHARLES AVISON • 724 FUSELI • 637 FUST AND HIS FRIENDS: AN ADAM, LILITH, AND EVE • . 637 EPILOGUE • 731 IxiON • . 637 JOCHANAN HAKKADOSH • 640 NEVER THE TIME AND THE ASOLANDO: FANCIES AND PLACE • 655 FACTS- PAMBO · 655 PROLOGUE . 743 ROSNY, . 744 FERISHTAH'S FANCIES- DUBIETY . 744 Now . 745 PROLOGUE • • 657 HuMILITY . 745 THE EAGLE • 657 POEl'ICS THE MELON-SELLER • 658 • 745 CONTENTS vii
ASOLA::\DO-Co11ti11ued. . ASOLANDO-Continued. PAGE PAGE Sumw~1 Ro:'\tT~f . 745 IIIUCKLE·l\IOUTH l\IEG 752 A PEARL, A GIRL 745 ARCADES AMBO • 753 SPECllLATI\'E 746 THE LADY AND THE PAINTER 753 \YHITE WITCHCRAFT , 746 PONTE DELL' ANGELO, VEr-no; . 753 BAD DREA~IS. I. 746 BEATRICE SIGNORINI , . 757 II. 746 FLUTE-1\IUSIC, WITH AN AccOM· III. 747 PANIMENT . 761 1\'. . 748 "h!PERANTE AUGUSTO NATUS I:-JAPPREHE"SI\'ENESS . 748 EST-" . 764 WHICH? 749 DF.\'ELOP~IF.NT 766 THE CARDI:'\AL AND THF. Don i50 REPIIAN . 768 THE POPE AND THE NET 750 REVERIE 770 i THE BEA:-J·FEAST . 751 l EPILOGUE . 773
A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ROBERT BROWNING'S POEMS AND PLA \'S . 775
INDEX TO FIRST LINES OF SHORTER l'OE!IIS AND SONGS . 779
GENERAL INDEX • 783
PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING (1!il:i1) hwttispiece. ROBERT BROWNING'S WORKS AND "LIFE AND LETTERS"
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Edited and Annotated by AUGIJSTJNE BIRRELL, Q.C., M.P., and FREDERIC G. KENYON. In 2 vols. large crown Svo, bound in cloth, gilt tep, with a Portrait-Frontispiece to each volume, 7S. 6d. per volume. • • An Edition has also been printed on Oxford India Paper. This can be obtained only thr;ugh booksellers, who will furnish particulars as to price, &c.
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CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES z. PAULINE: and SORDELLO. n. BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE : PRINCE HOHENSTIEL-SCHWAN 2. PARACELSVS: and STRAFFORD. GAU, Saviour of Society: and FIFINE 3- PIPPA PASSES: KI~G VICTOR AT THE FAIR. AND KING CHARLES: THE RE 12. RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP TURN OF THE DR USES: and A COUNTRY: and THE INN ALBUM. SOUL'S TRAGEDY. With a Portrait of Mr. Browning. 13. ARISTOPHANES' APOLOGY, in cluding a Transcript from Euripides, being 4 A BLOT I~ THE 'SCUTCHEON : the Last Adventure of Balaustion: and COL0~1BE'S BIRTHDAY: and MEN THE AGAMEMNON OF .£SCHYLUS. AND WO:\!EN. 14. PACCHIAROTTO, and How he 5- DRAMATIC RO~IANCES: and Worked in Distemper: with other Poems; CHRISTMAS-EVE AND EASTER-DAY. LA SAISIAZ: and THE TWO POETS 6. DRAMATIC LYRICS: and LURIA. OF CROISIC. 7· IN A BALCONY: and DRAMATIS 15. DRAMATIC IDYLS, First Series: PERSON.£. With a Portrait of Mr. DRAMATIC IDYLS, Second Series: and Browning. JOCOSERIA. 8. THE RI~G A:'\D THE BOOK. 16. FERISHTAH'S FANCIES: and PAR Books 1 to 4· With Two lllustrations. LEVINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE 9· THE RI~G AND THE BOOK. OF UIPORTANCE IN THEIR DAY. Books s to 8. With a Portrait of Mr. Browning. to, THE Rl~G AND THE BOOK. 17. ASOLANDO: Fancies and Facts ; and Bo>ks 9 to 12. With a Portrait of Guido BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL Franceschini. NOTES TO THE POEMS.
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