2123. EBB to C. Bathurst Woodman
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 11, 215–216.
50 Wimpole Street
December 1. 1845–
Miss Barrett presents her compliments to Dr C Bathurst Woodman [1] & encloses the autograph which he did her the honour of asking for. [2] Also she begs to apologize for not more immediately replying to his courteous letter–
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Wellesley College.
1. We have been unable to identify this individual.
2. EBB enclosed stanza IV from “Human Life’s Mystery,” which first appeared in Poems (1850). She entitled the autograph: “A Stanza from a Lyric called ‘Life’”; see Reconstruction, D362.
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