5039. RB to Frederic Chapman
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 30, 54–55.
193. Piccadilly. London. W. [1]
[ca. 15 March] [1862] [2]
Dear Chapman,
I wanted to give you the list of the Articles [3] —with the pages they take in the original type of the various Reviews.
Pages
1. On the Quakers—two articles. 26 & 29.
2. Thomas Carlyle— —— 29.
3. Thomas Browne (“Religio Medici” &c) two articles —— 39 – 29.
4. Modern Protestantism in France: Bunsen. —— —— 37.
5. New Theory of Art in England: Ruskin —— 29.
6. The Influence of Literature on the Fine Arts: Ruskin —— 43 [4]
7. Expressive & Dramatic Poetry in England: Robt Browning —— 35. [5]
8. Alfred Tennyson —— 29. [6]
Were it necessary to add to the size of the book—the following could be appended pages.
1. Thomas Campbell. 34
2. Robt Browning. 28 [7]
3. Alfred Tennyson. 21.
These are to be found in the Revue des Deux Mondes–
1. (1. April & 15 April 1850.)
2. (15 June 1850)
3. (1 April, 1 August 1858)
4. (15. Oct. 1859.)
5. (1 July 1860)
8. (15 August 1861)
In the Revue Contemporaine
7. (15 Sept. 1856).
The Magasin de Librairie
6. (10. October. 1860)
The other from—Revue des Deux Mondes.
1. (15 June 1850) [8]
2. (15 Aug 1851)
3. (15 July 1851)
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I have said all I can say about my esteem & admiration for the writer: just turn this matter over in your mind & decide.
Can you please send me, say, 20 copies of the L.P.?
Ever yours faithfully,
Robert Browning.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library.
1. The address is printed on Chapman and Hall stationery.
2. Approximate date suggested by RB’s request for “20 copies” of Last Poems, which was published 20 March 1862. A similar number of presentation copies has been traced for this period, with inscription dates ranging from 22 March to July 1862.
3. All by Joseph Milsand.
4. This article appeared in Revue des Deux Mondes, 15 August 1861 (pp. 870–915), not in Le Magasin de librairie, 10 October 1860, as RB indicates below.
5. Milsand’s review of Men and Women; for the full text of this review and an English translation, see vol. 23, pp. 379–406.
6. This article appeared in Le Magasin de librairie, 10 October 1860 (pp. 321–350), not in Revue des Deux Mondes, 15 August 1861, as RB indicates below.
7. Milsand’s review of Poems (1849) and Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day; for the full text of this review, see vol. 17, pp. 381-394.
8. Sic, for 1 September 1850.
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