5209.5. RB to Richard Monckton Milnes

Addendum to The Brownings’ Correspondence, vol. 30.

<19. Warwick Crescent>

Upper <Westbourne Terrace, W.>

[ca. May 1863] [1]

Dear Milnes,

The style <&> title of that <book> for which you enqu<ired are Les Pa>storales de Longus: [2] [Daphnis et Chloé] tradu<cti>on d’Amyot, complétée par P. L. Cour<ier.> 43 compositions au trait par Leopold Burthe<, préface> par Amaury Duval. Paris, J. H<etzel, Éditeur, 18 Rue Jacob 186<3.> [3]

Ever yours

R Browning.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Trinity College, Cambridge.

1. Approximate dating suggested by the publication of Les Pastorales de Longus in 1863.

2. Longus (fl. ca. late 2nd or early 3rd century), Greek author of the ensuing title, his only surviving work, was either a resident of Lesbos or visited there.

3. The original letter is extensively water damaged. The title page information is reconstructed from the copy at the British Library.

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