E630423A. Essays on the Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets (New York).

New-York Evangelist, 23 April 1863, p. 8.

Listed in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 30, 369.

This posthumous volume of Mrs. Browning is issued in blue and gold, uniform in style with those which contain her poems. The matter of the book is from articles first printed in 1842, in the Athenæum, and now reprinted by permission. The American Publisher has secured by purchase the right of issuing the work in this country.

The first portion of the volume, noticing the Greek Christian Poets, makes mention of names which will sound strange in the ears of many—only some two or three being familiar to common readers. The latter portion is more attractive both in subject and style. The clear sharp criticism and vigorous and racy English—bating a certain Carlylian mannerism—rendering her prose almost equal to her poetry.

Reviewed:

Essays on the Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets (EBB), New York: James Miller, 1863.

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