Reviews

R440700A.  Bells & Pomegranates, Nos. I–VI.

The British and Foreign Review, July 1844, p. 530.

Addendum to The Brownings’ Correspondence, vol. 9.

His ‘Blot on the ’Scutcheon’ entitled Mr. Browning to a distinguished place among the authors of the acted drama; his ‘King Victor and King Charles’ evince high capabilities for the historical; but the imaginative and reflective power of his ‘Paracelsus,’ and other poems in dramatic form, incline us to place him among those poets who, like Mr. Darley and the author of ‘Philip Van Artevelde,’ have assumed a dramatic form, without intending their works to be submitted to an audience.

Reviewed:

Bells & Pomegranates. No. I. Pippa Passes (RB), London: Edward Moxon, 1841.

Bells & Pomegranates. No. II. King Victor and King Charles (RB), London: Edward Moxon, 1842.

Bells & Pomegranates. No. III. Dramatic Lyrics (RB), London: Edward Moxon, 1842.

Bells & Pomegranates. No. IV. The Return of the Druses (RB), London: Edward Moxon, 1843.

Bells & Pomegranates. No. V. A Blot in the ’Scutcheon (RB), London: Edward Moxon, 1843.

Bells & Pomegranates. No. VI. Colombe’s Birthday (RB), London: Edward Moxon, 1844.

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