Reviews

E501000A.  The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (New York, 1850).

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, October 1850, p. 714.

As reprinted in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 16, 312.

C.S. Francis and Co. have published The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in a beautiful edition of two volumes, including “The Seraphim, with other Poems,” as first published in England in 1838, and the contents of the previous American edition. This edition is introduced with a Critical Essay, by H.T. Tuckerman, taken from his “Thoughts on the Poets,” presenting in refined and tasteful language, a discriminating view of Mrs. Browning’s position among the living poets of England. Mr. Tuckerman makes use of no extravagant encomium in his estimate of her powers; his remarks are less enthusiastic than critical; and, indeed, the more ardent admirers of Mrs. Browning would deem them of too subdued a tone, and deficient in an adequate appreciation of her peculiar boldness, originality, and beauty. The edition now presented to the public will be thankfully accepted by the wide circle which has learned to venerate Mrs. Browning’s genius, and will serve to extend the healthful interest cherished by American readers in the most remarkable poetess of modern times.

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Poems (EBB), New York: C.S. Francis, 1850.

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