SD1901. Eliza Fall to William Henry Harrison

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 22, 267 (in part).

[Herne Hill, London]

Jan: 24th [1856]

Dear Mr Harrison, [2]

It is a very long time since we have exchanged letters. … How do you like “Men & Women”? Browning is a very old pet of mine, tho’ I do not always know what he wd be at, & I do not think anything in his new vols quite equal to some of his former Dramatic Lyrics, but still many of them are most hauntingly delightful. …

yrs gratefully & sincerely

M. M. [3]

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Huntington Library.

2. William Henry Harrison (1795–1874), author, known as John Ruskin’s “first editor.”

3. i.e., Mary Maynard, nom de plume of Eliza Fall (1821–81), English poet and friend of John Ruskin.

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