BROWNING AND HIS CENTURY

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

BROWNING’S ITALY
BROWNING’S ENGLAND
A GUIDE TO MYTHOLOGY
ANCIENT MYTHS IN MODERN POETS
LONGFELLOW’S COUNTRY
HAWTHORNE’S COUNTRY
THE POETS’ NEW ENGLAND

Browning at 23 (London 1835)

Browning and His
Century

BY
HELEN ARCHIBALD CLARKE
Author of “Browning’s Italy,” “Browning’s England,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED
FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS

Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1912

Copyright, 1912, by
Doubleday, Page & Co.

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

To
THE BOSTON BROWNING SOCIETY
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE
BROWNING CENTENARY—1812-1912

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