----, Sir John Everett, Browning's letter to, 227-228; 251

Milnes, Monckton (Lord Houghton), 30, 60, 61, 138; christening party, 139

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Milsand, Joseph, meeting with Browning, 134; paper on Browning, 135; letter from Browning, 152, 225; friendship with Brownings, 159, 224, 225, 226; criticism of "Aurora Leigh," 176; death, 259; portrait, 263

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Mitford, Mary Russell, 32; association with the Brownings, 32, 45, 55, 56, 58, 61, 65, 72; letter from Mrs. Browning, 108, 118, 135, 136, 159; death, 173

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----. _See_ Barrett, explanation of name, 17

Ossoli, Marchesa d' (Margaret Fuller), 111, 112; visits the Brownings, 118; death, 112, 126

"Paracelsus," 14, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 57, 69, 168, 237

"Pauline," 12, 14, 15, 28, 34, 57, 169, 172, 267

"Pippa Passes," 36, 65, 67, 69, 271, 286-287

Pius IX (Pio Nono), 105, 115, 117, 118, 121

Proctor ("Barry Cornwall"), 30, 33, 40, 61, 69, 129

"Rhapsody of Life's Progress, A," 47, 48, 83

"Ring and the Book, The," 182, 203, 205, 214-220

Ripert-Monclar, Marquis Amédée de, 28, 38, 153

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 139, 165, 166, 169, 174

Sharp, William, quoted, 6; suggested origin of "Flight of the Duchess," 12; quoted, 28; description of Browning, 31; 43

"Sonnets from the Portuguese," 50, 71, 97, 108, 109, 110, 123, 168

"Sordello," 14, 27, 28, 35, 41-42, 69, 171, 207, 237

Story, Edith. _See_ Medici, Marchessa Peruzzi di

----, William Wetmore and Emeline, Browning's first meeting, 107, 111; characteristics, 118, 119; associations with the Brownings, 148-152, 155, 184, 185, 192, 196, 197, 199, 221, 239; entertain Landor, 183; characterization of Hawthorne, 150; last meeting with Browning, 289-290

Tennyson, Alfred, 15; comment on "Sordello," 41; 60; works, 56, 68; Miss Barrett's comments on, 61, 67, 120; becomes Laureate, 122; letter to Mrs. Browning, 139, 140; reads "Maud" to the poets, 165; letters from Browning, 209, 230, 284; friendship with Browning, 231; dedication, 213; regarding Browning's lines, 232

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus and Theodosia, 59, 111, 112, 190, 229

"Virgin Mary to the Child Jesus, The," 46

Wordsworth, William, 30, 32, 55, 56, 59, 68, 94

[1] Letters of Robert Browning and Alfred Domett. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.

[2] Life of Robert Browning. London: Walter Scott, Limited.