What I now write may suffer as well as gain from a familiarity of so many years with his writings.

But to make them visible objects to me I have tried to put his poems outside myself, and approach them with a fresh mind.

Whether I have failed or partly succeeded I am unable to determine.
The analysis of _La Saisiaz_ appeared--substantially--in the little Magazine of the Home Reading Union, and one or two other short passages are recovered from uncollected articles of mine.

I have incorporated in my criticism a short passage from one of my wife's articles on Browning in _The Dark Blue Magazine_, making such modifications as suited my purpose, and she has contributed a passage to the pages which close this volume.
I had the privilege of some personal acquaintance with Browning, and have several cordial letters of his addressed to my wife and to myself.
These I have not thought it right to use.
E.D.
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