V. LONDON. _DRAMATIS PERSONÆ_ 148

VI. _THE RING AND THE BOOK_ 169

VII. AFTERMATH 187

VIII. THE LAST DECADE 220


PART II.

BROWNING'S MIND AND ART.

IX. THE POET 237
I. Divergent psychical tendencies of Browning--"romantic"
temperament, "realist" senses--blending of their
_données_ in his imaginative activity--shifting
complexion of "finite" and "infinite" 237
II. His "realism." Plasticity, acuteness, and veracity
of intellect and senses 239
III. But his realism qualified by energetic individual
preference along certain well-defined lines 245
IV. _Joy in Light and Colour_ 246
V. _Joy in Form_. Love of abruptness, of intricacy;
clefts and spikes 250
VI. _Joy in Power_. Violence in imagery and description;
in sounds; in words. Grotesqueness. Intensity.
Catastrophic action. The pregnant moment 257
VII. _Joy in Soul_. 1. Limited in Browning on the side