PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING _Frontispiece_
_After the picture by Gordigiani_

FACSIMILE OF LETTER OF ROBERT BROWNING _To face p. 578_




THE LETTERS OF

ROBERT BROWNING

AND

ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETT

1845-1846



_R.B. to E.B.B._

New Cross, Hatcham, Surrey.
[Post-mark, January 10, 1845.]

I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett,--and this is
no off-hand complimentary letter that I shall write,--whatever else,
no prompt matter-of-course recognition of your genius, and there a