An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry

by Hiram Corson, LL.D.,

Professor of English Literature in the Cornell University;
Author of "An Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare", "A Primer
of English Verse, chiefly in its Aesthetic and Organic Character",
"The Aims of Literary Study", etc.


"Subtlest Assertor of the Soul in song."



19. Warwick Crescent.
W.

Dec. 28. '86


My dear Dr. Corson,

I waited some days after the arrival of your Book and Letter,
thinking I might be able to say more of my sense of your goodness:
but I can do no more now than a week ago. You "hope I shall not find
too much to disapprove of": what I ought to protest against,
is "a load to sink a navy -- too much honor": how can I put aside
your generosity, as if cold justice -- however befitting myself --
would be in better agreement with your nature? Let it remain
as an assurance to younger poets that, after fifty years' work