[One way of love] proof sheets of the poem and a translation into Latin : [Cambridge], 1877 November.

Record ID: 
398747
Accession number: 
MA 13527.19
Author: 
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description: 
1 item (2 pages) ; 11.2 x 14.2 cm and 10.8 x 14.2 cm
Notes: 

Endorsed "R. Whitelow, M.A." in Browning's hand. Cf. Ray checklist.
Part of a collection of manuscripts relating to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; chiefly autograph fragments from Robert Browning's papers and poems sent to them by their admirers. Select items in the collection have been cataloged individually (see MA 13527.1-27).

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Inscribed on first sheet, "I send this as a specimen of how we do things here for yr guidance of 'The Twenty' i.e. the top form but one."

Summary: 

Proof sheet of Browning's poem "One way of love", here presented as "For Elegiacs", with editorial comments and suggestions in letterpress at foot, and a proof sheet of the poem translated into Latin verse; evidently sent to Browning by Robert Whitelow to serve as an example of the standard lay-out for a periodical published by "The twenty" (the form below the Sixth) at Cambridge; with the running title "The Twenty. Nov., 1877." on both sheets.

Provenance: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.