Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-19


to the Judgment, snd gave his mind to some
thing moro In harmony with the tastes OF
his readers.
Brownings marriage was aromance. Many
men of genius consaut themselves with the
ordinary IN their loves. Browning. q poet,
fell In love with Miss BarCett, poseesS, and
not only poetess, but one with far more
popular appreciation at the time than him
self. Elizabeth Barrett had then passed the
heyday Of youth, being 81 yeaps old; che was
In bad health, and her father wasopposed to
her marriage Browning, who was three
yearsyou0gec, was ssufhcienaay infatsased and
romaatic to run aEay with her. Tho spec
tacie Of psyoinaogzc past rsauing away
with poeSess verging on toaorty II some
what ridiculous. But this is al there was
rNiicuAoos about the marriage, for they made
a very happy couple, and xere devoted TO
each other 80 long as Mrs Browning lived.
For long while Mrs. Browning hsld her
own with the public as against her husband:
indeed, not two decades ago Mr.. Browning
bore some such relation to his wife as a man
OF moderate income would bear to a wife DOS
sessing foft0ne-such asfhatof the Baroness
Burdett- Coutts. But this was not destined TO
be always. OF Late years Browning has
gained wonderfully in being afEreciated, and
although his wife ranks among tho great
poeteses her husbands works have far out
stripped haA
For ten or twelve years after She1marriage
Mrs. Browning produced many of her best
works Husband and wife were each IN a
measure effected by the other Beowuing,s
poems became more passionate and more
lofty, while the wife adopaed some Of the
roughness Of the husband Mrs. Rro~z1ing
lived fifteen pears after her marriage: she
died in lSH at Florence.
After her death Drowning went to London.
where be was konized. For many years a
star IN the literary and social world of Lon
don, he pleased Is easily in social intercourse
as with difficulty in his obscure writinga
Briefly stated, Browning's peculiarisy- that
which may be called distinctly Browning
consisted in tracing retrospecsivefy the char
acters of his Imagination through acts deter
mined by their own humanity and the bear
ing of external events The complaintsmads
of hizn are that in considering tho verioos
springs of action. the reasoaaings and doubts |
of his characters, he becomes diffuse and |
tiresome.
When Mr.. Browning chose to vriteforaA,he |
wrotadaiigttfully. Torsadone Of his lighter |
pieces is Like what it was IN ChaxaottsC ush-
mans time to $40 her in comedy; or to Rsssa |
10 WagnTs Wedding March, In sLuhen-
grin" Browning has delighted tie cAikaren |
for genRst4ous TO como with tho "Pied Piper
Of Hamehn-s Then there are few hifs q finer
descriptive writing. intetiigfble to all, than
How They Brought the Good News from
dhent to AK"
spssnx % tho ssarrup' and J0zis and be;
gafi0peA DdEck gahoped- NC gafoped al nrre.
dood speedy a.od The watch as the gate bosts
undrex.
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'eaino smut aae po-.fTn, tne hshi. SANG to ress,
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