apieceofpurebewilderment“a“criticism“whichanticipatedandthuspreventedtheinsertionofahighlyfavourablereviewwhichJohnStuartMillvoluntarilywrote。
Browningmusthaveregardedhisfirstbookwithmingledfeelings。
Itwasabidforliteraryfortune，inonesense，butabidsohandicappedbythecircumstancesofitspublicationastobealmostcertainlyofnoavail。
Probably，however，hewaswellcontentthatitshouldhavemereexistence。
Alreadythefeverofanabnormalintellectualcuriositywasuponhim：