Dedication to the New English Edition of Browning's Complete Works. 1 DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES ΤΟ MY OLD FRIEND JOHN FORSTER, GLAD AND GRATEFUL THAT HE who, FROM THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE VARIOUS POEMS THEY Include, HAS BEEN THEIR PROMPTEST AND STAUNCHEST HELPER, SHOULD SEEM EVEN NEARER TO ME NOW THAN THIRTY YEARS AGO. London, April 21, 1863. R. B. To Messrs. TICKNOR AND FIELDS: I take advantage of the opportunity of the publication in the United States of my Poems, for printing which you have liberally remunerated me, to express my earnest desire that the power of publishing in America this and every subsequent work of mine may rest exclusively with your house. I am, my dear Sirs, with high esteem, Yours faithfully, ROBERT BROWNING, |