Excerpt from Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Rare and Choice Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters: Comprising First Editions, Presentation Copies, Illuminated Manuscripts, English Literature, American Historical Documents, Musical Scores, Literary Relics With the envelope addressed in Robert Browning's hand to Theodore Tilton, editor of The Independent, in which the poem was published. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.