First published in the Atlantic monthly, May 1864. "There is a separate pamphlet dated London, 1864--probably a Wise forgery."--Broughten, Leslie Nathan. Robert Browning: A Bibliography, 1830-1950. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1953. A142.

One of the Thomas J. Wise forgeries. Cf. T.J. Wise, Letters, 1944, pp. 186, 579.

Rare Book copy: Wise forgery, 14304609.

Todd, W.B. Handlist of Thomas J. Wise. (In Thomas J. Wise centenary studies, p. [80]-115), 86f

Carter, John. An enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets, p. 181-182

Gift; Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. & Madeleine Berol.

Rare Book copy: Housed in folder covered in brown goatskin; upper and lower covers with double-line fillet borders in gilt; title, author, and date in gilt on upper cover; inner joints of brown goatskin; turn-ins and joints gold-tooled with decorative rolls, fillets, and a pin-dot roll; doublure of brown silk; flaps of enclosure lined with brown silk; signed "Bound by Riviere & Son" at tail end of upper turn-in.