Show Ancttlolo of Robert Ilronnin The tandon correspondent of the Uecrpoot ttmricr tells the following felurica bearing upon the dinicultle 4xl rIvncnI in fathoming Mr liruunlngs iwctrr When Doug las JerroM was ill some one cent him a copy of llrowiilugs poems lie nn A one of them but could not coninnheiid IL lie asked his wife i to read it SIll dJJ soauJ lId U scud incomprehensible Thank i h < avtusMlJ Jerruld ° I am not mad A later and perfectly authentic ianth1 If thentic story Is to this rllect A gnat admirer of the iioU called upon him to ask for the meaning of a jiartlcubr passage IJmuuliur rend It IUld then mnirktil slowly I cannot tell you what my thoughts were at the time The lotKigc no dctlbt exjinws nij ideas nt the timtjliut 1 liave forgotten what they were Tlierearo Browning societies fn the ITniUil Slates mid of one of them In the Vsivt a comical story of thoroughgoing devotion to prluci jiU Is told by Mr G W CurtIs Tills club held a reception at whIch everything was to bo brown 51A brown tablecloth win covered with brown china There was brown bread and brown sugar The hlo ° appeared In brown Jtesso and hrown ctirtalnsdrij4U thvwludows lirown was universal and when one uf the RUeL looking round the room at jf exclaimed Well I declare de-clare I really believe you are a Browning club there was no memo ocr hanly enough to deny It Ills admitted 1 by Mr CUrm that his countrymen have an opinion that much uf the popularity l of Mr Ilrow ulng is attributable to the ob fcurity of some of his verse coupled with a feeling tliat the mystery wherever It exists is but n cloud eloplngau Alp At all events the ruadirs of the Jott aft numerous In America The following flory has been under tlie notice of the JiLrininhant 7Wf A poem of Mr Urownlngs Prospice was recently fixed upon In connection with an elocution comijetillonaUhe Hlrmln liam high school forglrK Ore of the i > ulln a daughter of Mr W TSmcdley flnjlng herself unable to fathom them the-m nlu oC me 01 the more dlfll cult iiaswges hit upon the hippy thought of MX king the a 11010 of Mr Urowninj bl himself Copying I onttbe particular lasoges In the In terpretation of which she needed aid the young lady appended to them her own Ideas of the meaning and rent the manuscript to the poet I lo nerdtllgbt the copy was prompt ly returned carefully annotated In Mr Rrowniuga own writing he having given opposite each pstugu a brief but lucid explanation of the thoughts it load been his Intention to convey At the Inttom of all he had written the following pleasant little note There my dear young lady I have done lie little that was neceary and hope it may tufllce Affectionately yours HOBEKT Bitovxisa An additional In terest attaches to this note from the fact that It must have been one of the last written by the veteran poet Mr Hrownlng nays Atlas In the World used occasionally to re fer to the only occasion on which bo ever poke to the queen Some years ago the late Dean of Westminster West-minster and Lady Augusta Stan hey Invited him among others to tea at the Deanery to meet the queen and a small and select party wIle present Mr Carlyle being one 1110 company as was be fitting fit-ting In the preface of their note In were respectfully silent only Joining In ftr conversation when addressed The queen began to talk to Mr Carlyle and expressed her opinions on come matter from which I hedlOered and he as usual contradicted her and silenced her retaining hold of the conversation till tile queen rose to gc As the queen left the room she stopped at the door to speak to Mr lirownlng Bud say loodbye remarking What a very extraordinary man iihrt Mr Carlyle ft fex Dpes he always I t IU like that I DCVXT met him be CorcIand Mr DrownIng w only able to assure her that It Wc hIs invariable I In-variable cuftom |