Volume I provides the first and final texts of Pauline carefully annotated with emphasis on the literary background of the poem rather than its supposedly authobiographical reference. It also includes the manuscript of Paracelsus in the Forster Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum printed here for the first time.

This fourth volume of the acclaimed Browning edition, produced under the general editorship of Ian Jack, contains the remainder of Bells and Pomegranates: Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, Luria, and A Soul's Tragedy, in addition to Christmas Eve and Easter Day, published first by Chapman and Hall in 1850. Each work in the current edition comprises a useful introduction, textual apparatus and explanatory annotations, and in this volume, corrections and additional matter pertaining to the first three volumes.

Robert Browning's well-known poem of the piper who piped a tune to rid the town of Hamelin of its rats, but when the townspeople refused the promised payment for his service, he played another tune altogether, prompting later generations to remember that they must not forget to pay the piper. Unusually attractive edition, elaborately illustrated with richly colored full page illustrations, along with numerous drawings and marginal decorations. Suitable for ages 9 and up.

Volume XI of "The Complete Works of Robert Browning" contains two strikingly disparate long poems from the 1870s, "Fifine at the Fair" and "Red Cotton Night-Cap Country." As always in this series of critical editions, a complete record of textual variants is provided, as well as extensive explanatory notes.

Th is book is the fi rst attempt to validate behavior modifi cation techniques in a carefully controlled experimental treatment environment for emotionally disturbed children. Such special settings ensure carefully conducted research experiments can be carried out. Th is is the fi rst book to synthesize scientifi c and clinical approaches to human behavior, indicating that behavior modifi cation may one day be as much an applied science as engineering or medicine.

"With this book, M. H. Abrams has given us a remarkable study, admirably conceived and executed, a book of quite exceptional and no doubt lasting significance for a number of fields--for the history of ideas and comparative literature as well as for English literary history, criticism and aesthetics." -Harry Bergholz, Modern Language Journal

The Pied Piper of Hamelin - with Kate Greenaway illustrations' is a tale concerning the mysterious disappearance of a great number of children from a town in Lower Saxony, Germany - originating in the Middle Ages. This particular version (in the form of a children's poem) is penned by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), an English playwright and lyricist whose mastery of dramatic verse made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. As a testament to both Browning's skill and the stunning illustrations of Kate Greenaway, this book has remained in print since its original publication, in 1888.

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