The third and the seventh numbers were made up of short pieces--_Dramatic Lyrics_ (1842), _Dramatic Romances and Lyrics_ (1845).

_The Return of the Druses_ and _A Blot in the 'Scutcheon_--Numbers 4 and 5--followed each other in the same year 1843.

_Colombe's Birthday_--the only number which is known to survive in manuscript--came next in order (1844).

The last to appear was that which included _Luna_, Browning's favourite among his dramas, and _A Soul's Tragedy_.[23] His sister, except in the instance of _Colombe_, was Browning's amanuensis.

On each title-page he is named Robert Browning "Author of Paracelsus"-- the "wholly unintelligible" _Sordello_ being passed over.