23 AUGUST 1879, Page 13

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Silt,—A propos of

the interesting discussion of Mr. Tenuyson's description of the death of Iphigeneia, contained in your

critique upon Mr. Bayne's book, may I suggest that the origin of the concluding verse is to be found in Goethe's " Iphigenie auf Tauris" (Act v., s. iii.) P-

" Des Messer znckto schon

Den lebonvollon Buson zn durchbohren, Mein Inuerstes entsetzte wirbelnd sich, Mein Auge brach, und,—ich fend mich gerettet." BETA.

[Our correspondents may be right in their explanation ; but if so, it was hardly good art merely to hint so very important an incident in the scene ;-0 oothe did more than hint it —ED. Spectator.]