6 JUNE 1891, page 17

Poetry.

THE PARTING AND THE MEETING OF THE WATERS. BENEATH the twin grey summits oozed a spring, And trickled through the brown and spongy moss, And wore a channel down the stony fell;......

Modern Alchemy.

[To THE EllifOlt OF THE " SPEcTATOTc.1 SIR,—There seems to me to be another and a better ground for the widespread belief in the possibility of the conversion of other metals......

Has Mind A Physical Basis?

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your article upon genius, in which you challenge my conclusions as to the effect of neurotic conditions upon thought, you state with......

Books.

THE LIFE OF BROWNING.t MRS. SUTHERLAND ORR has written with great depth of feeling and great simplicity, and every one who has felt a strong interest in Browning's singular and......

Sir Robert Anstruther And The Duke Of Cumberland.

[To THE EMITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Your correspondent is substantially correct about the late Sir R. Anstruther. He did stammer,—Nrcu badly in early life, as one of his......

Sommerstemning.* Oh, The Joy Of The Hot June Weather, When

Summer lies bound in her tangled hair, When the grass on the hills is in waving feather, And the scent of the orchis is in the air, And the lilies lie in fragrant masses, White......