28 SEPTEMBER 1901, Page 16

THE SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN.

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—If your correspondent (the Rev. Henry Latham, Spectator, September 21st) will go out on his lawn some bright dewy morning when the sun is low, he will see the same lumi- nosity he speaks of round the head of his shadow, but not round the head of the shadow of any one else. I have also seen it on a down side in the afternoon in autumn, when the down was covered with shining white bents and the sun was low. Benvenuto Cellini mentions having observed the phenomenon, and taken it as a special mark of divine favour (which he certainly had no right to expect). I have often wished for an explanation of the phenomenon.—I am, Sir, • M. BRAMSTON.