29 MAY 1909, Page 16

[To TICS EDITOR or TEE "tirsorimon.1 Sin,—In your article on

George Meredith in last week's Spectator you referred to the writer's famous sonnet, "The World's Advance," in which the following words occur :—

". Spiral,' the memorable Lady terms Our mind's ascent."

Can any of your readers tell me who this lady is, and give the * " The Spirit of Islam," dat,