Show transmissibility of genius the sale of relics of robert and elizabeth browning by executors of 0 the estate of their son the late robert Welde heldemann Wel demann matin darrett barrett browning which began may 1 again calls attention to the fact that the child of a union so richly dowered cowered dow ered from the literary and artistic standpoint failed to show traces of the genius of either parent lie ile was an artist but did nothing extraordinary tra ordinary it would almost seem that genius not only has a way of sometimes consuming Us its possessor but also of consuming itself as far as the immediate offspring are concerned at any rate the evidence as to its transmissibility is still lacking although of course there are plenty of facts to justify a belief as to the tha transmissibility of special talents |