Show transmissibility of genius the sale of belics of 0 robert and eliza elizabeth beth BroN browning ining by executors of the estate of their son soil the late robert Wel demann barrett drowning browning which began may 1 again calls attention to the fact that the child of a union so richly donefred dowered dow doN ered bioni the literary and artistic standpoint failed to show traces of the genius of either parent lie ile was vas an artist but did nothing extraordinary tra it would almost seem that genius not only has a way of sometimes consuming its possessor but also of consuming itself as far as the immediate offspring are concerned at any rate the evidence as to its ita transmissibility Is still lacking although of course there are plenty of facts to justify a belief as to the transmissibility of special talents |