Annals Of Opera (1597-1940). Compiled By Alfred...
Introduction by Edward J. Dent. (Hefter. L4 0.) THIS exhaustive work is indispensable as a reference book to all libraries. It contains details of about 4,000 operas, including......
Speeches And Documents In American History. Selected And...
by Robert Birley, Vol. III : 1865-1913. (Oxford University Press. 31.) FROM the end of the Civil War to the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, modern America was " aborning." The......
Shorter Notices
The Old Lion and Other Stories. By Walter de la Mare. (Faber and Faber. 3s. 6d.) THESE stories, selected from three of Mr. de la Mare's books for children, reveal his power not......
Ben. Lucien Burman. (macmillan. 8s. 6d.)
THIS is a pioneer book that is well worth reading. For Mr. Burman had the idea of going, in the winter of 194o-41, to see what was afoot in those parts of the French Empire that......
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