20 MAY 1905, page 16

Books.

—4— MORE WALPOLE LETTERS.* " WELL, I never read Walpole's letters—are they clever and bright ? Should I like them ? He lived in a horrid set of years and people; all the century......

Music.

WAGNER'S "RING" AT COVENT GARDEN. THE recent performances of Wagner's " Ring " at Covent Garden, interesting and admirable in themselves, assume a fresh significance when......