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The High Bid. By Henry James. (new Boltons.) Tins Other

revival, from a mellower past, turns out well, and many a theatre-goer has been learning to his surprise that James was not above writing, an actable play ; a respectably......

Art

" LEONARDO'S life is changeful and uncertain. It is thought he lives only for the day." Since this was written, rather disapprovingly, by Pietro da Novellara 451 years ago, no......

Cinema

The Belle of New York. (Empire.)—Red Skies of Montana. (London Pavilion.) IT is not often my lot these days to attend a public showing of a film. Now that I have shared The......

Round The Galleries.

As the idioms of the twentieth century develop, multiply and converge afresh, the imprecision of the terms we use to describe them by becomes increasingly clear. The sculpture......