16 MAY 1925, Page 20

Mr. George Ainslie Hight has written a two-volume biO- graphy

of Richard Wagner (Arrowsmith). - He is indignant with the indiscretion of those who published Wagner's Mein Leben and certain of his letters ; and he is determined to admit

no slander against Wagner into his book. On the other hand, he revolts from accusations of " whitewashing."