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Opera Nights. By Gerald Newman. (putnam. 35s.) In This Book

Mr. Newman gives a detailed analysis, with musical illustrations, of twenty-nine operas, the earliest in date being Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice, and the most recent Berg's......

Fiction

Comedy in Chains. By Dennis Gray Stoll. (Gollancz. 75. 6d.) The Small Back Room. By Nigel Balchin. (Collins. 8s. 6d.) Two unusually interesting novels this week—that makes......

Shorter Notices

Sir Waiter Raleigh. By Milton Waldman. (Collins. I2S. 6d.) SEPARATE monographs could be, and possibly have been, written on some half-dozen d:fferent aspects of Raleigh's life.......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS How Stock Exchange sentiment, which plays an important part in fixing security values, has changed in the past few weeks is now being illustrated in the reaction of......