11 JANUARY 1952, page 13

Ballet

The Original Ballet Russe. (Royal Festival Hall.) ON the back cover of the Original Ballet Russe programme is re- produced one of Delacroix's masterpieces, Femmes d'Algers, and......

On A Dead Child

ALWAYS before my eyes there gleams the gold And whiteness of a child's .dead face. The eyes are open, dark and candid With the knowledge of a lesson we Have yet to learn. The......

, Music The B.b.c's Schonberg Festival, Discussed In This...

last week, remains by far the most interesting musical event of these panto- mime-dominated weeks. Among the average music-loving public Schonberg probably remains the......

Exhibition

IN a foreword to the catalogue of the Observer exhibition of book- plates—organised in conjunction with the National Book League and on view at 7 Albemarle Street until January......