11 NOVEMBER 1932, page 22

Sir Edward Elgar

THIS volume disproves appreciably the forbidding axiom that articles written for a musical journal make unprosperous reading when republished, without amendment, in book form.......

Philip Ii

Philip II of Spain. By David Loth. (Routledge. 15s.) COMMONLY there is no one less to be envied than the son of a great man, for greatness spends so much of its vitality that it......

Robert Browning

Browning and the Twentieth Century. A Study of Robert Browning's Influence and Reputation. By A. Allen Brooking: ton. (Oxford University Press. 15s.) IT is doubtful whether many......