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A Muiician's Story

Overture and Beginners. By Eugene Goossens. (Methuen. t8s.) THIS is the first volume of an autobiography, and carries the story of the Goossens musical dynasty from its......

The Quest Of The Absolute

Lost Illusions. By Honore de Balzac in a new translation by Kathleen Raine. (John Lehmann. 2 Es.) THE hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Balzac's birth and the centenary of his......

Across The North Sea

The Shetland Bus. By David Howarth. (Nelson. 125. 6d.) • THERE is much to be said for the contention that sailors are the only true cosmopolitans. They contemplate impartially,......