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Opera. February, (2s.) This Number Is Dedicated To Verdi,...

fiftieth anniversary of whose death fell on January 27th last. Francis Toye, whose biography of the composer did much to revive and guide enthusiasm for Verdi's music in this......

The Books And The Parchments. By F. F.

Bruce. (Pickering & Inglis. t 2s. 6d.) Fun writer, who is head of the Department of Biblical History and Literature in Sheffield University, expresses the hope that his book may......

O Gardener Can Claim Omniscience In His

it ubject, apart from fanatical specialists who ight know all there is to know about the ulture of individual groups of plants. And or this reason the general gardener seems......

Shorter Notices

kite Life of Robert Burns. By Catherine I N his note to this new edition of his m ther's much-discussed work, Mr. John rswell suggests that a second edition Which merely......

Gryphon Booics - Bave Published For 2s. 6d. A Booklet...

the Women's Institutes, with a foreword by the Countess of Albemarle. It is an interesting account, illustrated by numerous photographs, of the many useful activities of this......