19 MAY 1939, page 17

La Vie Sous La Menace

[D'un correspondent parislenj IMPOSSIBLE d'y ediapper. On a beau voiler la chose sous des formules anodines—" evenements," " developpements," "con- tingences "—chacun sait que......

Opera

II Trovatore at Covent Garden HALF-A-CENTURY ago Mr. Bernard Shaw contributed to critical case-law a valuable judgement which has never yet been upset. In the case of The World......