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The Piano Develops

History of the Piano. By Ernest Closson. (Paul Elek. .12s. 6d.) " Avec un phlegme anglais se traine le piano " — so apparently sang the French vaudevillist in 1771. We do not......

The Conquest Of Pain

A Victory Over Pain. By Victor Robinson, M.D. (Sigma Books. 16s.) ANAESTHESIA, as we know it, is only just a hundred years old, and, when the gocd old days are discussed, their......