20 APRIL 1951, page 24

From Criticism To Literature

The Liberal Imagination. Essays on Literature and Society. By Lionel Trilling. (Seeker and Warburg. is.) THERE is a fear, common among European writers and very clearly......

Art Of Italy

The Cosmati. By Edward Hutton. (Routledge and Kegan Paul. Li is.) The Painters of Ferrara. By Benedict Nicolson. (Paul Elck. Li is.) ALTHOUGH the Cosmati worked in a far less......

Musician Of The Grand Siecle

AFTER a long period of comparative neglect and under-estimation, the greatness of Francois Couperin is being slowly but surely recognised. The revaluation of his talents may be......