24 OCTOBER 1947, page 22

A Conductor's World

Theme and Variations. By-Bruno Walter. (Hamish Hamilton. 16s.) NOT everyone will find this book attractive ; but it is full of inter- esting musical history and forms an......

Mrs. Wharton

Portrait of Edith Wharton. By Percy Lubbock. (Cape. 10s. 6d.) PORTRAIT of Edith Wharton.... Very old, very slow memories began to stir in my mind, like sluggish crustaceans......