25 JANUARY 1913, page 33

Poetry.

THE FESTIVAL OF TORCHES. " ACLIAT'aSta fXOYTES &cadet-ow:7.a , laxhiots."—PLATO, Rep. 1. SWIFTER than arrow from thy bended bow, Goddess, they go, As though from branch and root......

Aid For A Blind Clerk.

[To TUE EDITOR Or TUE "SPECTATOR."] SIB,—Allow me to return most sincere thanks to you for inserting our appeal on behalf of the blind clerk. I am happy to say that he has......

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Mu Si C.

MAHLER'S SEVENTH SYMPHONY. GUSTAV MAHLER, whose Seventh Symphony was heard for the first time in London at the Queen's Hall Symphony Concerts last Saturday, had only just passed......