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Current Literature

Mosr writers on Wagner's operas treat them almost exclusively from the musical point of view, as Mr. Leroy points out. Hence there is still room for a book emphasizing their......

Introducing London. By E. V. Lucas. (methuen. 2s. Exl.) Tins

little guide-book is very well named It is not intended for Londoners but for the man who is a " stranger in these parts." It is literally an introduction—not the beginning of......

The Spanish Main

Islands : West Indian, Aegean. By Sir Arthur E. Shipley (Martin Hopkinson. 6s. net.) The West Indies, with British Guiana and British Honduras. By George Mannington. (Parsons.......

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Songs Of The Gardens. Edited By Peter Warlock. (the Nonesuch

Press. 21s. net.) IT was a happy thought to make an anthology of the songs that were sung at Vauxhall, Ranelagh, Marylebone and Sadler's Wells during the latter half of the......

A Wayfarer In Czec110-slovakia. By E. L Robson. (methuen And

Co. 7a. 6d.) A WAYFARER IN CZEC110-SLOVAKIA. By E. L Robson. (Methuen and Co. 7a. 6d.) MIS should prove a good practical guide-book to a country whose new name has lately......