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An Italian On Contemporary Music

Modern Composers. By Guido Pannain, translated by Michael R. Bonavia. (Dont. 10s. fid.) This interesting book includes studies of twelve composers of our time, including Richard......

Mr. Wells's New Novel

The Bulpington of Blup. By H. G. Wells. (Hutchinson. 8s. M.) WHEN Mr. Wells's new novel came into my hands, I went to an old trunk and took from it a fat brown exercise book. It......

An Anthology Of Sport

The Lonsdale Anthology of Sporting Prose and Verse. Com- piled by Eric Parker. (Seeley, Service and Co. 10s. 13d.) ANTHOLOGIES are very much in the vogue at the present moment.......