27 NOVEMBER 1909, page 17

M U S Ic.

NEW LIGHTS ON HANDEL. A. COUPLE of months ago the contention—put forward by a writer in the Cornhill—that music was essentially an aristo- cratic appanage was discussed in this......

Poetry.

TO THE RIVER BELL (HENDECASYLIABICS.) LITTLE Bela! Delightful, baffling river, All day long have I fished thy waters vainly; Vainly dangled my flies in futile casting Over......