28 FEBRUARY 1931, page 17

Gramophone Notes

ONE of the greatest inventions of Western civilization is the Grand Organ and yet, though a large percentage of immortal music was written for it, no part of our musical......

Parochialia

DEAR ancient "Parish Pussies," Black garmented, sedate, Attending parish fusses That other people hate, Taking the lowly seat, Wistful and incomplete. Once they had comely faces......

A Hundred Years Ago

Lord Howick, on Tuesday, introduced his Bill for facilitating settlements in His Majesty's Foreign Possessions. His object was to enable the labouring poor to find that......

Art

[THE FOUR GEORGES.] ONCE more we are indebted to Sir Philip Sassoon for a Loan Exhibition in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital, and the present collection of Georgian Art at 25......

[sir William Beach Thomas's Regular Page—" Country Life"...

during his absence abroad. It will be resumed on March 14th. Mr. Christopher Tumor's third article on "The Agricultural Situation and the Government Proposals" has been......