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Cortot On Chopin

In Search of Chopin. By Alfred Cortot. Translated by Cyril and Rena Clarke. (Peter Nevill. i2s. 6d.) CHOPIN has been dead only a little more than a century, and yet the number......

Stage Enchantments

Drama: Its Costume and Decor. By James Laver. (Studio Publications. 3os.) THE Victoria and Albert Museum is, or should be, one of the meccas of all those many pilgrims who tread......

Talk From America

Letters from America. By Alistair Cooke. (Rupert Hart-Davis. i 21. 6C1.) THE publication of these two books illustrates very well the perennial interest of the theme and the......