13 MARCH 1926, page 32

The Swan. Of Usk

IT was surely one of the marvels of the seventeenth century, that in a quiet country physician, -taking his walks by the valley of the Usk, the spirit' of_the Age of Faith......

Better Than Medicine

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An Important Musical Biography

Wagner As Man and Artist. By Ernest Newman. (Bodley Head. 12s. 6d.) IT will be welcome news to all music-lovers to learn that Mr. Ernest Newman's searching study of Wagner,......