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• FEBRUARY 25, 1832 AT the village of Lavendon, Bucks, on Wed- nesday week, some females, with a view to the performance of a supposed love-charm, pro- cured a cat, and......

A Giant Refreshed

WHATEVER the merits and weak- nesses of Walton's opera Troilus and Cressida, its success seems to have done him good. After a gap of nearly' twenty years, he has found the......

Instrumental Records

(RECORDING COMPANIES: D, Decca; DT, Ducretet Thomson; V, Vox.) The admirable Barchet Quartet continu e's its Mozart series on Vox. Their latest additions are K.499 (in D) with......