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Noble And True

The Life of Beethoven By Alexander Thayer. (Centaur Press, 3 vols., 4 gns.) MOZART was one of the three greatest composers who ever lived. He also—at (for him) a quite advanced......

The Wholesome Lotus

Fausto and Anna. By Carlo Cassola. Translated by Isabel Quigly. (Collins, 16s.) Insufficient Poppy might initially appear as an exotic Durrellesque flower in that it is set in......