Abstract
THE provision of inexpensive ‘libraries’ is not a new feature in England. Prof. Henry Morley long years ago edited a 9d. library of classical literature and a 3d. library of general literature; in each case the volumes issued were standard works, mostly of earlier date than the nineteenth century. The present library proceeds upon a different basis, seeking individual authors to deal with some special stfbject. Mr. Capell in “Opera” has an interesting theme, which in the earlier portion of the book is overloaded by a flamboyant style of writing which detracts from the pleasure that a reader may experience. Sir Frederic Keny on's remarks upon libraries and museums are well worthy of attention, and his rapid survey of the centuries is alluring. But he is mistaken in stating that Merton College Library, Oxford, is a fifteenth century building, as it is fourteenth century. Perhaps Mr. Paine's “Banking” is the most engaging of the books under notice; his treatment is masterly in its presentation—in a manner truly captivating—of what might easily prove dry-as-dust to the lay public.
Opera.
By Richard Capell. Pp. 80. Libraries and Museums. By Sir Frederic Kenyon. Pp. 79. Banking. By W. W. Paine. Pp. 80. (Benn's Sixpenny Library, Nos. 99, 100, and 108.) (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1930.) 6d. each.
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M., P. Opera . Nature 125, 969 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125969c0
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