In this volume M. Montagu-Nathan introduces to the public a number of Russian composers, who may be said collectively to constitute the contemporary Russian School of Musical Composition, and who are maintaining for Russia its supremacy among the musical nations. Of such composers as SKRYABIN, GLAZOUNOF, STRAVINSKY, REBIKOF, MEDTNER and RAKHMANINOF, the author provides a biographical account, and a detailed consideration of their creative work; their aims and ideals are discussed, and their music subjected to a critical review. There are some chapters devoted to those younger men whose music has already attracted considerable attention in Russia, and whose names are likely ere long to become familiar to the musical world. An introductory section of the book is devoted to a survey of the earlier period of musical activity in Russia, in which the founders of the Nationalist movement are dealt with and their artistic labours outlined. THE PATH OF THE MODERN RUSSIAN STAGE, and other Essays By ALEXANDER BAKSHY With 12 Illustrations Demy 8vo ⁷⁄₆ net Cloth The modern revival in the art of the theatre has been particularly marked in Russia where it has revolutionized many established traditions, and has opened up new paths of development. The remarkable progress of the Russian dramatic theatre is of special interest to the student, since in no other country the new movement has been fruitful of so many original ideas, or has had them realized in such striking forms. In the present volume the guiding principles of the Russian stage, such as “faithfulness to life” of the Moscow Art Theatre, the various forms of “conventionalism” applied at the Theatre of Vera Kommissarzhevsky, and the theories of “theatricality” lately propounded by Meyerhold and Evreinov, are subjected to a close analysis. The book also includes separate essays on the forms of the theatre, as determined by the relationship between the audience and the stage, and on the art aspects of the kinematograph. THE GIRL AND THE FAUN By EDEN PHILLPOTTS With four Illustrations in colour, and Title Page and Border designed by MR. FRANK BRANGWYN, A.R.A. Crown 4to 6/- net Cloth EDEN PHILLPOTTS has been called “the painter’s novelist,” and in this work he combines his peculiar power of bringing colour and form to the sense of his readers, with a story cast in classic mould, full of explicit humour and implicit meaning. In his quest for beauty he has never been more successful, while the co-operation of England’s greatest painter, Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A., who contributes four full page drawings in colour and title page border in black and white, will place this work among the most notable productions of the War. DELIGHT AND OTHER POEMS By EDEN PHILLPOTTS With twelve Illustrations in Black and White, by ALMA ELLIOTT Crown 8vo ³⁄₆ net Illustrated Wrapper