A CATALOGUE OF 



HISTORY OF THE PHILHARMONIC SO- 

 CIETY : A Record of a Hundred Years' Work in the Cause of 

 Music. Compiled by Myles Birket Foster, F.R.A.M., etc. 

 With 1 6 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. los. 6d. net. 



%*As the Philharmonic Society, whose Centenary is now being celebrated, is 

 and has ever been connected, during its long existence, with the history of 

 musical composition and production, not only in this country, but upon the 

 Coniinent, and as every great name in Europe and America in the last hundred 

 years (within the realm of high-class music), has been associated with it, this 

 volume will, it is believed, prove to be an unique work, not only as a book of 

 reference, but also as a record oi the deepest interest to all lovers of good 

 music. It is divided into ten Decades, with a small narrative account of the 

 principal happenings in each, to which are added the full programmes of every 

 concert, and tables showing, at a glance, the number and nationality of the per- 

 formers and composers, with other particulars ol interest. The book is made of 

 additional value by means of rare illustrations of MS. works specially composed 

 for the Society, and of letters from Wagner, Berlioz, Brahms, Liszt, etc., etc., 

 written to the Directors and, by their permission, reproduced for the first time. 



IN PORTUGAL. By Aubrey F. G. Bell. 



Author of " The Magic of Spain." Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net. 



4f% The guide-books give full details of the marvellous convents, gorgeous 

 palaces, and solemn temples of Portugal, and no attempt is here made to write 

 complete descriptions of them, the very name of some of them being omitted. 

 But the guide-books too often treat Portugal as a continuation, almost as a province 

 of Spain. It is hoped that this little book may give some idea of the individual 

 character of the country, of the quaintnesses of its cities, a»d of peasant life in 

 its remoter districts. While the utterly opposed characters of the two peoples 

 must probably render the divorce between Spain and Portugal eternal, and reduce 

 hopes of union to the idle dreams of politicians. Portugal in itself contains an 

 infinite variety. Each of the eight provinces (more especially those of the 

 alcMitejanos, minhotos and beiriJcs) preserves many peculiarities of language, 

 customs, and dress ; and each will, in return for hardships endured, give to the 

 traveller many a day of delight and interest. 



A TRAGEDY IN STONE, AND OTHER 



PAPERS. By Lord Redesdale, G.C.V.O., K.C.C., etc. 

 Demy 8vo. js. 6d. net. 



*% " From the author of 'Tales of Old Japan' his readers always hope for 

 more about Japan, and in this volume they will find it. The earlier papers, 

 however, are not to be passed over." — Times. 



^*^f "Lo'-d Redesdale's present volume consists of scholarly essays on a 

 variety ol subjects of historic, literary and artistic appeal"— Siatidard. 



^'^ "The author of the classic 'Tales of Old Japan' is assured of welcome, 

 and the more so when he returns to the field in which his literary reputation was 

 made. Charm is never absent from his pages." — Daily Chronicle, 



MY LIFE IN PRISON. By Donald Lowrie. 



Crown 8vo. 6s. net. 



^f% This book is absolutely true and vital. Within its pages passes the 

 myriorama of prison life. And. within its pages may be found revelations of the 

 divine and the undivine ; of sirange humility and stranger arrogance ; of free 

 men brutalized and caged men humanized; of big and little tragedies; of love, 

 cunning, hate, deepair, hope. There is humour, too though sometimes the jest is 

 made ironic by its sequel. And there is romance— the romance of the real ; not the 

 romance of Kipling's g.15, but the romance of No. 19,093, and of all the other 

 numbers that made up the arithmetical hell of San Quentin prison. 



Few novels could so absorb interest. It is human utterly. That is the reason. 

 Not only is the very atmosphere of the prison preserved, from the colossal sense 

 of encagement and defencelessness, to the smaller jealousies, exultations and 

 disappointments ; not only is there a succession of characters emerging into the 

 clearest individuality and genuineness,— each with its distinctive contribution 

 and separate value ; but beyond the details and through all the contrasted 

 variety, there is the spell of complete drama,— the drama of liie. Here is the 

 underworld in continuous moving pictures, with the overworld watching. True, 

 the stage is a prison; but is not all the world a stage ? 



It is a book that should exercise a profound influence on the lives of the 

 caged, and on the whole attitude of society toward the problems of poverty and 

 criminality. 



