By the same post, I received copies of Tiger of the stripe’sThe Life of Handel by Victor Schoelcher. It’s a much more substantial book (440 pages) than the Anecdotes. It’s a bit of a relief to receive the paperbacks because the printing on the hardback edition of the same book was a bit light. The paperbacks are a bit darker. We have a third Handel book in the pipeline, one by William H. Cummings who used to be the Principal of the Guildhall School of Music.

After that, we’ll give music a rest and publish a new edition of Enemies of Books by William Blades. I’m making a few new enemies, if you know what I mean. It’s a very amusing book.