"Each composer is treated with the utmost delicacy and understanding. There is no vagueness of outline, no maudlin sentimentality and no lack of insight ... valuable for its sympathetic spirit, its lucidity and its sanity."—The Literary Digest.
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York
TWO OPERATIC STUDIES FOR MUSIC LOVERS
By HENRY EDWARD KREHBIEL
Each abundantly illustrated, 12mo, 2.00
A Book of Operas
"It would be difficult to find a book which combines information and charm in such generous proportion. Every reader, whatever he be, student or connoisseur, will be fascinated by the interesting manner in which the subject is treated. It is a work which every musician and music lover will be glad to possess."—World To-day.
A Second Book of Operas
"The combination and nice adjustment of scholarship with anecdote and criticism make this volume the most authoritative there is in English on the masterpieces of opera.... He is master of an ingratiatingly easy and pleasant style which makes this book as readable and entertaining as it is authoritative."
—The Independent.