+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p770 D 18 ’19 160w
KLEIN, HERMAN. Reign of Patti. il *$5 Century
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Mme Patti never realized her intention of writing an autobiography for which she had designated the author of the present volume as her collaborator. The request however gives authority to this biography for which the author has collected material from the zenith of Patti’s career to the close. The book contains numerous portraits of the singer taken at various ages and in many rôles; appendices and an index.
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Reviewed by H: T. Finck
Bookm 52:166 O ’20 1250w
“Very suggestive, at times somewhat irritating, but always full of interest. Mr Klein is not a literary man, he is a chronicler; his book will remain as the one accurate record of the career of a diva who, in her special line, has as yet no rival.” M. F. Egan
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