Kobbe, Gustav. Famous American songs. il. **$1.50. Crowell.
Lovers of the sentiment and tradition, that enter into the making of our few timetested American songs will prize this book. Mr. Kobbé, musical critic and writer, tells how each song happened to be written, where it was first sung, and gives interesting incidents in careers of the writers. The songs of the group are: Home, sweet home, Old folks at home, Dixie, Ben Bolt, Star-spangled banner, Yankee Doodle, Hail Columbia and America.
+ Dial. 41: 395. D. 1, ’06. 190w. Nation. 83: 446. N. 22, ’06. 210w.
“The book contains a wealth of curious information gathered from many recondite sources.”
+ Putnam’s. 1: 377. D. ’06. 140w.
Kobbé, Gustav. Famous actors and their homes. $1.50. Little.
“There is both new material in Mr. Kobbe’s book and old material adapted to new points of view.”
+ Pub. Opin. 40: 93. Ja. 20, ’06. 70w.
Kobbé, Gustav. Wagner and his Isolde. **$1. Dodd.