By the musical critic of the _New York Tribune_, author of "Studies in the Wagnerian Drama," "How to Listen to Music," etc. With over 60 full-page illustrations. Second printing, revised. 435 pp., 8vo. $3.50 net. By mail, $3.72. (Illustrated circular on application.) Mr. Krehbiel's most important book. The first seven chapters deal with the earliest operatic performances in New York. Then follows a brilliant account of the first quarter-century of the Metropolitan, 1883-1908. He tells how Abbey's first disastrous Italian season was followed by seven seasons of German Opera under Leopold Damrosch and Stanton, how this was temporarily eclipsed by French and Italian, and then returned to dwell with them in harmony, thanks to Walter Damrosch's brilliant crusade,-- also of the burning of the opera house, the vicissitudes of the American Opera Company, the coming and passing of Grau and Conried, and finally the opening of Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera House and the first two seasons therein, 1906-08. "The most complete and authoritative ... pre-eminently the man to write the book ... full of the spirit of discerning criticism ... Delightfully engaging manner, with humor, allusiveness and an abundance of the personal note."--_Richard Aldrich in New York Times Review._ ROMAIN ROLLAND'S JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DAWN . MORNING . YOUTH . REVOLT 600 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.62. It commences with the musician's childhood, his fears, fancies, and troubles, and his almost uncanny musical sense. He plays before the Grand Duke at seven, but he is destined for greater things. An idol of the hour, in some ways suggesting Richard Strauss, tries in vain to wreck his faith in his career. Early love episodes follow, and after a dramatic climax, the hero, like Wagner, has to fly, a hopeful exile. "As big, as elemental, as original as though the art of fiction began today."--_Springfield Republican._ "The most momentous novel that has come to us from France, or from any other European country, in a decade.... Highly commendable and effective translation ... the story moves at a rapid pace. It never lags."--_Boston Transcript._ "He embraces with a loving understanding the seven ages of man.... It not only contains a picture of contemporary musical life, but holds a message bearing on our conception of life and art. It presents genius for once without the morbid features that obscure its essence."--_New York Times Review._ Henry Holt and Company Publishers New York * * * * * Transcriber's notes: Errors and Anomalies: Pauluzo : Pauluzzo (envoy from Ferrara) _spelling not regularized_ _name also recorded in other sources as "Paolucci"_ Monteverde _this spelling is used throughout the text_