Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Kobbe, Gustav

KOBBE, GUSTAV, an American author; born in New York, March 4, 1857; was graduated at Columbia University m 1877 and at its Law School in 1879; and later engaged in newspaper and magazine work. He is author of &ldquo;The

Ring of the Nibelung&rdquo; (1889); &ldquo;Wagner's Life and Works&rdquo; (1890); &ldquo;My Rosary and Other Poems&rdquo; (1896); &ldquo;New York and Its Environs&rdquo;; &ldquo;Signora&rdquo; (1906); &ldquo;Wagner and His Isolde&rdquo; (1905), &ldquo;How to Appreciate Music&rdquo; (1906); &ldquo;Modern Women&rdquo; (1916). He died in 1918.