Fair, World's Columbian Exposition, World's Fair, cm158

Oriental Rug Review is pleased to offer this original article from Century Magazine: "Sights at the Fair," by Gustave Kobbé (see below). This is an original article from Century Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 5, Sept., 1893, 13 pp. (loose), 12 illustrations, 6 1/4" x 9 1/4".

About the Author:

Gustav Kobbé A.M. (born New York City, 4 March 1857; died Great South Bay off Bay Shore, New York, 27 July 1918[2]) was an American music critic and author, best known for his guide to the operas, The Complete Opera Book, first published (posthumously) in the United States in 1919 and the United Kingdom in 1922. Kobbé was born in March 1857 in New York City to William (Wilhelm) Kobbé and Sarah Lord Sistare Kobbé. William was born in Idstein, near Wiesbaden, in the Duchy of Nassau (now part of Germany) and represented that country in New York until it was absorbed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866. Sarah was born in New London, Connecticut to a prominent New England family. When Gustav Kobbé was ten years old, he was sent to Wiesbaden to study composition and the piano with Adolf Hagen. Following five years of study in Germany, he returned to New York City for additional study under Joseph Mosenthal. Afterward, he graduated from Columbia College in 1877 and two years later from Columbia Law School. In 1882, he married Carolyn Wheeler. His hobby was sailing, and it was while he was out in the Great South Bay off Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, in July 1918, that a seaplane, coming down for a landing, struck his boat and killed him instantly. His grandson, Francis Thorne, is a well known composer.