. SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 469
Iowa, Torch Press, 1913. 2 V., index. Indispensable work on Kentucky lit-
erature. While its critical evaluations do not equal its wealth of informa-
tion, it remains the most comprehensive work on Kentucky literature up to
' the date of its publication. Includes excerpts from each writer’s work.
Venable, W. H. Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley. Cincin-
Q nati, Robert Clarke & Company, 1891. 519 p. bibliog. citations, index. A
valuable collection of literary, historical, and biographical material on early
westem literary culture.
E ART AND HAN DICRAFT
‘ Goodrich, F. L. Mountain Homespun. New Haven, Yale University Press,
5 1931. 91 p. illus., index. Folklore interwoven with a description of the home
crafts, particularly weaving and spinning, of the people living in the south-
> ern Appalachians.
5 Price, S. W. The Old Masters of the Bluegrass. Louisville, ]. P. Morton &
Company, 1902. 181 p. illus. (Filson Club Publications, no. 17.) Biographi-
` cal sketches of ]ouett, Bush, Grimes, Frazer, Morgan, Hart, and Price,
3 with portraits and illustrations of the artists’ work.
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_ ARCHITECTURE
Lathrop, Elise. Historic Houses of Early America. New York, Tudor Pub-
i lishing Company, 1927. 464 p. illus., bibliog. Chap. XVI, pp. 387-398,
A- includes the stories of 11 famous Kentucky houses.
Newcomb, Rexford. "The Architecture of Old Kentucky." (Kentucky State
° Historical Society Register. Frankfort, ]uly, 1933. v. 31, no. 96, pp. 185- ‘
1 200.) Authoritative, indispensable article on the architecture of early Ken-
_ tucky.
v Simpson, E. M. Bluegrass Houses and Their Traditions. Lexington, Transyl-
' vania Press, 1932. 408 p. illus. Steeped in the lore and the cherished ro-
mance that cling to the renowned houses of the Bluegrass.
_ MUSIC AND THEATER
Campbell, O. D., and C. ]. Sharp. English Folk Songs from the Southern
l, Appalachians. New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1917. 341 p. map, bibliog.,
¥· index. An important contribution to the subject of American folk song,
comprising 122 songs and ballads and 323 tunes. Contains an introduction
·‘ and notes.
> Cox, ]. H. Folk Songs of the South. Cambridge, Harvard University Press,
’· 1925. 545 p. illus., map (West Virginia), index. An annotated compilation A
Y ' of 185 songs and ballads with their different versions, and 26 tunes collected
_ under the auspices of the West Virginia Folklore Society.
’· Jackson, G. P. White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands. Chapel Hill, Univer-
’· sity of North Carolina Press, 1933. 444 p. illus., bibliog., index. A pioneer
5: work; it is also important for the history of the Negro spiritual.