New York: Dillingham, 1901. Narrow 12mo, coarse yellow pictorial cloth stamped in black & white on front cover only, top edges gilt, others rough trimmed. pp 110, 111-14, ads + 7 plates. Yellowing to page edges, spine lightly darkened, else a VG+. Hobart was born in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. He moved to Maryland where he worked as a reporter. He was the author or co-author of over 50 musical comedies, librettos and plays. He also specialized in German-American comic dialect writing ("Dutch Dialect"). The second of the very popular John Henry humour books. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.; Narrow 16mo