Ka Buke Mele o nā Hīmeni HawaiʻiEd. C. Holstein Softcover, 187 pp. Ka Buke Mele o n Hmeni Hawaii is a collection of nearly 300 mele that were popular and widely sung during the last decades of the nineteenth century. Prominent political figures and well loved alii composers, such as Liliuokalani, Leleiohoku, and Kalkaua, are represented in this group, which includes love ballads, tributes, playful mele, and compositions with cultural and historical comment.