MORE TALES BY POLISHAUTHORS

TALES BY POLISHAUTHORS.
Translatedby Else Benecke.
Crown 8vo.,cloth, 3s. 6d. net.

"This is a book to be bought andread; it cannot fail to be remembered....The whole book is full of passionategenius.... It is delightfullytranslated."—The Contemporary Review.

OXFORD
B. H. BLACKWELL, BROAD ST.

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MORE TALES BY
POLISH AUTHORS

TRANSLATED BY

ELSE C. M. BENECKE

AND

MARIE BUSCH

OXFORD
B. H. BLACKWELL, BROAD STREET
1916

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NOTE

The translators' thanks are due to MM.Szymański and Żeromski for allowing theirstories to appear in English; and to Mr.Nevill Forbes, Reader in Russian in theUniversity of Oxford, Mr. Retinger, and Mr.Stefan Wolff, for granting permission onbehalf of the three other authors (or theirrepresentatives) whose works are includedin this volume; also to Miss Repszówa formuch valuable help.[vi]

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	PAGE
Maciej the Mazur. By Adam Szymański	1
Two Prayers. By Adam Szymański	52
The Trial. By W. St. Reymont	86
The Stronger Sex. By Stefan Żeromski	112
The Chukchee. By W. Sieroszewski	146
The Returning Wave. By Bolesław Prus	186

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POLISH PRONUNCIATION

cz = English ch.

sz = English sh.

ł = English w.

ó = English o in "who."

ą = French "on."

ę = French in as in "vin."

rz and ż = French j in "jour."

(rz and ż after k, p, t, ch = English sh.)

ch = Scotch ch

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