Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-15
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

E. r. Dutton & Co. are publishing
this week Pushkin's famous drama,
Boris Godunov." in translation
into English verse by Alfred Hayes,
with Il preface by &. Nabokoff, for
merly minister plenipotentiary to
England. Most Russians" Mr.
Nabokoff says, believe that Alex
ander Pushkin is the greatest poet
that ever lived. We not only ad
mire him. we worship him; he stands
apart" And Boris Godunov," he
adds, is thought to be one of his two
greatest works. He points out the
resemblance between this drama and
the dramas of Shakespeare and adds
that the resemblance is even more
striking in MIR. Hayes translation,
which he considers 'in itself a work
of the loftiest kind" In his opinion,
Mr.. Hayes has achieved the impos-
sible' by his rendering of certain
scenes which Russians have always
heretofore considered impossible of
adequate translation.
Two little books published by r.
p. tDutton * Co. will interest stu
dents of the Russian language. In
their Modern Language series is an
Easy Russian Reader" compiled
by Evelyn G. While, with n vocabu-
larry filing nearly fifty pages and
fourteen illustrations picturing typi-
cal scenes of Russian life. The other,
| Russian Lyrical Poetry" is an an
thology of the best nineteenth cen
tury lyrics selected, accepted and
arranged. with notes. by A. +. Teb-
butt. Both books are wholly in
Il uSSian.
at,I nj tisl, Ia Il IN
the United States, is better known
to Americans as statesman and dip
lomat than as sportsman, and so his
| book on Fly Fishing" which the
buttons bring out in the United
States, will introduce him in Il new
guse. The work, which is well
known TO his British fellow enthu-
siasts of the reel and fly, was first
published in' England twenty years
ago, and since then has seen many
new editions. The latest was last
August, and from that edition the
Dutton. lave made this importation
The book, which is n volume in the
Haddon Hall Library Series. devot-
ed to outdoor sports, and edited by
the Marques of CRANKY and George
A. b. Dewar, covers dry and wet
| fly fishing. trout, sea trout and sal
| ments the author has made in
stocking streams with fish. There
are in it some fine plates in color
of flies of different kinds.
Stuart Henry's novel. villa Elsa,
another of the many books held uI
on the presses by the recent strikes
| is promised by the buttons for pub
| ltcation within IL week or two. II
tells the story of the unique and eX-
citing experiences of young Amer
| lean studying i'll Germany and liV-
ing in a German family when the
war broke out, and through its hero
| offers an original and interesting
contribution to the problem of how
/ to make Germany a safe and con-
| genial member OF the human family
| The author has lived and studied
much in Germany and knows thor
oughly his theme. his scenes and
| his people.
Economic Phenomena Before and
After War" which IL. +. Dutton d
| Co. are this week publishing in the
! United States, is a treatise by SlaV-
/ ko Secerov. Il brilliant young Serb
( ian, who has been carrying out in
London the studies whose results he
embodies in this volume. The aim
| of his research has been to FIND
whether or not there is a scientific
synthetic explanation of modern
wars afforded by the statistics oI
| production, consumption and nat
ural growth of population in the
countries concerned.