SOME RUSSIAN TALES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12063, 19 July 1917, Page 8

SOME RUSSIAN TALES.

A collection of storios by Alexander Poushkin, translated from tho Russian by T. Keane, published by Messrs Hodd»r and Stonghton, London, will enable. many to make their first, acquaintance, with tho brilliant work of this long-gone artist in Russian literature. Poushkin has been <vdh.'d tho lathe; of Russian romantic literature. He- was a product of tho great national revival which followed the. Napoleonic wars His poems and romances held, much wild beauty of description, and his short, stories, eh von of which are given in this volume, an)'unexcelled a.s pictures of Russian life in his day and generation. The principal and longest, tale, is "Tho Captain's Daughter,'' an historical romance basol upon the rising of the Don Cossack I'ougatr-hafV, in 1773. Another story, '• Doubrovsky," is a, story of wild country life, specially interesting for its description of (lie manners and customs of the autocratic. landowners of the old regime. "An Amateur Peasant Girl " is an attractive romance, in pleasant, contrast to tho macabre atmosphere of most, Russian stories. Our copy is from Whit-combe awl Tombs, Ltd. ; price Is 4d.