Produced by David Clarke, JoAnn Greenwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) MORE TALES BY POLISH AUTHORS TALES BY POLISH AUTHORS. Translated by ELSE BENECKE. Crown 8vo., cloth, 3s. 6d. net. "This is a book to be bought and read; it cannot fail to be remembered.... The whole book is full of passionate genius.... It is delightfully translated."--_The Contemporary Review._ OXFORD B. H. BLACKWELL, BROAD ST. MORE TALES BY POLISH AUTHORS TRANSLATED BY ELSE C. M. BENECKE AND MARIE BUSCH OXFORD B. H. BLACKWELL, BROAD STREET 1916 NOTE The translators' thanks are due to MM. Szymański and Żeromski for allowing their stories to appear in English; and to Mr. Nevill Forbes, Reader in Russian in the University of Oxford, Mr. Retinger, and Mr. Stefan Wolff, for granting permission on behalf of the three other authors (or their representatives) whose works are included in this volume; also to Miss Repszówa for much valuable help. CONTENTS 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 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_ in "loch." c = _ts_. Pan = Mr. Pani = Mrs. Panna = Miss. MACIEJ THE MAZUR BY ADAM SZYMANSKI