_Contents_: In the village.—A dialogue.—The old woman.—The dog.—My adversary.—The beggar.—The fool’s judgment thou wilt hear.—A contented man.—A rule of life.—The end of the world.—Masha.—A blockhead.—An eastern tale.—The two poets.—The sparrow.—The skulls.—The working man and the man with the white hands.—The rose.—In memoriam.—The last good-bye.—A visit.—Necessitas-vis-libertas.—The alms.—The insect.—Cabbage soup.—The fields of the blest.—Which is the richer?—The old man.—The reporter.—The two brothers.—The egoist.—Jupiter’s feast.—The sphinx.—The nymphs.—Friend and foe.—Christ.—The stone.—The doves.—To-morrow! to-morrow!—Nature.—Hang him.—What shall I think?—How were the roses so fresh and so fair?—On the sea.—N. N.—Abide.—The monk.—We are still at war.—Prayer.—The Russian language. —— Tr Eugenia Schimanskaya. Drawings by Donia Nachshen. London, Drummond 1945. 66 p illus 90 _Contents_: The village.—The conversation.—The old woman.—The dog.—The rival.—The beggar.—“You shall hear the judgment of the fool.”—The contented man.—Worldly wisdom.—The end of the world.—Masha.—An eastern tale.—Two quatrains.—The sparrow.—The skulls.—The worker and the man with white hands.—The rose.—The memory of U. P. Vrevskaya.—The last meeting.—The visit.—Necessitas-vis-libertas.—Charity.—The insect.—Cabbage soup.—The realm of azure.—Two rich men.—The old man.—The journalist.—Two brothers.—The egotist.—The feast of the supreme being.—The sphinx.—The nymphs.—Enemy and friend.—Christ.—The stone.—Two doves.—To-morrow! To-morrow!—Nature.—Hang him.—What shall I be thinking?—“How lovely, how fresh were the roses ...”—A sea voyage.—N. N.—Stay!—The monk.—We’ll still go on fighting!—Prayer.—The threshold.—The Russian language. —— In Russian and English, ed André Mazon. Tr C. Garnett and R. Rees. Oxford, Blackwell 1951. 219 p (Blackwell’s Russian texts) 91