New Review.—“If you have any pernicious remnants of literary chauvinism, I hope it will not survive the series of foreign classics of which Mr. William Heinemann, aided by Mr. Edmund Gosse, is publishing translations to the great contentment of all lovers of literature.”
Times.—“A venture which deserves encouragement.”
IN GOD’S WAY. From the Norwegian of Björnstjerne Björnson.
PIERRE AND JEAN. From the French of Guy de Maupassant.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE. From the German of Karl Emil Franzos, Author of “For the Right,” &c.
WORK WHILE YE HAVE THE LIGHT. From the Russian of Count Tolstoy.
FANTASY. From the Italian of Matilde Serao.
FROTH. From the Spanish of Don Armando Palacio Valdés.
FOOTSTEPS OF FATE. From the Dutch of Louis Couperus.
PEPITA JIMÉNEZ. From the Spanish of Juan Valera.
THE COMMODORE’S DAUGHTERS. From the Norwegian of Jonas Lie.
THE HERITAGE OF THE KURTS. From the Norwegian of Björnstjerne Björnson.
LOU. From the German of Baron Von Roberts.
DOÑA LUZ. From the Spanish of Juan Valera.
THE JEW. From the Polish of Joseph Ignatius Kraszewski.
UNDER THE YOKE. From the Bulgarian of Ivan Vazoff.
FAREWELL LOVE! From the Italian of Matilde Serao.
THE GRANDEE. From the Spanish of Don Armando Palacio Valdés.
A COMMON STORY. From the Russian of Gontcharoff.
WOMAN’S FOLLY. From the Italian of Gemma Ferruggia.
Minor inconsistencies in the punctuation of stage directions have been regularized.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.
| v.5 | on the same day[,] | Added. |
| 5.17 | Taking a screw of paper from her glove[.] | Added. |
| 25.2 | But I must have[ have] every support | Redundant. |
| 216.19 | Allowe[d]—what? | Added. |
| 242.17 | No, thank you, Alec[.] | Added. |
| 243.22 | This is truth[!/,] truth!] | Replaced. |
| 286.9 | grown heartily sick of her solemn surroundings[.] | Added. |
| 288.14 | may it[’]s back remain equal to the burden | Removed. |