+ − Springf’d Republican p11a My 30 ’20 280w
MCMICHAEL, CHARLES BARNSLEY, tr. Short stories from the Spanish. il *$1.50 Boni & Liveright
20–8278
“The present volume is published with the intention of interesting American readers in the Spanish short story—a form in which the Spanish excel. There are three stories by Ruben Dario, three by Jacinto Octavio Picon and one by Leopoldo Alas. In addition there is a helpful introduction giving a short sketch of the life of each of these authors.”—Boston Transcript
“The translation is on the whole effective though sometimes awkwardly literal.”
+ − Booklist 17:158 Ja ’21 Boston Transcript p6 O 13 ’20 320w
“Exquisite little word pictures of a way of living full of delicate grace and beauty.”
+ Cleveland p83 S ’20 30w
“These seven tales are marked by charm and delicacy, rather than by strength and passion. Judge McMichael’s translation is generally effective, although it sometimes suffers from excessively conscientious literalness.” W. H. C.