After which comparison I invite the reader to enjoy the fragrant sadness of Halek’s eventide musings in the knowledge that they owe their beauty not less to translator than to author. A word about the translator will not be out of place.
In appreciation of his services to Czech literature the translator has been made a citizen of the Czech Republic and has formally repudiated his baronetcy so far as the title applies to himself.
2 Halek’s Stories
