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Czech literature

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Czech works

• The Last Will and Testament of the Dying Mother The Unity of Brethern (1650) by Johan Amos Comenius, translated by Wikisource
• Czech Folk Tales (1917), edited and translated by Josef Baudiš
• The Jail (1921), by J. V. Machar, translated by Paul Selver

Short stories and tales published in more general anthologies or in magazines

• retold folk tales in the anthology Slavonic Fairy Tales (1874), edited and translated by John T. Naaké:
  • Lidushka and the Water Demon's Wife by Matěj Mikšíček
  • Golden Hair by Karel Jaromír Erben
  • Yanechek and the Water Demon by Josef Kajetán Tyl
  • The Wise Judgment by Josef Košín z Radostova
  • The Long-desired Child by Karel Jaromír Erben
  • The Wicked Wood-Fays by Karel Jaromír Erben
  • Wisdom and Fortune by Karel Jaromír Erben
  • The Brownie, or House Spirit by Karel Jaromír Erben
• short stories in The International
  • "Phenicia's Sin" by Julius Zeyer, translated by Frances Gregor (vol. 1, September 1896)
  • "A Pawned Character", by Svatopluk Čech, translated by Rose M. Humpal (vol. 1, October 1896)

• short stories in the anthology Short Stories from the Balkans (1919), edited and translated by Edna W. Underwood:
  • Brother Cœlestin by Jaroslav Vrchlický
  • The Journey by Svatopluk Čech
  • All Souls' Day by Jan Neruda
  • Foolish Jona by Jan Neruda

Poetry

• Cheskian Anthology (1832), edited and translated by John Bowring
• An Anthology of Modern Bohemian Poetry (1912), edited and translated by Paul Selver
• Songs of the Slav (1919), edited and translated by Otto Kotouč
• Modern Czech Poetry (1920), edited and translated by Paul Selver

Librettos and lyrics

• Ye Soldiers of our God (Ktož jsú boží bojovníci, 15th century) by Jan Čapek
• Kde domov můj (1834) by Josef Kajetán Tyl
• The Bartered Bride (1866), Karel Sabina's libretto of the opera by Bedřich Smetana

Works on Czech literature

• "Czech literature," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Modern Bohemian Poetry" by Paul Selver in An Anthology of Modern Bohemian Poetry (1912)
• "Czech Literature," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "The language and literature of Bohemia" by Cyrill Spal in Bohemia's claim for freedom (1915)

See also

• Portal:Czech lands