The Portable Chekhov

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Kiss," "An Attack of Nerves," "The Name-Day Party," and "In the Ravine" are by Constance Garnett and are reprinted by permission of The Macmillan Com- pany, of David Garnett, and of Messrs. Chatto and Windus. They are taken from the following volumes: The Wife and Other Stories, The Party and Other Stories, The Schoolmistress and Other Stories, The Witch and Other Stories. Grateful acknowledgment is also due to Bernard G. Guerney, who translated the Chekhov letters of May 16, June 5, and December 9, 1890. All these ren- derings have been revised by the editor, who is respon- sible for the translation of the rest of the Russian text.

HE translations of "The Privy Councilor," "The

With few exceptions, the stories are arranged chrono- logically. The dates in the Editor's Introduction are Old Style. To make them conform to our calendar (New Style), which was adopted by Russia in 1918, add twelve days for the nineteenth century and thirteen for the twen- tieth. The dates of Chekhov's letters written in Russia are Old Style, those of the letters written outside of Rus- sia are presumably New Style. In the chronological out- line of Chekhov's life each exact date is given according to both styles.

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