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 Man); “Žně” (The Harvest), and “Drama Čtyř Chudých Stěn” (A Drama of Four Poor Walls) translated into English by Beatrice Měkota.

Ladislav Stroupežnický has written many frequently produced realistic comedies as “Pan Měsíček,” “Paní Mincmistrová” (The Mintmaster’s Wife), “Naši Furianti” (Our Braggarts).

M. A. Šimáček sketches some interesting factory types in his studies of the sugar-beet industry which he also uses in his plays.

Gabriella Preissova brought the Slovenes of Carinthia into Czech and Slovák literature and is the author of the delightful “Obrázky ze Slovácka” (Pictures from Slovakia) as well as of very successful Slovak plays “Gazdina Roba” and “Její Pastorkyňa” (Her Stepdaughter).

Joseph Štolba has written ten plays chiefly comedies which continue to win audiences as well as readers.

Jaroslav Kvapil is at once a lyric poet uniting gentle, deep emotion with form that is distinctly pleasing. His best collections are “Padající Hvězdy” (Falling Stars) and “Růžový Keř” (The Rose Bush). He has written successful dramas as: “Oblaka” (The Clouds) translated into Russian and German, and into English by Charles Recht; “Bludička” (The Will o’ the Wisp) English translated by Šárka B. Hrbkova; the fairy plays “Princezna Pampeliška” (Princess Dandelion) and “Sirotek” (The Orphan) suggest somewhat the influence of Maeterlinck. He has translated into Czech