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10  of the style, spirit and music of the original into the English tongue.

''The spirit of Shevchenko was too independent to suffer him to he much bound by narrow rules of metre and rhyme. The translator has found the same attitude convenient, for when the versification may be varied as desired it is much easier to preserve the original thoughts intact.''

The writer's thanks are due for help and advice to Messrs. Arsenych, Woicenko, Rudachek, Ferley, Sluzar and Stechyshyn and, especially to Mrs. Bychinsky and for help with the manuscript to Miss Sara Livingstone.