Show Russian Tales Are Models in Diction Typical o of th the chaos Russia a of his time and with an undercurrent of ot satire which Is so fine fino that It loses its barbed pessimism under the tho clothIng clothIng clothIng cloth- cloth Ing Ing- of ot the diction Leonid Andreyev Andree latest book of or short stories can trul be saId ald to be a masterpiece of ot harmonious harmonious har bar disorder Andreyev's turbulent life liCe has been clearly reflected in his former stories and tho collection of or When tho the King Loses His IIII Head Hend and other tales taJes are arc areno areno no exception Andreyev was wn born In Orel the capital capital cap cap- ital of ot tho the Russian province of or the same Iame name on August 21 n. n 1871 lIe He was waa RR a poor scholar but delighted in rea reading Tho The horror of or tho of or the thc despotic des IM- rule rulo of bf or Tsar Alexander HI III weighed heavily on the sensitive soul of or Andreyev and h ho he attempted suicide In 1894 ISH by shooting shooting- himself near tho the I heart The attempt was unsuccessful but left behind an affliction of the tho heart of or which he died twenty five years oars later The heroes heroes' of or Andreyev's stories are people t eoPle who wI-to stand apart solitary lonely lonely lonely lone lone- ly characters walking among men like planets among planets and a baneful atmosphere surrounds them The Idea of ot most of or these stories and of ot most Q of his dramas Is the conflict of or tho personality personality per per- which fate fato and with th the falsehood falsehood false false- hood which man maa introduces Into hl his i fate fato I In When the I King King- Loses His Head Andreyev's follows this idea and Introduced Intro Intro- u ed a piercing anal analysis of oC the temperament temperament tem tern of the mobs Just after the French revolution Tho The tales are arc enhanced enhanced en en- b by the wonderful translation of ot otAr Ar Archibald J. J Wolfe who loses nothing o of the beauty of or diction strength of or plot or tho the infinitesimal tempos which appeared In the original In the tho Russion language International Book Co Xe New York |