Show TwentySix and One and Other Stories from tho Vagabond Series by Maximo Gorky Translated from the Russian Preface by Ivan Strannlk Published by J F Taylor Company New York Time stories aro strong coarse brutal In their squalid frankness Tile vagabond tho tramp Is depicted as a brother by one who wan ot his fraternity The young Russian has seen too much or the shady side of life to give us sunny pictures lila characters are In tho shadow and they are In tho road that leads to hell Hedoesnt sermonlxo about them or try to reform them ho just sees them as they are and tells us about their ways and deeds Tho stories In tho book aro three said to bo tho least revolting and tho least Indecent of tho series They ITwentySlx and One Tcholkache and Malva tho most famous of hli short tales They exhibit enormous power and show tho author as a most brilliant writer but they leavo a bad taste In the mouth h |