29 APRIL 1949, Page 30

A Treasury of Russian Literature. Edited by Bernard Guilbert Guerney.

(The Bodley Head. 15s.) THIS comprehensive and practical American selection from the works of representative Russian writers contains material from the eleventh century to the present day. Some of the earliest works included, which are competently translated by the editor, are of great interest and are not widely known in this country. The most intel- ligent feature of this omnibus volume is the fact that its contents are confined to complete works by each chosen author—the whole of Fathers and Sons, for instance—and does not include extracts torn out of their context.