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participate in the hostilities. As to
Mr. Wolf's permissive attitude to–
ward' incipient McCarthyism, I can
only say that the true test of demo–
cratic institutions is their ability to
function freely even under dire
stress; a chain, as Marshall McLu–
han has noted, is only as strong as
its weakest link. Finally, I can not
help askini{ why a young man of
Mr. Wolf's commendable writing
skills is wasting his time on non–
sense such as this.
MOTHER
NIGHT
a novel
by the author of
CAT'S CRADLE and
GOD BLESS YOU,
MR. ROSEWATER
KURT
VONNEGUT, JR.
"MAGNIFICENT . . . on my list
of books to take to a desert
island, though if enough people
read Vonnegut
I
may not h ave
to go." - LOUISE ARMSTRONG,
Saturday Review
At all bookstores,
$4.95
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CORRESPONDENCE
PUSHKIN IN AMERICA
SIRS:
Apropos of Max Hayward's re–
marks on pre-revolutionary Rus–
sian censorship of Pushkin's blas–
phemous epic
The Gabrieliad
[PR,
Spring 1966J: it should also be
noted that Anglo-American cen–
sorship has been no less important
for being unofficial. The poem has
never been included in an Eng–
lish-language edition of Pushkin's
works.
Russianless readers can find a
complete translation of the poem,
however, in
transition
magazine,
Vol. 1, No. 4 (.July 1927), pp.
116-131. Max Eastman was the
translator.
Incidentally, pre - revolutionary
censorship was apparently not very
effective. The late Byzantine schol–
ar Alexander Vasiliev used to say
that when he was a child in Rus–
sia, every Russian schoolboy knew
the poem by heart.
NED POLSKY
INFORMATION, PLEASE
SIRS:
For a history of the Ford Peace
Expedition of 1915-1917 I would
<lppreciate hearing from anyone
having pertinent information.
BARBARA
S.
KRAFT
2801 Quebec Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
