Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... NOTES [Such of the following notes as are not enclosed in brackets are by Mickiewicz himself. They include the enure commentary that the poet published with Pan Tadeusz. The other notes are either by the translator or culled from the following books or suggested by them: -- Mickiewicz, Pisma, wyd. Kallenbach (Brody, 1911), torn v. (This includes a " glossary " to Pan Tadeusz by Franciszek Jerzy Jaroszynski.) Mickiewicz, Master Thaddeus; or, The Last Foray in Lithuania; translated by Maude Ashurst Biggs, with notes by the translator and Edmond S. Naganowski (London, 1885). Mickiewicz, (Euvres poitiques completes, trad. Christien Ostrowski, ed. 4 (Paris, 1859). Mickiewicz, Herr Thadd&us, tibersetzt von Siegfried Lipiner, ed. 2 (Leipzig, 1898). It was difficult to draw the line between direct quotation and mere utilization of material. In particular, the translator's indebtedness to Jaroszynski is much greater than the quotation marks here used would indicate.] Introductory Note [The following summary of a few important events in Polish history, and of some of the leading features of Polish society and_institutions, may be of assistance to readers of Pan Tadeusz. Polish Commonwealth was formed by the union of two on tne west, with a population 'h a populaRussian in and with the German Knights of the Cross, these two states were united in 1386 by the marriage of Queen Jadwiga of Poland to the heathen Prince Jagiello of Lithuania, who thereupon accepted Christianity (p. 288). They remained under the dominion of the Jagiellos until the last of the male line of that house, Zygmunt August (compare note 64), died childless in 1572, and the throne became elective. The union was at first very loose, depending only on the person of the sovereign, but...
