Studies in historical and
political
science, ser.
Poland - 1922 - Polish Literature in Translation, a Bibliography
Famous Polish musicians, whose lives will be found in
standard books of reference are:
Frederic Chopin
Eduard and Jean De Reszke
Josef Hofman
Theodore Leschetizky
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Ignace Paderewski
Marcella Sembrich-Kochanska
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL; HISTORY
AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
American-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Library of facts: no. 1 Polish-German relations, no. 2
The situation in southeastern Poland (Eastern Galicia)
N. Y. 1931.
Pamphlets presenting the Polish view of two controverted questions.
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Askenazy, Szymon
Dantzig and Poland; tr. by W. J. Rose. Lond. Cassell.
1922.
Professor Askenazy holds high rank among Polish historians.
Bader, Karol, compiler
. . . Poland of to-day. 392p. Vienna. Wiener Allgemeine
Zeitung. 1927.
This is a large handsome book, containing 1155 illustrations, with
text in Polish, French, English and German.
Bain, Robert Nisbet
Slavonic Europe, a political history of Poland and Russia
from 1447 to 1796. 452p. Cambridge. Univ. Press.
1908.
This history is especially valuable with regard to Poland's relations
to Russia.
Benson, Edward Frederic
The white eagle of Poland. 243p. N. Y. Doran. cl919.
In the first part of this book, the author develops the thesis that the
restoration of Poland is a necessity to the limitation of German
imperialism. The second part is a review of the German occupation
of Poland. The chief value of the book is in its picture of the
psychology of 1919.
Boratynski, W.
Nowe fryzy "Polskie Obchody i Zwyczaje Ludowe. "
Krakow. Henryk Frist i Ska. 1931.
Series of striking pictures 25 x 70 cm. illustrating old Polish customs
and costumes in brilliant colors.
Boswell, A. Bruce
Poland and the Poles. 313p. il. Lond. Methuen; N. Y.
Dodd, Mead. 1919.
The best of the war time books about Poland. For many years a
student of Polish history, the author had lived five years in Poland,
and writes from real knowledge.
Brandes, Georg
Poland, a study of the land, people, and literature. 310p.
Lond. Heinemann. 1904.
Distinguished Danish critic's impressions of Poland in 4 visits, in
1885, 1886, 1894, and 1899. Two hundred pages analyze Polish life,
character, customs and the restrictions of life under Prussia and Russia;
the last third is a study of the literature of Poland's romantic period.
Eujak, Franciszek
The economic development of Poland. Lond. Allen and
Unwin. 1925.
This author is professor of political economy at the University of
Lwow, and has written extensively on this subject in Polish.
Chlebowski, A. publisher
Fryzy. Warsaw, n. d.
A frieze of 30 pictures 32x12 in. illustrating Polish country life,
costume and customs. Colorful, well-drawn, and full of action. The
artist's initials are G. P.
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POLISH LITERATURE
Choloniewski, Antoni
The spirit of Polish history; tr. by Jane Arctowska. 67p.
N. Y. Polish Book Importing Co. 1918.
A charming essay on Polish character as shown in Polish institutions,
but the interpretation is mystic and sometimes strained.
D'Abernon, Edgar Vincent, viscount
Eighteenth decisive battle of the world: Warsaw, 1920.
178p. 3 maps. Lond. Hodder and Stoughton. 1931.
An English ambassador, member of the Anglo-French Mission to
Poland in July and August, 1920, gives a detailed and dispassionate
account of those critical days. He says of his title, "The surmise is
t'ustifiable that in its influence on the civilization of Europe the victory
iefore the walls of Warsaw in 1920 was no less vital than the historical
contests in which Poland in earlier years acted as a bulwark to the
West. "
Both commanders-in-chief, Pilsudski and Toukhatchevsky, have
written accounts of this battle. Their accounts are here quoted.
Drogoslaw, pseud.
Poland and the Polish nation; tr. by Marie Busch. 106p.
Lond. Polish Information Committee. 1917.
The situation of the Polish people under Germany, Russia, and
Austria is the main theme of this book.
Dyboski, Roman
The centenary of a great home of research in Poland: the
Ossolineum, 1828-1928. In S. R. 7:361-70. Ja. '29.
The Ossolinski National Institution includes one of the three great
libraries of Poland, and a museum designed to illustrate especially the
development of Polish history. It has been thruout its whole history
one of the greatest cultural institutions of Poland.
Italy and Poland in their historical relations. In S. R. 2:
191-4. Je. '23.
A review of three Polish books on this general subject.
Outlines of Polish history. 283p. Lond. Allen and Unwin.
1925.
"Now that we can see the continuous thread connecting the failures
of a Kosciuszko or a Traugut with the successes of a Pilsudski, Polish
history presents itself as an organic whole, a natural evolution, like that
of more fortunate nations. The writer of this book has done his work
well. "--A. Bruce Boswell, in Slavonic Review
Same. 2d ed. rev. 285p. N. Y. Oxford. 1931.
Poland, old and new; three lectures. 68p. Oxford. Univ.
Press. 1926.
"All three lectures are full of interest, whether the lecturer is dealing
with recent achievements, or discussing the transformation of the social
body of Poland, or the revival of agriculture and industry. Into this
small book, a mass of information is compressed. ''--A. Bruce Boswell
The peasant in modern Poland. In S. R. 2:101-13. Je. '23.
Polish political memoirs. In S. R. 4:226-35. Je. '25.
A review of Pilsudski's The Year 1920 and the memoirs of Dmowski.
Eversley, George John, baron
The partitions of Poland. 328p. Lond. Unwin. 1915.
A scholarly study by an English statesman.
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Fisher, Harold Henry
America and the new Poland; by H. H. Fisher, with the
collaboration of Sidney Brooks. 403p. N. Y. Macmillan.
1928.
This is virtually a history of Poland 1914-1922, with special refer-
ence to relief problems.
Fox, Paul
The Reformation in Poland; some social and economic
aspects. 153p. Bait. 1924 (Johns Hopkins Univ.
Studies in historical and political science, ser. xlii, no. 4)
The sudden rise and equally sudden downfall of Protestantism in
Poland in the z6th century forms one of the most interesting and
instructive chapters in the history of the Reformation.
Gardner, Monica Mary
Poland. 2d ed. 87p. (Peeps at many lands) Lond.
A. & C. Black. 1926.
This edition differs from an earlier one only in the addition of a
new chapter, giving the change in political situation. It is an attrac-
tive illustrated book and gives a good idea of social conditions twenty
or thirty years ago, with description of many customs.
Stories from Polish history. 177p. Lond. Sheed & Ward.
tl928]
A series of vivid pictures of Polish life, illustrating the high spots
of history, written in a simple and intimate style.
Goodhart, Arthur L.
Poland and the minority races. Lond. Unwin; N. Y.
Brentano. 1920.
Personal report of a member of the American commission sent to
Poland at the request of Paderewski to investigate the reports of Jewish
persecution. It deals with Polish-Jewish relations only, and has value
only in relation to the history of the year 1920.
Graham, Malbone W.
New governments of Eastern Europe. N. Y. Holt. 1927.
Contains chapters on The reunification of Poland; The Polish consti-
tution; Polish politics, 1921-1926; The Pilsudski regime; Documents.
Harley, John Hunter
Poland past and present; a historical study. Lond. Allen
and Unwin. 1917.
Hill, Ninian
Poland and the Polish question; impressions and after-
thoughts. 340p. il. Lond. Allen and Unwin. 1915.
The author reviews very quickly the great days of Poland, and
devotes most of his volume to its fall and the subsequent conditions of
the Polish people in the three empires.
Humphrey, Grace
Poland the unexplored. 332p. il. Indianapolis. Bobbs-
Merrill. 1931.
A pleasing book, in which historical and spiritual significances are
woven into a sightseer's narrative so skillfully that it reads like a
romance.
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POLISH LITERATURE
Karski, Stefan, comp.
Poland, past and present. 160p. maps, il. Warsaw. 1927.
A compact brief summary of Polish life and affairs, with chapters
on government, land and people, religion, education, literature, justice,
army, finance, etc. , each chapter prefacing account of present conditions
with a brief historical summary.
Konapczynski, Wladislaw
A brief outline of Polish history. 140p. Geneva. 1920.
Also included in the Polish encyclopaedia.
Korostovets, Vladimir Konstantinovich
The re-birth of Poland. Lond. Bles. [1928]
A book full of inconsistencies and contradictions, on the whole un-
favorable to Poland.
Kossak-Szczucka, Zof ja
The blaze; reminiscences of Volhynia, 1917-1919; tr. from
the original Polish. 324p. Lond. Allen and Unwin;
N. Y. Polish Book Importing Co. 1927.
An extraordinary memoir of a woman writer who lived on a coun-
try estate in Volhynia and was an eye-witness of the war and revolu-
tion as it passed over the Ukraine. The book is a political, social and
historical document.
Kozicki, Stanislaw
The social evolution of Poland in the 19th century. Lond.
Hodder. 1918.
Lcw&je A. dcim
The Polish rising of 1830. In S. R. 9:350-60. D. '30.
Lewinski-Corwin, Edward Henry
The political history of Poland. 628p. N. Y. Polish Book
Importing Co. 1917.
A comprehensive history of Poland, with a final chapter on the
Polish question and the Great War.
Lord, Robert Howard
The second partition of Poland; a study in diplomatic his-
tory. Cambridge. Harvard Press. 1915.
The third partition of Poland. In S. R. 3:481-98. Mr. '25.
Morfill, William Richard
The story of Poland. 389p. (Story of the Nations) Lond.
Unwin; N. Y. Putnam. 1893.
Very readable history by an English scholar, ending with the year
1863. Contains an interesting chapter on Polish literature.
Newman, E. W. P.
Britain and the Baltic. 276p. Lond. Methuen. 1930.
"The author surveys in turn the outstanding questions in the history
and politics of the various new states, concentrating on the two crucial
points, Vilna and Dantzig. . . t He stresses especially the danger of an
eventual Russian-German combination directed against these new states,
particularly Poland. "--Foreign Affairs
Orlowicz, Mieczyslaw
Southwestern Poland: illustrated guide; tr. by A. Doma-
niewska . . . 157p. Warsaw. Ministry of Communica-
tion. 1927.
An excellent work. Other parts of the country are to be similar';,
treated.
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Orvis, Julia Swift
A brief history of Poland. 359p. Bost. Houghton. 1916.
One of the best general histories, coming down to the year 1915.
Pawlowski, Jerome I.
Poland and her people. 21 lp. Detroit. The Author.
[1929]
The author, an American of Polish birth, wrote this book after
an extended visit to his native land, desiring to present in concise and
popular form a general view of Poland and the Poles.
Pember, Mrs. Devereux
Poland reborn. 256p. N. Y. Dutton. 1922.
The first of the post-war travel books, this volume presents a picture
of all phases of Polish life. The discussion of Polish politics during
the World War is exceptionally thoro.
Phillips, Charles
The new Poland. 383p. Lond. Allen and Unwin. 1923.
This book describes the Polish people, their characteristics and manner
of life, with chapters on race conflicts, on "the miracle of the Vistula"--
August 15, 1920--on the land situation, etc. One chapter is devoted to
the life and work of Paderewski.
Phillips, Walter Alison
Poland. 256p. (Home University Library) Lond. Wil-
liams and Norgate. [1915]
The Partitions and the later history of Poland to 1915 are the chief
topics of this book, previous history being very briefly sketched.
Poland. Ministry of Communications. (Polish State Rail-
ways)
Visit Poland. Warsaw. 1931.
A very superior travel folder, with map, illustrations and concise
but comprehensive descriptive text.
The Polish State Railways have published a series of 12 large and
fine colored travel posters.
Poliakoff, Vladimir. Augur, pseud.
Eagles black and white; the fight for the sea. N. Y. Apple-
ton.
