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Description of  My Further Disillusionment In Russia

There followed an exchange of cables and letters, which gradually elicited the fact that Doubleday, Page Co. had secured my MSS. from a literary agency in the good faith that it was complete. By some conspiracy of circum stances the second instalment of my work either failed to reach the original purchaser or was lost in his office. At any rate, the book was pub lished without any ones suspecting its incom pleteness. The present volume contains the chapters missing from the first edition, and I deeply ap preciate the devotion of my friends who have made the appearance of this additional issue pos sible in justice to myself and to my readers. The adventures of my MSS. are not without their humorous side, which throws a peculiar light on the critics. Of almost a hundred Amer ican reviewers of my work only two sensed its incompleteness. And, incidentally, one of them is not a regular critic but a librarian. Rather a reflection on professional acumen or conscientiousness. It were a waste of time to notice the criti cism of those who have either not read the book or lacked the wit to realize that it was unfin ished. Alsberg and H. L. Mencken. Mr...