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Excerpt from The Knout: A Tale of Poland
"Some two years ago," says the New York Freeman's Journal "we recollect, that, in explaining what kind of stories Catholics might read with safety, if not with profit, we instanced the Polish story of "The Knout" perceiving that its principles and sentiments were such as Catholic faith inspires. We have thought, therefore, that we could furnish our readers with no piece of light literature more entertaining and instructive than a good and spirited translation of "The Knout."
Whether the translation is "good and spirited" we cannot pretend to say, but it is now offered to the public precisely as it appeared in the columns of the New York Freeman's Journal, with the additional advantage of a careful revision by the translator.
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