(Ed.) Clark Mills. Adam Mickiewicz 1798 - 1855 Selected Poems. With a Critical Appreciation by Jan Lechon. The Noonday Press, New York, 1956. Good + cond. in Good- chipped and frayed dj. Book has lasted well with bright and clean cloth covers and unmarked pages. Inscription in ink on fep. No Illustrations. Intro. by the Editor. Appreciation of 40 pages. Poems divided into 9 sections, some extracted from Collections. Bibliography. This volume was published to commemorate the centenary of the birth of this great Polish Poet. The Editor commissioned many distinguished English-speaking poets to undertake translations of his finest works. They worked together with Polish scholars and linguists to produce authentic translations. Among the translators are W.H. Auden, Donald Davie, Lenore Marshall and George Reavey. Jan Lechon, who wrote the Appreciation, was then regarded as one of Poland's leading poets. A tribute aimed at spreading the fame of a poet who suffers the disadvantage that he wro