SVATOPLUK ČECH _(1846-) is the successor in both prose and verse of
Neruda and like him he is greater as a poet than as a prose writer, and
like him, too, he has tried his hand at every variety and style of
writing._
_Among his books of verse are--“The Smith of Lešetin,” “In Shadow of the
Linden”; many delightful ballades--such as “The Lark”--have been written
by him._
_We include perhaps his best short story--“The Journey.” None of the
verse of Čech has appeared in English. Of his prose we know of only one
other translated story._[3]