Karel Čapek

“ Here automatic men are made to perform the menial services of a future time. These robots come to life, however, and a crisis ensues. Karel Capet has recently been in England and his book of Impressions Letters from England, (Gundy) , is one of uncanny insight and delightful naviete combined.
Prokop, the discoverer of Krakatit, is a remarkable man. ”

“ He has a demonic face and he needs it for he has to go through two most critical illnesses, lose fingers in every other chapter, engage in itvely (illegible text) scraps iln (illegible text) the alternate chapters, fall in love madly several times, once with a princess who leads him a danse macabre, and this is but a fraction of his experiences. ”