1 “.... The author tries to convey this idea by proceeding from questions of general poetics up to the 'sketches...”

2 “..., the temptation of the unfinished pursues, urges, deludes its author... The private writings, the sketches...”

3 “... prose sketches of cowboy life were almost lost, but they are in their own right gems of literary...”

4 “... comprises two appendices to which reference can be made to gather data or to sketch out new paths...”