Books: Daybreak

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DAYBREAK—Arthur Schnitzler (translated by William A. Drake)—Simon & Schuster ($1.50). The Story. Lieutenant Willi Kasda is wakened early one Sunday morning by an unwelcome guest. His caller, Otto von Bogner, is a former fellow officer who, after an army disgrace, has now been stealing from the bank that employs him. A little unjustly, Willi feels, does this man ask him (a former companion whose elegance does not betray his poverty) for the 1,000 gulden which will conceal his thefts. Still, the situation calls for some action. Willi promises his impecunious friend that...

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