先ずMensura Zoiliとは何かという疑問があるわけだがMensuraはラテン語で計り、Zoiliは酷評家をZoileということからからとっているのだという。で、この物語は船でZoiliaという国に向かう際中の会話が中心。最近そこの国では価値測定器という物を載せると価…

“Horse thief” This story’s hero I was doubted by stealing the calico horse by Lud Moseley although I mistakenly rode the calico horse instead of my bareback in the dark when I met Naomi who was a daughter of Lud Moseley on Thursday nights.…

「手巾」 長谷川先生(新渡戸稲造をモデルにしたと思われる)の元へ最近亡くなってしまった息子の母親の西山篤子が、息子をお見舞いをしてくれたことのお礼を言いに来た。この母親は死んだ息子の話を日常茶飯事のようにするので、泣かないなと長谷川先生は不思…

This story’s summary was as follows: Muriel at the hotel and her mother talked thorough the phones and her mother warned her you should take care of him-Seymour who lived with her may lost completely control and need to went to the psychia…

This story’s outline was as follows: In early spring the strawberries began to ripen and lots of girls were there, when they stopped over a little too far others giggle and it’s accustomed to slip up behind a girl while she was stooping ov…

This story is difficult what is white elephants implied and first of all I checked out the meaning of white elephants- “something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose”(Cambridge dictionary). In short, on this story, two c…

「早春」 春。大学生中村が上野公園の国立博物館で三重子という女と去年の夏ぶりに会おうとしたが、三重子はこなかったという話。国立博物館は芥川の時代にもあるのかと驚いた。脚注には[もと帝室博物館。明治二十二年創立。]とある。そんなに昔からあったの…

“A canary for one” This is the story two man who longed for Paris so as to set up separate residences came across in the compartment the American lady who are deaf and have a canary bought in Palermo for one. The American lady talked about…

「文放古」 ぱっと題名を見て惹きつけられた。文放古ってなんだ——調べてみたがでてこなかったので芥川のほかの作品「お時儀」といいこれもまた当て字なのだろう。反故の当て字なのだろうか。 話は日比谷公園のベンチの下に西洋紙の文放古が落ちていたという…

“Big two-hearted river; part2” This was the continues of “Big two-hearted river; part1”, this story was also written about the grasshopper, the trout and the camp. I’m also picked up the expression about the trout, the detail was written-“…

“Cross country snow” This was the story about Ski, Nick and George did Ski. They on the way went to the inn, drunk and ate cake, they enjoyed the ski, talking about the places they longing-Oberland, Valais, Schhwartzwald… but they must go …

“The revolutionist” This story’s hero he was Magyar, a very nice boy and very shy, in 1919 he went Italy and then Switzerland so as to do the movements. He was delighted with Italy, the people were all kind, beautiful, but he didn’t like M…

“A very short story” This story wrote couples love-he and Luz. After the armistice, he come to New York until he had a good job, and will meet Luz. Luz went back to Pordonone to open a hospital, and there was the major of the battalion mad…

This story was as follows-A brakeman wham Nick who came from Chicago and Nik lit on the hands and knees beside the track. Then he started up the track until he could find the light of fire in a beechwood forest. There a small man who’s nam…

This story have related to “The end of something”, because the character in this story similar to in the character “The end of something” I felt. Nick came to the house of Bill in the blowing for three days. They talked about baseball and …

The summary was as follows-In a lumbering town that had mill before ten years ago, couple Nick and Marjorie did rowing so as to troll rainbow trout. After trolling they pulled the boat high up the beach and talked about love with fire. Aft…

This story was as follows-In Indian camps, Nick’s father who was doctor and Dick who came to this camp so as to collect logs got row. The reason of huffy for doctor, Dick said the log was belongs to someone after washing and checked the lo…

This story was as follows-the hero Lonnie was black and he worked under domination of one man Arch Gunnard who was white. Lonnie in one time was influenced the character of Clem who sometimes beg to Arch bravery, tried to request rations t…

It was rain today, so I introduce story about rain. “Cat in the rain” was so simple story as follows-two Americans stopping at the hotel, found a cat under their window that was crouched under one of the green tables. American’s wife wante…

In short, this story was as follows-one son Nick and his father who is doctor and uncle George with Indians went to Indian camp by rowboat to do surgeon one woman. One woman was in the phase of trying to have her baby. Woman’s husband was …

In short I summarize this story as follows-There was a blue hotel and the proprietor, Scully in one time invited three customers to this hotel, one was Swede, the other was Easterner, and Cowboy. They played a game kind of tramp, also Scul…

「文章」 主人公は保吉。保吉はある学校で英語教師をしており亡くなった本多少佐という人の葬式のために弔辞を作ってくれないかと頼まれる。それで引き受け作った弔辞は来客に感動を与え、泣く人までいたという話。 その帰り、篠垣に小便をしていると思った…

This story happened on Winesburg that is fictional place made by Sherwood Anderson, and “Paper pills” is one of twenty-two story of “Winesburg, Ohio”. Hero of this story was an old man, Reefy who had been a doctor married a girl had money …

This story is Jesse who have wife and child but not earned enough money, met his brother-in-law Tom Brackett who hadn’t seen each other for five years and begged him get a job. But that job have the problem of dangerous,… that was conveyin…

The title made me try to read this story. The summary of this story like next- at late night only an old man sat in the café who having many money, but recently tried to suicide. Two waiter, one wanted to go home because wife waiting him, …

In short, this story two men who looking for Swede who had been a heavyweight prizefighter to kill entered into a lunch-room and waited Swede, two men banded two people, the one was a cook on this shop, the others was a customer who happen…

In short, on this story three child went to a ditch and did swimming on ditch, after swimming they went to the general store, there were interesting proprietor who’s reaction looks like poetry man every time three boys spoken the experienc…

「或恋愛小説——或は「恋愛は至上なり」——」 主人公はまた保吉。場所はある婦人雑誌社の面会室。主筆と話す。保吉はこの頃婦人雑誌に書きたいと思っていると小説があるといい、それはどのようなものかというと以下のようなもの。<ある女主人公妙子がいて外交…

「不思議な島」 主人公僕が夢の中で見た話でその夢の中身はサッサンラップという島で僕がイギリス人の老人にどういう野菜が好いのか、その善悪を教えてもらっているというもの。サッサンラップ島は野菜を作ることで生活をしている人が多く、僕が島へ来た時に…

「お時儀」 保吉が避暑地のホームでお嬢さんに会いお時儀をしたくてたまらなくなったという話。保吉は反射的にお辞儀をしなくてはならないという焦燥に駆られてしまう。このかんじ、なんとなくわかるような気がする。お時儀をしたのが嫌だからと言って砂浜に…