Book Reviews Victor G. Doerksen and Harry Loewen, eds., Arnold Dyck, Collected Works in 4 Volumes, Volume One: Verloren in der SteppelAus meinem Leben, (Steinbach: Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 1985); Clothbound with dustjacket, illustrations by Arnold Dyck, 515 pages, $25.00 (Special subscription price for all four volumes $95.00). For some years now it has been increasingly difficult to gain access to the works of Arnold Dyck. Many of his works had only been issued in small and very modestly executed editions, while others have never been presented to the larger reading public. Fortunately the Manitoba Men- nonite Historical Society has succeeded in redressing this unfortunate state of affairs recently with its publication of the first volume of Arnold Dyck's collected works. The exceptionally well-executed first volume of a projected four-volume edition contains the largely autobiographical novel Verlorenin der Steppe and the previously unpublished significant autobiographicalsketch Aus meinem Leben. The newly edited text of the novel is illustrated with charmingly unpretentious drawings by Arnold Dyck which do much to help the reader visualise Dyck's world. Other relevant illustrative material is also included in this volume. This hand- some and over-sized issue of the works of Arnold Dyck features large print on fine quality paper and is well-bound, ensuring that Dyck's work will be preserved in a format worthy of its author. The editors of Volume One are Victor G. Doerksen and Harry Loewen. They provide the reader with a general introduction to the work of Arnold Dyck through a brief biography of the author, a concise summary of the important research done on the novel Verlorenin der Steppe and an evaluation of its place in German and Mennonite literature. The short summaries of the various critical interpretations of the work provided here will prove invaluable to the first-time reader. The editors also provide the reader with a number of well-selected footnotes to explain words no longer in current German usage, exclusively Low German words and other items which the general reader can not be expected to know. By supplying this useful information the editors have ensured that the works of Dyck will remain as accessible to the modern reader as when they first appeared. Loevven and Doerksen are to be lauded on the excellent editorial work they have done. Dyck's consistently popular novel Verloren in der Steppe, written ]ounlal of Mennonite Studies Vol. 4, 1986