AFTER Schnitzler had made himself the leading writer of Austria by his plays and short stories, he began to write long novels. His success in this field was instantaneous. “The Road to Freedom,” his largest novel, is practically a summary of his ideas, his art and his work. BERTHA GARLAN is the story of a remarkable woman character, done with that delicate refined touch peculiar to Schnitzler, and with that vast knowledge of human nature, men and woman alike, which stamps everything he writes with the seal of truth. It is one of the most widely read of Schnitzler’s works of fiction.