Considerations of space compel me to give but a small selection of authors from the last two decades of the nineteenth century, while some of the writers, here omitted, of the beginning of this period have been previously treated in the first volume of the Anthology. For the intermediate time, the material here offered will be found sufficiently complete, while the essays of Byelínski, Dobrolyúbov, Písarev, and Merezhkóvski illustrate the evolution of Russian literature in the nineteenth century, as viewed by the Russian critics themselves.

The introductory sketch is not intended as a preliminary exposition of the Anthology, but as a résumé of all the matter contained there; it will, therefore, be best perused after the extracts and biographical sketches of the separate authors have become familiar to the reader. To avoid undue annotations, literary allusions have not been mentioned in the footnotes; they may readily be discovered by turning to the Index, where all cross references are given.

During the preparation of the second volume, the interesting discovery was made that not Sir John Bowring, but William D. Lewis, an American, was the first to render Russian poetry into English; thus, the _Stanzas_ given on p. 394 of vol. i. originally appeared in the National Gazette and Literary Register of Philadelphia, on January 31, 1821, while other poems seem to have been translated by him much earlier.

I again wish to express my thanks to the authors and publishers by whose permission translations are here reproduced, and to my colleague, Prof. F. N. Robinson, who has patiently read through these pages and given me his advice.

PAGE PREFACE v A SKETCH OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 3 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 27 Karamzín (1766-1826) 27 Letters of a Russian Traveller 28 Tver 28 On the French Tragedy 30 On Shakspere 31 London 32 The Churchyard 33 Poor Líza 34 History of the Russian Empire. Introduction 37 Krylóv (1768-1844) 41 The Ass and the Nightingale 41 The Quartette 43 Damian’s Fishsoup 44 The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab 45 The Lion and the Wolf 45 The Cloud 46 The Shipwrecked Sailor and the Sea 46 Izmáylov (1779-1831) 46 The Drunkard’s Vow 47 The Canary and the Nightingale 47 The Two Cats 48 Naryézhny (1780-1825) 49 The Two Iváns; or, The Passion for Litigation 49 Zhukóvski (1783-1852) 54 Svyetlána 55 The Minstrel in the Russian Camp 63 Kozlóv (1779-1840) 67 Solitude 68 Kíev 69 The Black Monk 70 Bátyushkov (1787-1855) 73 The Friend’s Shadow 73 The Dying Tasso 75 Glínka (1788-1880) 78 Moscow 79 The Search for God 80 Prince Vyázemski (1792-1878) 81 The Samovár 82 To My Three Absent Friends 84 Death Reaps the Harvest of Life 85 Rylyéev (1796-1826) 86 Voynaróvski 87 Iván Susánin 88 Griboyédov (1795-1829) 92 Intelligence Comes to Grief 93 Bestúzhev (Marlínski) (1797-1837) 102 Ammalát Bek 102 Lazhéchnikov (1794-1869) 111 The Heretic 112 Baron Délvig (1798-1831) 120 Gloomy Thoughts 120 Sang a little bird, and sang 121 Ah, you night, you little night 122 Púshkin (1799-1837) 122 The Captain’s Daughter 125 Evgéni Onyégin. Tatyána’s Letter 131 The Bakhchisaráy Fountain 133 The Poison-Tree 135 The Bird 136 The Prophet 137 The Talisman 138 The Lay of the Wise Olég 139 To the Slanderers of Russia 142 Borís Godunóv 143 Demons 147 Baratýnski (1800-1844) 149 Finland 150 Spring 151 Truth 151 Yazýkov (1803-1846) 152 The Sailor 153 The Storm 154 To the Poet 155 Lérmontov (1814-1841) 155 A Hero of Our Times. Maksím Maksímych 157 The Demon 165 Dispute 167 Alone I wander out along the road 170 The Sail 171 The Prayer 171 The Branch of Palestine 172 Remember’st thou the day when we 173 At a Ball 174 Dream 175 Koltsóv (1808-1842) 176 First Love 176 The Abundant Harvest 177 The Forest 179 Betrayed by a Bride 181 The Mower 182 Gógol (1809-1852) 185 The Dnieper 187 The Revizór 188 Dead Souls. Mrs. Koróbochka 199 Byelínski (1811-1848) 205 The Natural School 206 Aksákov (1791-1859) 216 The Family Chronicle 217 Khomyakóv (1804-1860) 229 To My Children 230 The Eagle 231 Kíev 232 Tyútchev (1803-1873) 234 Scarce cooled from midday heat 234 The Spring-Storm 235 I suffer still from anguished longing 235 Sunrise 235 Gértsen (Herzen) (1812-1870) 236 Slavophiles and Panslavism 237 Ogarév (1813-1877) 242 To Iskánder 242 Monologues 244 The Village Watchman 244 Count A. K. Tolstóy (1817-1875) 245 Prince Serébryany 246 The Death of Iván the Terrible 255 The Kurgán 257 Goncharóv (1812-1891) 259 Oblómov 260 Dobrolyúbov (1836-1861) 271 What is Oblómovism? 272 Turgénev (1818-1883) 280 Fathers and Sons 282 Poems in Prose. Nature 295 Grigoróvich (1822-1900) 296 The Fishermen 297 Polónski (1820-1898) 303 The Birds 303 Night in the Crimea 304 Love scared thee not 305 Musician Grasshopper 305 Písemski (1820-1881) 310 The Old Proprietress 311 Shenshín (Fet) (1820-1892) 319 When deeply musing in the silence of the night 320 Every feeling at night to me becomes clearer and deeper 320 Stay here awhile, ’tis good 321 Night, thou art so blest with odours sweet and strong 321 Tryst 322 Dostoévski (1821-1881) 322 Crime and Punishment 323 A. N. Máykov (1821-1898) 339 The Peris 340 Who Was He? 341 The Marble Faun 342 Three Deaths. The Death of Seneca and of Lucius 344 Nekrásov (1821-1877) 347 Red-nosed Frost 348 A Moral Man 352 Who Lives in Russia Happily 353 The Unmown Strip 359 A Mother’s Tears 360 Nikítin (1824-1861) 361 Burlák 361 The Gaffer 364 Pleshchéev (1825-1894) 365 Forward 366 My Country 367 A Legend 367 Spring 368 Ostróvski (1823-1886) 369 The Storm 369 Saltykóv (Shchedrín) (1826-1889) 379 Beyond the Border 380 Písarev (1841-1868) 385 Flowers of Harmless Humour 386 Count L. N. Tolstóy (1828- ) 391 Ánna Karénin 392 War and Peace 401 Uspénski (1840-1902) 408 The Power of the Land. Iván Petróv 409 Levítov (1842-1877) 417 Shoemaker Cock-of-the-Boots 417 Zlatovrátski (1845- ) 427 Old Shadows 428 Korolénko (1853- ) 436 The Old Bell-ringer 437 Garshín (1855-1888) 443 That Which Was Not 443 Potápenko (1856- ) 448 A Thousand Talents 448 Nádson (1862-1887) 457 My Friend, My Brother! 458 Poetry 458 Pity the stately cypress trees 459 Chékhov (1860- ) 459 In the Court-room 460 Pyeshkóv (Górki) (1871- ) 467 In the Steppe 468 Merezhkóvski (1865- ) 482 From an Essay on “Pushkin” 483 INDEX 495

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