CONTENTS
<poem> Preface v A Sketch of Russian Literature in the Nineteenth Century i The Nineteenth Century 25 Karamzin (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 Liza 34 History of the Russian Empire. Introduction . .37 Kryl6v (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 Izmdylov (i 779-1831) 46 The Drunkard's Vow 47 The Canary and the Nightingale 47 The Two Cats 48 Nary^zhny (1780-1825) 49 The Two Ivdns ; or, The Passion for Litigation . . 49 Zhuk6vski (1783-1852) 54 Svyetldna 55 The Minstrel in the Russian Camp 63 Kozl6v ( 1 779-1840) 67 Solitude 68 Kiev 69 The Black Monk 70
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