Excerpt from Anthology of Russian Literature From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Vol. 2 of 2 The introductory sketch is not intended as a preliminary exposition pf the Anthology, but as a r???sum??? of all the mat ter 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 anno tations, literary allusions have not been mentioned in the footnotes; they may readily be discovered by turning to the ...
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Excerpt from Anthology of Russian Literature From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Vol. 2 of 2 The introductory sketch is not intended as a preliminary exposition pf the Anthology, but as a r???sum??? of all the mat ter 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 anno tations, 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. Durin g the preparation of the second volume, the interest ing 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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