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INDEX

Ablesímov, A. O., his comic opera, 36; biographical sketch and extract, 370 _seq._

Academy founded, 316 _seq._

Achronism, of Russ. literature, 9; of legends, 14

Addison’s influence on Russ. literature, 30 _seq._, 291, 327

Alexander the Great in legend, 14

Alexander I., 304 _seq._, 378

Alexis Mikháylovich, school established during his reign, 17; and the theatre, 26; _and see_ 35

_All Kinds of Things_, 272, 326

American interest in Russ. literature, vii. _seq._

Anacreon, translated, 224

Andover, see _Biblical Repository_

Anglo-Russian Literary Society’s studies in Russ. literature, x.

Anthologies of Russ. literature, viii., x.

Apocrypha, 12 _seq._; legends, 114 _seq._; stories, 152 _seq._

_Aprakos_, 11

Apuleius, 33, 358, 374

Athenæum, yearly reports on Russ. literature, xi.

Bain, R. N., translation of fairy tales, 189

Baldwin, Prince, and Daniel the Abbot, 57 _seq._

Barlaam and Josaphat, 14

Bátyushkov, 395; translated, viii.

Bazán, E. P., on Russ. literature, x.

Beccaria, 30

_Bee, The_, Russ. literary collection, 100; English periodical, 272

Beggar-songs, 178, 186 _seq._

Benfey’s theory, 20

Bible, its influence on early Russ. literature, 8; in Russian, 11; in historical literature, 15; quoted in literature, 100 _seq._; and Iván the Terrible, 121

Biblical Repository, The, of Andover, on Russ. literature, ix.

Bogdanóvich, I. F., at Court, 31; his _Psyche_, 34, 263; first collector of proverbs, 199; biographical sketch and extracts, 374 _seq._

Bohemia, its political status, 3; its ancient literature, 4

Boileau’s influence on Russ. literature, 29, 30, 230

Borrow, G., translations from the Russian, viii.

Bowl-songs, 178, 179

Bowring, Sir John, his translations from the Russian, vii., 178, 242, 291, 306, 379, 392, 395, 398, 422, 429; his imitators, viii.

Boyán, 22, 81

Boyár, 46 (note)

Bradford, Mrs. W., editor of Princess Dáshkov’s _Memoirs_, 316

Brandes, G., on Russ. literature, x.

Brockes, 378

Bulgaria, its political status, 3; its ancient literature, 4; its language in the Church, 6; in Russia, 7; apocrypha travelling over, 13; its legends, 14

Bylínas, of Vladímir’s cycle, 9 _seq._; their development, 21; their relation to the Word, 22

Byzantium’s influence on Russia, 5; Greek tradition, 8; apocrypha in Russia, 13; legends, 14; repression, 22; chronographers, 65

Calilah-wa-Dimnah, 14

Catherine II., and French literature, 29; and comedy, 36; biographical sketch and extracts, 405 _seq._, _and see 28 et passim_

Catholic, contamination, 5; religion in Russia, 134

Ceremonial songs, 24

_Chanson de Roland_, 80

Charms, 178, 188 _seq._

Child, Prof. F. J., 20, 163

Christianity, its influence on Russia, 4 _seq._

Chronicles, 15

Chrysostom in Russ. literature, 11, 116

Church, its opposition to popular literature, 16, 19, 23, 24; its contact with the West, 17; its reform, 212 _seq._, 219; union of Churches, 17, 135 _seq._

Church fathers, their influence on Russ. literature, 8; and Iván the Terrible, 121

Church-Slavic, its relation to Bulgarian, 7; and see _Bulgaria_

City songs, 24 _seq._

Collections, literary, 11 _seq._; of Svyatosláv, 11

Comedy, 36, 211, 272 _seq._, 308, 311 _seq._, 342 _seq._, 370 _seq._, 397 _seq._

Constantinople, in pilgrimages, 14; and see _Byzantium_

Cox, G., on Russ. literature, ix.

Coxe, W., account of Russ. literature, vii.

Curtin, J., on fairy tales, 189

Cyril of Túrov, his sermons, 11, 62 _seq._

Cyril and Methodius, preaching in Bulgarian, 6

Dal’s proverbs, 199

d’Alembert, 29, 272

Daniel the Abbot, his feeling of Russ. unity, 3; his pilgrimage, 14; extract, 56 _seq._

Daniel the Prisoner, 100 _seq._

Danílov, Kírsha, 163

Danílov, M. V., extract from his _Memoirs_, 269 _seq._

Dante, in Servian literature, 4; his _Divine Comedy_, 13, 96

Dáshkov, Princess, 308; biographical sketch and extract, 316 _seq._

_Demetrius the Impostor_, Sumarókov’s, translated into English, 255

Derzhávin, G. R., at Court, 31; his lyrics, 34; biographical sketch and extracts, 377 _seq._, _and see_ 33, 241, 272, 358 _seq._, 405

Destouches, 308

Diderot and Russ. educational system, 29; _and see_ 272, 316

Dietrich, A., Russ. fairy tales, 189

Digenis Akritas, 14

Dmítriev, I. I., his odes, 33; his lyrics, 34; biographical sketch and extracts, 428 _seq._

Dole, N. H., his translations from the Russian, x., 50, 379

Dolgorúki, I. M., biographical sketch and extracts, 422 _seq._

Dolgorúki, Princess, biographical sketch and extract, 233 _seq._

_Domostróy_, 12, 126 _seq._, 219

“Double faith,” 16, 19

Drama, 35 _seq._, 150, 254 _seq._, 308 _seq._, 418; and see _Comedy_

_Drone, The_, 327

Druzhína, 46 (note)

Dupuy, E., on Russ. literature, x.

Eastern Church separated from Rome, 6

Eastman, S. C., translator of Brandes, x.

“Ecstatic” poetry, 33

Edmands, J. L., translator of Vogüé, x.

Edwards, S., on Russ. literature, ix., 306

Elizabeth, Queen, appealed to by King Sigismund, 5

_Emerald, The_, 11, 100

Émin, F., 327

Encyclopedias on Russ. literature, xi.

English, interest in Russ. literature, vii. _seq._; influence on Russ. literature, 30, 36, 291; Masons in Russia, 32

Englishmen, in Moscow, 26; speaking Russian, vii.; reading Platón’s theology, 300

Ermák, 372 _seq._, 431 _seq._

Esop’s fables in Russian, 34

_Esprit des Lois_, in Russia, 29

Eusebius, 116

F., J. G. A., translation from Lomonósov, 242

Fables, 34 _seq._

Fairy tales, 25 _seq._, 189 _seq._

_Felítsa_, 3, 33, 241, 272, 358 _seq._

Feofán, biographical sketch and extracts, 211 _seq._; _and see_ 12, 28, 219, 224, 233, 300

Folklore, 18 _seq._; bridging chasm, 20; connected with that of Europe and Asia, 21

Folksongs, ix., 177 _seq._

Folktales, ix.

Fon-Vízin, D. I., biographical sketch and extracts, 341 _seq._; _and see_ 31, 36, 269

Foreign Quarterly Review on Russ. literature, viii.

Foreigners in Moscow, 26

Formalism of Russian life, 12

Franklin, 361

Fraser’s Magazine, Turner on Russ. literature, 224, 242, 272, 379, 429

_Free Russia_, translations from Russian, x.

French influence on Russ. literature, 29 _seq._, 34, 230

Gardiner, F. H., translation of Bazán, x.

Gaussen, W. F. A., on Russ. literature, x.

Gellert, in Russian, 34, 306

Geography in ancient Russ. literature, 189

German Suburb, 26

Gílferding, 163

Gillies, R. P., on Russ. literature, viii.

Gógol, 35, 36, 397

_Golden Beam, The_, 11

_Golden Chain, The_, 11

Grahame, F. R., ix., 242, 306, 398

Great-Russians of the South, 9, 10; exterminated by Tartars, 23

Grech, on Russ. literature, viii.

Greek traditions in Byzantium, 8; taught in Russia, 17; treaties with the Greeks, 4

Gribóvski, A. M., biographical sketch and extract, 405 _seq._

Griboyédov, 36, 397

Grimm’s mythological theory, 20

Griswold, M. W., bibliography of Russ. literature, x.

Günther, 29

Gundulić, his epic, 4

Hakluyt Society, translation of Nikítin, 111

Haller, 378

Hamartolos, 15

Hansa, 21

Hapgood, Miss I. F., translator of epic songs, 163

Heard, J. A., 233

_Hell’s Post_, 327

Henningsen, C. F., on Russ. literature, ix.

Herzen, 272, 287

Historical songs, 23, 172

History in Russ. literature, 15, 36 _seq._, 219 _seq._

Hodgetts, E. M. S., translation of fairy tales, 189

Holy Land, visited by Russians, 8, 56 _seq._

_Holy Virgin’s Descent into Hell, The_, 96 _seq._

Homer, a Russian, 298

Horace, in Russ. literature, 34, 397

Humour, in translation, x.

Ígor, see _Word of Ígor’s Armament_

Ilarión, eulogy of Vladímir, 11, 48 _seq._

Ilyá of Múrom, 165 _seq._; known to the West, 9, 24

_Index librorum prohibitorum_, 13

Instructions in literature, 12; Catherine’s, 30; Vladímir’s, 11, 50 _seq._; Tatíshchev’s, 219

Ipáti manuscript, 71

Isidor, at Council of Florence, 15, 17

Istómin, Karión, 26

Iván the Terrible, 17, 23, 26, 115 _seq._, 121 _seq._, 126, 172 _seq._

Jacob, gospel of, 13

James, Richard, collector of songs, vii., 23, 130 _seq._

Johnson’s Cyclopedia, on Russ. literature, xi.

Journey to Europe in literature, 15

Kámenev, G. P., biographical sketch and extract, 411 _seq._

Kantemír, A., biographical sketch and extract, 223 _seq._; _and see_ 26, 28, 35, 211

Kapníst, V. V., his lyrics, 34; biographical sketch and extracts, 397 _seq._

Karamzín, 34, 36, 255, 395, 418, 428

Khémnitser, I. I., biographical sketch and extracts, 306 _seq._; _and see_ 34

Kheráskov, M. M., biographical sketch and extract, 298 _seq._; _and see_ 33

Khorovód, 178

Kíev, metropolis of Russia, 9; its poetic tradition, 10; has no bylínas, 22; chronicle, 15, 71 _seq._, 80; cycle, 24, 163; its contact with Poland, 6, 12, 33; clergy and scholasticism, 26; intermediary of Western culture, 17

Kiryéevski, 163

Klopstock, 378

Knyazhnín, Y. B., biographical sketch and extracts, 308 _seq._; _and see_ 30, 36, 316

Kolyádas, 177 _seq._

Kostróv, E. I., biographical sketch and extract, 358 _seq._; _and see_ 31

Kotoshíkhin, G., biographical sketch and extracts, 136 _seq._; _and see_ 18, 178

Kozítski, G., 326

Kozlóv, 233

Krehbiel, H. E., on popular songs, 178

Krizhánich, Y., biographical sketch and extracts, 134 _seq._; _and see_ 15

Krylóv, 34, 306, 429; translated, ix.

Kúrbski, A. M., biographical sketch and extracts, 115 _seq._; _and see_ 15, 18

La Fontaine, in Russ. literature, 34, 306, 374

Lamentations, 178, 187

Language, under Peter I., 27

Latin, in the Western Church, 6 _seq._; taught in Russia, 17; translations from, 150

Latins, hatred of, 6, 17

Laurentian manuscript, 65

Legends, in ancient Russia, 8; apocryphal, 12 _seq._; profane, 14 _seq._

Lewis, W. D., his translations from the Russian, viii., 379, 392, 429

Liberation of the serfs, 361

Lineff, Mrs. E., translations of popular songs, 178

Literary coteries, 32

Literature, in Russia, of recent growth, 3 _seq._; rarely produced outside the Church, 12; in Slavic countries, 3 _seq._

Little-Russians, their characteristics, 9; whence come, 10

Lomonósov, M. V., biographical sketch and extracts, 241 _seq._; _and see_ 28, 29, 33, 150, 378, 429

Love songs, 178, 179 _seq._

Lowell lectures on Russ. literature, x.

Lucidarius in Russia, 8

Ludolf, author of first Russ. grammar, vii.

Luká Zhidyáta, biographical sketch and extract, 44 _seq._; his style, 9

Lyrics, in Russ. literature, 34

Maksím the Greek, 116

Malalas, source of history, 15

Marlowe’s _Tamerlane_ in Russian, 26

Martinists, 32, 361

Martinof, J., translator of Tatíshchev, 219

Masons and Russ. literature, 32, 272, 327

Máykov, V. I., biographical sketch and extracts, 263 _seq._; _and see_ 34, 374

Medvyédev, 18

Meshchérski, Prince, 375 _seq._

Metastasio imitated, 308

Milton’s _Paradise Lost_ translated, 291

Modern Language Association, on fairy tales, 189

Molière in Russia, 26

Montesquieu, 29, 30, 272

More, Sir Thomas, 287

Morfill, W. R., translations from the Russian, ix., x., 130, 172

Moscow, as a political centre, 3, 10; chronicles, 15; its foreign colony, 17; influenced by the West, 17, 26, 33; cycle of songs, 24; _et passim_

Mozharóvski’s stories of the Fox, 26, 198 _seq._

Munro, H. H., translator of the _Word_, 81

Muravév, M. N., 395 _seq._

Músin-Púshkin, A. I., discoverer of the _Word_, 81

Mysteries and Moralities, 35

Mythological theory of folklore, 20

Naake, J. T., translations of fairy tales, 189

Nekrásov, 233

Neledínski-Melétski, Y. A., his lyrics, 34; biographical sketch and extracts, 392 _seq._

Néstor, his style, 9; his chronicle, 15, 41 _seq._, 50 _seq._, 65 _seq._, 71 _seq._; its discovery, 81

New Testament apocrypha in Russ. literature, 13

Nibelungenlied, 80

Nicodemus, gospel of, 13

Nikítin, Afanási, his _Travel to India_, 15, 111 _seq._

Nikón’s corrections, 12

Norse, influence in ancient Russia, 4; tradition in Kíev, 9; acquaintance with Ilyá of Múrom, 21, 24; laws, 45

Novels, 36

Nóvgorod, its relations with Germany, 21; cycle of songs, 24, 163; its laconic style, 9, 44 _seq._; its chronicles, 15; _Domostróy_, 126

Nóvikov, N. I., imprisoned, 30; and Catherine, 31 _seq._; and the Masons, 32; his satires, 35; his historical investigations, 36; biographical sketch and extracts, 326 _seq._

Odes, 33; and see _Ecstatic poetry_

Odoévski, 362

Ogarév, 362

Old Testament apocrypha in Russ. literature, 13

Olónetsk, bylínas, 10, 22

Opera, 370 _seq._

Ossian, in Russ. literature, 358, 418

Otto, F., see _Cox, G._

Ovid, in Russian, 27

Ovsén, 177

Oxford, publishing the first Russ. grammar, vii.

Ózerov, V. A., and the tragedy, 36; biographical sketch and extract, 418 _seq._

_Painter, The_, 32, 327

_Palæa_, 11, 13

Palestine, legends brought from, 14; and see _Holy Land_

Panin, I., on Russ. literature, x., 355

Panslavism, Krizhánich’s, 135

Paul, Emperor, 321, 328

People, meaning of this term, 18 _seq._

Periodicals, satirical, 326 _seq._

Peter the Great, ode on his birth, 150 _seq._; and the Slavophiles, 4; songs dealing with, 23; and progress, 26 _seq._; Shcherbátov’s censures of, 288 _seq._; funeral sermon on, 214; _and see_ 12, 16, 18, 19, 28, 32, 35, 211, 212, 324

Petrarch in Servian literature, 4

Petróv, V. P., biographical sketch and extract, 291; _and see_ 31, 33

Philipps, J. T., translation of Feofán’s work, 211

Physiologus in Russia, 8

Pilgrimages, 14 _seq._, 56 _seq._

Pinkerton, R., translation of Platón, 300; on Russ. proverbs, 200

Platón Levshín, biographical sketch and extract, 300 _seq._; _and see_ 12, 328

Poetry, Russian, in English translation, viii., x.

Poland, its political status, 3; its ancient literature, 4; a barrier to Russia, 5; and Kíev, 12, 17; intermediary in folklore, 21; its scholasticism and rhetoric in Russia, 26; its influence on Russ. literature, 33

Political Economy, Pososhkóv’s, 205

Pollen, J., translations from the Russian, x., 379

Poroshín, S. A., biographical sketch and extract, 321 _seq._

Pososhkóv, I. T., biographical sketch and extracts, 205 _seq._; his diction, vi., 28

Potánin’s theory, 21

Prokopóvich, see _Feofán_

Pronunciation of Russian, vi., vii.

Prose story in Russ. literature, 25 _seq._, 36

Proverbs, 199 _seq._

Pseudo-classic style, 29, 378

Pugachév’s rebellion, 30

_Purse, The_, 327

Púshkin, in translation, viii.; reviewed, ix.; _and see_ 34, 255, 379, 411

Pýpin’s works, vi.

Quarterly Review, popular songs, 178; fairy tales, 189; proverbs, 200

Racine, and Russ. literature, 36

Radíshchev, A. N., and English writers, 36; biographical sketch and extract, 361 _seq._; _and see_ 30, 32, 272, 327

Ragusa, its literature, 4

Ralston, W. R. S., studies in Russ. literature, ix.; popular songs, 178; fairy tales, 189

_Rambler, The_, 327

Reform, beginning of, in Russia, 17 _seq._

Religious lore, 11 _seq._

Robinson, Dr. Ed., see _Talvi_

Romanists, see _Latins_

Romantic Movement, 3, 25

Rosicrucians, 32

Rousseau, 272

Russia, rediscovered by the English, vii.; its political greatness, 3; menace to Europe, 5; its aloofness, 5 _seq._; its unprogressiveness, 6, 8, 20; its history, by Shcherbátov, 287

Russian Code, 4, 45

Russian language, in America, v.; supplanted by Bulgarian, 7; its composition, 7; perfected by Lomonósov, 241; first grammar of, vii.

Russian literature, not all accessible to English readers, v.; English works on, ix.

Rýbnikov, 163

Rylyéev, viii., 233, 362

S., J. T., translation of _Brief Theology_, 300

Sadkó the Merchant, in French, 21

_St. Petersburg Gazette_, 327

Satire, 35

Satirical journals, 31, 326 _seq._

Saunders, W. H., translation from the Russian, viii.

Sentimentalism, Karamzín, and, 36

Serapión, his style, 9, 11; biographical sketch and extract, 104 _seq._

Sermons, in Russ. literature, 11; _and see_ 44 _seq._, 62 _seq._, 104 _seq._, 300

Servia, its political status, 3; its ancient literature, 4; its legends, 14

Shaw, T. B., translations from the Russian, viii.

Shchedrín, 35

Shcherbátov, M. M., biographical sketch and extract, 287 _seq._; _and see_ 33, 36, 327

Shibánov, 115

Shuválov, Lomonósov’s letters to, 241 _seq._

Sigismund’s appeal to Queen Elizabeth, 5

Simeón of Bulgaria, 11

Simeón Pólotski, biographical sketch and extracts, 149 _seq._; _and see_ 18, 26, 34

Slavic, idea, 4; languages in ninth century, 6; language of religion, 6; language, Krizhánich’s, 134; nations, weakness of, 3; scholarship in America, ix.; sources of apocrypha, 13

Slavophiles, 4, 37, 327

Solomon, in Russ. literature, 13, 114

Sophia and the theatre, 26

_Spectator, The_, 31, 327

_Spiritual Testaments_, 12, 219

_Spiritual Reglement_, 211

Spring songs, 178

Stallybrass, J. K., translation of _Ode to Deity_, 379

Stanley, A. P., translation of Vladímir’s _Instruction_, 50

Stanley, Dr., on Platón, 300

Stásov’s theory, 21

Sterne in Russ. literature, 36, 361

Sumarókov, A. P., and the drama, 28; his odes, 33; his fables, 34; and the theatre, 36; biographical sketch and extracts, 254 _seq._; _and see_ 306, 308, 326, 327, 378

Súzdal chronicle, 15

Svyatosláv’s Collection, 11, 12; his glory sung, 23

Sylvester’s _Domostróy_, 12, 65, 115, 219

Sylvester, see _Néstor_

Talmud, legends, 12, 114

Talvi, on Slavic literature, ix.; translations of historical songs, 172; _and see_ 178

Tartars, not alone to be blamed for stagnation, 10; exterminating the Great-Russians of the South, 10, 23; in bylínas, 22; in sermon, 104 _seq._; in songs, 172

Tasso, 298

Tatíshchev, V. N., biographical sketch and extract, 218 _seq._; _and see_ 15, 26, 36, 211

_Tatler, The_, 31, 327

_Testaments_, 50, 205; and see _Spiritual Testaments_

Theatre, early, in Russia, 26; founded, 255

Thomas, gospel of, 13

Tragedy, 35; and see _Drama_

Translations, from the Russian, v.; author’s, vi.

Transliterations from Russian, vi.

Tredyakóvski, V. K., biographical sketch and extract, 230 _seq._; _and see_ 28, 33, 150, 254, 378

Trojan war, in legend, 14

Turgénev, 36

Turner, C. E., on Russ. literature, x., 224, 242, 272, 379

Unity of Russia, as an idea, 3

University press, 327

Vladímir, his baptism, 65 _seq._; eulogy on, 48 _seq._; cycle, 9, 22, 24, 163

Vladímir Monomákh’s _Instruction_, 11, 12, 50 _seq._, 219

Varyág, see _Norse_

Vergil, 298

Versailles manners in Russia, 28

Vogüé, E. M. de, on Russ. literature, x.

Volhynia chronicle, 15

Voltaire, 29, 30, 316

Voltairism, 30, 327

Voynich, E. L., translation of Russ. humour, x.

Wahl, O. W., on Russ. literature, ix.

Waliszewski, K., on Russ. literature, x.

Wedding songs, 178, 185 _seq._

Westminster Review, Russ. literary biography, viii.; on Russ. literature, viii., x.

Wielhorsky, Count, translation of Nikítin, 111 _seq._

Wilson, C. T., translations from the Russian, x., 429

Wolkonsky, Prince, on Russ. literature, v., x.

_Word of Ígor’s Armament, The_, 80 _seq._; prose version, 71 _seq._; _and see_ vi., 3, 9, 16, 22, 106 _seq._, 152

Yarosláv’s Code, 4, 9, 45 _seq._

Yavórski, Stefán, 28

Yermák, given on p. 172 _seq._ by oversight for _Ermák_, _q. v._

Young’s _Night Thoughts_, 378

Zadónshchina, 16, 80, 106 _seq._

Zhukóvski, 25 _seq._

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