E-text prepared by David Starner, Karina Aleksandrova, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 20980-h.htm or 20980-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/9/8/20980/20980-h/20980-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/9/8/20980/20980-h.zip) Transcriber's notes 1. The Russian names normally do not have any accents; in this book they appear to represent the emphasized syllable. The use of accents has been standardized, with exception of Alexander vs. Alexander. 2. Corrected the division into stanzas for a poem "God" (O Thou eternal One! whose presence bright) on page 94. The translator used nine lines where ten lines were used in the original Russian poem. 3. Several misprints and punctuation errors corrected. A list of corrections can be found at the end of the text. 4. Footnotes moved to chapter-ends. A SURVEY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE, WITH SELECTIONS by ISABEL F. HAPGOOD Author of "Russian Rambles," and "The Epic Songs of Russia" [Illustration] [Illustration: CHURCH OF THE CATACOMBS MONASTERY AT KIEV.] [Illustration] New York Chautauqua Springfield Chicago The Chautauqua Press MCMII Copyright, 1902, by The Chautauqua Press The Lakeside Press, Chicago, Ill., U. S. A. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ANCIENT PERIOD, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY IN 988 1 II. THE ANCIENT PERIOD, FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY TO THE TATAR DOMINION, 988-1224 39 III. SECOND PERIOD, FROM THE TATAR DOMINION TO THE TIME OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE, 1224-1330 47 IV. THIRD PERIOD, FROM THE TIME OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE, 1530, TO THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 50 V. FOURTH PERIOD, FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE EPOCH OF REFORM UNDER PETER THE GREAT 61 VI. FIFTH PERIOD, THE REIGN OF PETER THE GREAT, 1689-1723 66 VII. SIXTH PERIOD, THE REIGN OF KATHERINE II. 1762-1796 80 VIII. SEVENTH PERIOD, FROM PUSHKIN TO THE WRITERS OF THE FORTIES 123 IX. SEVENTH PERIOD: GONTCHAROFF, GRIGOROVITCH, TURGENEFF 161 X. SEVENTH PERIOD: OSTROVSKY, A. K. TOLSTOY, POLONSKY, NEKRASOFF, SHEVTCHENKO, AND OTHERS 181 XI. DOSTOEVSKY 212 XII. SEVENTH PERIOD: DANILEVSKY, SALTYKOFF, L. N. TOLSTOY, GORKY, AND OTHERS 229 PREFACE.