[Footnote 27: To the honour of the Russians it must be said, that it is still so. Dershavin and Dmitrief were ministers of state; Griboyedof was an ambassador; Karamzin occupied, and Shishkof and Shukovski still occupy, high offices of the empire.] [Footnote 28: His _Summary of Christian Divinity_ has been translated by Dr. Pinkerton, and published in his "Present state of the Greek Church in Russia."] [Footnote 29: A survey of the number and general classification of the universities and schools in Russia at this period, is to be found in the American Quarterly Observer for Jan. 1834, Vol. II. No. 1.] [Footnote 30: On all that relates to the Russian Bible Society, Henderson's Biblical Researches contain most interesting details. The active part, however, which he ascribes to the Jesuits in effecting the suppression of the Society, is far from being historically ascertained.] [Footnote 31: See Backmeister's _Russische Bibliothek_, Riga 1772-87.] [Footnote 32: Of Karamzin's _Istorija Gosudarstva Rossissavo_, History of the Russian Empire, (extending only to the reign of the house of Romanof, A.D. 1613,) in eleven volumes, a second edition was published in 1818. His other works have been collected in nine volumes, of which a third edition was published in 1820. This great historical work has been translated twice into German, first by Hauenschild and Oertel, and later by Tappe; and twice into French, St. Pet. 1818, and by St. Thomas and Jauffort, Paris 1820.] [Footnote 33: The Foreign Quarterly Review contains under the head _Critical Sketches_, a review of Batjushkof's works and a Specimen of his poetry. Vol. IX. p.218.] [Footnote 34: Executed as involved in the conspiracy of 1825.] [Footnote 35: He was sent as Russian ambassador to Persia; and was there slaughtered by a mob in 1829.] [Footnote 36: _Bursak, Malorossiiskaja powiest_, Mosk. 1824.]