Dostoyévskiy, Russian author, sketch of his life and works, 163-170; writes _Poor People_ when twenty-four, 163; congratulated by Nekrásoff and Grigoróvitch, 163; introduced to Byelínskiy, the critic, 163; his sad life, 163; condemned to death, 163; pardoned, 164; death of, 164; description of his novels, 164-170 Drama in Russia, its origin, 191; Peter I. opened a theatre in Moscow, 192; theatres become a permanent institution, 192 Dramatic art in Russia, development of, 77 Drunkenness, Russian habits of, 238; the terrible disease of, 242 Druzhínin, critic, 295 Eastern heroes, exploits of, 9 Eastern legends, Russian versions of, 8 Eastern Russia, spoken language of, 6 Eastern traditions, spread of, in Russia, 10 Educated man in Russia, despair of the, 96 Educated women, new generation of, 304 Eighteenth century philosophers, 4 Eliot, George, mentioned, 179 Elpátievskiy, S., folk-novelist, 249 Elsler, Fanny, ballet dancer, appears at the Imperial Theatre, Moscow, 200 Emancipated woman, the, 304 Emancipation committees, 280 Epic narrative, quiet recitative of, 8 Epic poetry, freshness and vigorous youthfulness of the early, 16 Epic songs, collecting of, 8; heroes of, 8 of wandering bards, 16 proscribed by the Russian Church, 13 Epicureanism, exclusive conditions of, 134 Equality and Liberty, appeals to, 93 Equality of all men, recognition of, 145 Ergólskaya, T. A., a woman relative of Tolstóy’s, 111 Ethnographical research in Russia, 230-232 Euler, Leonhard, mathematician, 24 European society, conventional life of, 45 Everyday talk, forms of familiar, introduced into Russian literature, 31 Everyday life, 259 Evil, physical force in resisting, 143 Exact sciences, interest of Peter I. in, 22 Factory girls, life of, 135 Faust, Dr., 5 Federal principles in Russia, 32, 268 Finland, constitution granted to, by Alexander I., 34 Folk-literature, of European nations, 7 of Russia, early, 7 Folk-lore, leading features of Russian, 16 Folk-novelists, 221-260 realistic school of, 232 their position in Russian literature, 221 Fonvizin. See Wízin, Von Fourier, François, mentioned, 224, 272 Fourierism, 281 Fourierists, 163 Franklin, Benjamin, mentioned, 30 Freemasons in Russia, their effort for spreading moral education among the people, 28; their deep influence on Russia, 29; Alexander I. grants them more freedom, 29 Free thought stifled in Russia under Nicholas I., 35 French philosophers, Catherine II.’s intercourse with, 26 French Revolution of 1830, 271; of 1848, 272 French school of acting popular in Moscow, 201 French Socialists, 272 Froebel, reforms of, 121 _From Whence and How Came to be the Land of Russia_, early attempt at writing history, 15 Gárshin, war novelist, 124 Georgia, smiling valleys of, 53