Georgian language, 4 Gerbel, N., poetical translator, 186 German æsthetical writers, metaphysics of, 295 German metaphysics, 4 German philosophy, idealistic, 289 Glínka, music of, 13 God of the Thunders, 9 God, the essence of life, 141 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, references to, 4, 5, 40, 41, 45, 62, 172, 185, 187, 288, 293 Gógol, Nicolai Vasilievitch, sketch of his life and works, 67-86; birth and ancestry of, 67; humour and wit of, 68; his tales of the upper classes, 69; the plot of his novel, _Tárás Búlba_, 70-72; his prose-comedy _The Inspector-General_ described, 73-76; extracts from, 76-81; hostile criticism on _The Inspector-General_, 78; _Dead Souls_ his main work, 79; extracts from, 79-81; he suffers from a nervous disease, 83; falls under the influence of the “pietists,” 83; death of, 84; his great influence on the minds of Russians, 84; forerunner of the literary movement against serfdom, 84; literary influence of, 85; a great artist, 85; first to introduce the social element into Russian literature, 85; references to, 6, 27, 58, 89, 96, 163, 176, 177, 201, 282, 283, 288, 301, 319 Goncharóff, talented Russian writer, sketch of his life and works, 151-162; his attitude of impartiality to his heroes, 152; profusion of details in his novels, 152; description of his novel _Oblómoff_, 152-161; his youth and character, 154; extracts from _Oblómoff_, 154-159; description of _The Precipice_, 161, 162; mentioned, 6, 120, 169, 223, 224, 228 Górkiy, Maxim, author and dramatic writer, 217, 249; his childhood, 250; his reputation in America and Western Europe, 250; sketch of the characters in his novels, 250-260; extracts from _The Reader_, 257-259 Gospels, interpretation of, heresy, 17 Grammar of the Russian language, foundation of, 24 Great Russia, description of, 68 Great-Russian language, 6 Greco-Latin Academy of Kieff, 19 Greco-Slavonian Academy founded, 22 Greek Church, wide-spread separation of the people from the, 19 Greek models, inspiration of, 15 Greek Orthodox Church, 137, 138, 267 Gregory, an adapter of English plays, 191 Griboyédoff, comedy writer, born in Moscow, 196; enters the diplomatic service, 196; sent to Teheran, 196; arrested at Tiflís, 197; set free, 197; in the Persian war, 197; killed in Teheran, 198 Grigórieff, A., critic, 295 Grigoróvitch, peasant novels of, 85, 229 Grimm’s collection of fairy tales, 7 Hamlet and Don Quixote, 105 Hamletism in Russian life, 97, 108 Hannibal oath, the, 271 Happiness, personal, where found, 137 _n._ Harte, Bret, mentioned, 250 Hatzfeld, Countess of, her relations to Lassalle, 93 Heat, mechanical theory of, 25 Heine, Heinrich, references to, 3, 4, 44, 186, 187, 293 Hellenic love and poetic comprehension of Nature, 306