Karamzín, historian, poet, and novelist, _The History of the Russian State_, 32; a poet of the virtues of monarchy, 32; his history a work of art, 32; _Letters of a Russian Traveller Abroad_, 33; his sentimental romanticism, 33; his _Poor Liza_, 33; spirited protest against serfdom, 33 Kavélin, philosopher and writer on law, 50 Kíeff, Annals of, 14, 15 disappears from history for two centuries, 15 Knights of industry and plutocracy, modern, 284 Knyazhnín, translator of tragedies, 193 Kókoreff, I. T., folk-novelist, 228 Koltsóff, a poet from the people, 182 Korolenko, novelist, sketch of, 302 Kórsakoff, Rímsky, music of, 14 Kostomároff, historian, 268 Kotoshíkhin, historian, runs away from Moscow to Sweden, 21; writes a history of Russia, 21; advocates wide reforms, 21; his manuscripts discovered at Upsala, 21 Kozlóff, Russian poet, 61 Krestovskiy, Vsevolod, a woman writer of detective stories, 179 Krüdener, Madame, influence of, on Alexander I., 34 Krylóff, V. A., playwright and fable writer, 60; his translations from Lafontaine, 60; his unique position in Russian literature, 61; mentioned, 177, 194, 217 Kryzhánitch, South Slavonian writer, called to Moscow, 21; revises the Holy Books, 21; preaches reform, 21; exiled to Siberia and dies, 21 Kürbskiy, Prince, letters to, from John the Terrible, 18 Labour movement in Russia, 265 Lábzin, a Christian mystic, writes against corruption and is exiled, 29 La Harpe, French republican, educates Alexander I., 34 Lake Onéga, folk-literature at, 7 Land, municipalisation of, 146 the communal ownership of, 246 Languages of Western Europe, 3 Lassalle, Ferdinand, mentioned, 93 Latin Church prevented from extending its influence over Russia, 16 “Latinism,” 19 Lavróff, Peter, political writer, 276; a preacher of activity among the people, 277 Law of the Russian State and people, 268 _Lay of Igor’s Raid, The_, a twelfth century poem, 11 Lazhéchnikoff, historical novelist, 64 Laziness, the poetry of, 155 Legends of the saints widely read, 17 Leroux, Pierre, mentioned, 224, 272 Lérmontoff, Mikhail Yurievitch, sketch of his life and works, 50-59; writes verses and poems when a boy, 50; enters Moscow University, 51; goes to a military school in St. Petersburg, 51; writes a popular poem on Liberty and is exiled to Siberia, 52; transferred to the Caucasus, 52; plot of _The Demon_, 54; description of Mtsýri, 54; his demonism or pessimism, 55; a “humanist,” 56; his love for Russia, 56; his dislike of war, 57; death of, 57; _The Captain’s Daughter_ described, 57, 58; plot of his novel, _The Hero of Our Own Time_, 58, 59; references to, 4, 61, 63, 68, 84, 89, 112, 172, 173, 176, 295, 319 Levítoff, folk-novelist, 240; his sad life, 240-242