Liberty, culminating point in struggle for, 304 Life superior to Art, 290 Life, the kaleidoscope of, 307 the organisation of, 140 the simplification of, 144 Literary criticism, 285-299 Literary language of Russia, 6 Literary technique, 227 Literature, a new vein in, 308; of the Czechs, 4; of the Poles, 4; of the great Slavonian family, 4; of the Great-Russians, 4; of the Little-Russians, 6; of the White-Russians, 6; treasures of thirteenth century Russian, 15; a new era for, 26; modern Russian created, 43; Púshkin frees it from enslaving ties, 44; realism of Russian, 46; introduction of the social element into, 85; true founders of Russian literature, 176; position of folk-novelists in Russian literature, 221; a new school of, 233; the duty of, 257 Lithuanian language, 4 Little-Russia, description of, 67, 68 Lomonósoff, historian, studies in Moscow, 23; and at Kieff, 23; sent to Germany and studied under Wolff, 23; returns to Russia, 23; writes a work on Arctic exploration, 25 Longfellow, William Wadsworth, references to, 3, 4, 186; his _Hiawatha_ mentioned, 4 Love, discussion on, 127 Mal-administration in Russia, 274 Malo-Russian (Little-Russian) literature, 318 Mámin, novelist, 304 Mankind, repulsive types of, 168 Márkovitch, Mme. Marie, folk-novelist, 226 Marriage and separation, questions of, 281 Marriage, accusation against, 147 opinions upon, 127 Marriages, complicated ceremony of, 7 Matchtétt, novelist, 304 Maupassant, Guy de, mentioned, 250, 308 Máykoff, Apollon, poet of pure art for art’s sake, 184 Máykoff, Valerián, critic, 224, 290 Mazépa, hétman, joins Charles XII. against Peter I., 36; flees to Turkey, 36 Mazzini, Joseph, mentioned, 93 Mediæval literature of Russia, the, 15-19 Mediæval Russia, 32 Melshin, L., folk-novelist, 249 Mérimée, Prosper, mentioned, 39 Merezhkóvskiy, Dmitriy, poet and novelist, sketch of, 305 Metaphysics, fogs of German, 268 Mey, L., poet and dramatist, 186 Mihailóskiy, leading Russian critic, 294 Mihailóvskiy, gifted Russian critic, 131; extracts from his writings, 132 Mikhail (the first Romanoff) introduces serfdom, 18 Mikháiloff, Mikhail, translator of poems, 186 Mináyeff, poet, 174 Mináyeff, D., writer of satirical verses, 187 Ministerial circulars, system of, 264 Ministry of the Interior, Russian, censorship of books and newspapers by the, 263, 264 Mir-eaters, 248 Misgovernment, evils of, 144 Modern civilised life, analysis of, 284 Moltke, Hellmuth Karl Bernhard, mentioned, 124 Monarchy, the virtues of, 32 Monasteries, learning concentrated in, 17 Money-making middle class men, 316 Mongol invasion of Russia, 15 Mongol Khans help to build up Moscow, 16 Mongols, tales from the, 7 Montesquieu, Baron de la Brède, mentioned, 26