Thus the novel connects the most important works of Dostoevsky’s later period, and is allied in certain details with the early experiments, for instance with _Notes from the Underworld_. But much of what he had planned remained unexecuted and faded in the working out of the chosen themes. Where is the broad picture of the people’s religious life, with their world of sectarians and believers of the Old Faith, into which the Great Sinner plunged? The pale figure of Makar Ivanovich Dolgorukov, the pilgrim, is very far from corresponding with a great “poem.” The principal character became much diminished and spiritually toned down in the “raw youth,” Versilov. The sketch of the unwritten novel is generally valuable for the light it throws upon Dostoevsky’s habits of creation. _The novel was not written._ The huge canvas would not have been covered by the mass of characters that hovered in the writer’s imagination. The novels _Atheism_ and _The Life of a Great Sinner_ clearly prove that Dostoevsky could not cope with the swarm of his creative imagination. He could not tame and conquer the rush of his elemental visions. His soul burnt too fiercely to be satisfied with an inferior light. All in flames, his soul set on fire and destroyed the flashing visions. And it seems as if iron necessity alone chained the writer to the desk and made it possible for us to read his works. There is something _accidental_ in the published works of Dostoevsky. They do not represent the _whole_ creator; they are paler than his original conceptions. THE END _Printed in Great Britain by_ R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, _Edinburgh_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOOTNOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE HOGARTH PRESS HOGARTH HOUSE, PARADISE ROAD, RICHMOND. _RECENT PUBLICATIONS_ THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO, AND OTHER STORIES. By I. A. BUNIN. Translated from the Russian by D. H. LAWRENCE, S. S. KOTELIANSKY, and LEONARD WOOLF. 4s. net. I. A. Bunin is a well-known Russian writer, but his short stories have not hitherto been published in an English translation. Four stories are included in this volume. The “Times Literary Supplement” in reviewing a French translation of the first story in this volume says: “Whatever its faults this is certainly one of the most impressive stories of modern times.” DAYBREAK, a Book of Poems. By FREDEGOND SHOVE. 3s. 6d. Mrs. Shove has the distinction of being the only woman poet whose work has been included in _Georgian Poetry_, although she has previously published only one volume, _Dreams and Journeys_. KARN. A Poem. By RUTH MANNING-SANDERS. 3s. 6d. net.