_HUMOUR SERIES_ EDITED BY W. H. DIRCKS THE HUMOUR OF RUSSIA ALREADY ISSUED _FRENCH HUMOUR_ _GERMAN HUMOUR_ _ITALIAN HUMOUR_ _AMERICAN HUMOUR_ _DUTCH HUMOUR_ _IRISH HUMOUR_ _SPANISH HUMOUR_ _RUSSIAN HUMOUR_ [Illustration: “ONE DAY I WAS OUT FOR A SPREE WITH MY MAN JACK.” —p. 167. ] THE HUMOUR OF RUSSIA [Illustration] TRANSLATED BY E. L. VOYNICH, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPNIAK ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL FRÉNZENY LONDON WALTER SCOTT 1895 LTD CONTENTS PAGE MARRIAGE—_Gogol_ 1 AT THE POLICE INSPECTOR’S—_Gorbounòv_ 64 BEFORE THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE—_Gorbounòv_ 69 INCOMPATIBILITY OF TEMPER—_A. N. Ostròvsky_ 72 A MADMAN’S DIARY—_Gogol_ 107 PORRIDGE—_Nikolai Uspènsky_ 135 A DOMESTIC PICTURE—_A. N. Ostròvsky_ 142 “LA TRAVIATA”—_Gorbounòv_ 167 A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY LETTER FROM EMS—_Gorbounòv_ 170 THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER—_N. Uspènsky_ 174 THE RECOLLECTIONS OF ONÉSIME CHENAPAN—“_Shchedrìn_” 185 THE CROCODILE—_Fèdor Dostoyèvsky_ 205 THE STEAM-CHICKEN—_Glyeb Uspènsky_ 236 THE STORY OF A KOPECK—_S. Stepniak_ 254 THE DOG’S PASSPORT 273 A TRIFLING DEFECT IN THE MECHANISM—_Glyeb Uspènsky_ 276 THE SELF-SACRIFICING RABBIT—“_Shchedrìn_” 309 CHOIR PRACTICE—_V. A. Slyeptzòv_ 317 THE EAGLE AS MECÆNAS—“_Shchedrìn_” 335 INTRODUCTION.