Excerpt from The History of Russian Literature: With a Lexicon of Russian Authors My Dear Prince, Some agreeable associations connected with a winter at Munich, and a voyage down the Rhine, having been still more pleasantly revived in England, it is natural that I should wish to perpetuate the remembrance of them by any memorial, however humble, which I may be able to contribute, in relation to a subject on which you have so often talked, and I have so often listened. I have been enabled by your conversation to appreciate in some degree the hidden treasures of the literature of Russia; and the interest taken in its diffusion by one who is so familiarly acquainted as yourself with European languages and authors in general, ought to be alone a sufficient guarantee, that it possesses no inconsiderable beauties even in comparison with the productions of other and older lands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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