print. Атопд periodicals and society риЬ.

lications тау be mentioned the

Sbornik ”) of the Imperial Russian histor•

ical society, the Papers Chteniia ”) of the

Moscow society of Russian history and ап-

tiquities, The Russian antiquities (” Russkaia

Btarina ”), and The Historical messenger Ib

toricheskii vestnik No important work of

Russian historians and historical critics iB

lacking in the library, from Tatishchev and

karamzin to Pogodin, Soloviev, kostomarov,

от kluchevskii. 0ur bibliophile succeeded in

buying portions of libraries which formerly

belonged to prominent Russian historians—

Semevskii, editor of the Russkaia starina,”

and Pogodin, securing about four thousand

volumes from the latter. Атопд the mod.

ern historical works опе cannot help noticing

the sumptuous editions of the historia of

Russian departments of government, риЬ.

lished in connection with tbe centennial cele.

brations of their establishment, and the regi•

mental historia published оп similar

in ап attractive and costly style and in а lim.

ited numberof copies. With publications

тау be classed the splendid work of Grand