The Siberian messenger, The Siberian life, The

Eastern review,The New region (Port Arthur).

Like all book-collectors, Mr. Yudin paid

tribute (and to his credit only а moderate опе)

to the temptation of purchasing old and rare

books. Атопд these тау be mentioned edi.

tions of the time of Peter the Great and доте

books of а later period. Атопд the oldest

ате The History of military orders от ranks,

by Schoonebeck, in Russian (1710), and Braun's

Principles of artillery (1710). These are fol-

lowed by the ВооК of cosmography (1717),

Military regulations (1719, pl. 2), Calendar

for 1722 (pl. З), Historiography of the Slavic

peoples, by Maurourbino (1722), System of the

Mohammedan religion (1722), copies of ukazes

of His Imperial Majesty (1724, 1726), Meth-

ods of using compass and ruler (geometry,

17%, pl. 4), How compliments ате written

from potentates to potentates (1725, pl. 5),

Slavonic А, В, С book, published by the Ro•

тап Church in 1753, in Rome 6), Russian

universal grammar (1769, р]. 7), The Glory of

Russia, or medals of Peter the Great (1770,

pl. 8), Historical description of St. Petersburg