таз rigbt in sentiment, but totally ignorant of

Russian people, for а long time

must be kept under the tutelage of the govern.

ment; their corruption, vices, superstitions,

and ignorance require strong centralization of

government, and autocracy alone сап тападе

this Amican. О God, forgive те! Midnight,

14th (pl. 32).

During his twenty years of book•collecting

Mr. Yudin has constantly felt the need of а

general bibliography of Russian printed books

corresponding to the American and the Еп-

glish catalogues. For доте reason or otber,

the two Russian institutions which would be

expected to fll this noticeable дар in the bibli•

ographical literature of their country—the Im-

perial Russian Academy of Science and the

Imperial Public Library of St. Petersburg—

have shunned the undertaking to this day.

Mr. Yudin decided to таКе а and

means for publishing three volumes

of ” The Russian books ” (17В—189З) in the

hope that either the Academy от the Public

Library would continue the work. The at.

tempt во far has proved а failure, and по опе

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