W. R. S. Ralston, M. A.,

OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
OF RUSSIA, AUTHOR OF “THE SONGS OF THE RUSSIAN
PEOPLE,” “KRILOF AND HIS FABLES,” ETC.

NEW YORK:
HURST & CO., Publishers,
122 Nassau Street.

To the Memory of

ALEXANDER AFANASIEF

I Dedicate this Book,

TO HIM SO DEEPLY INDEBTED.