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NICOLAI IVANOVICII LOHACIIEVSKI. 



BY A. VA-: 



Translated from the Russian by 

 QKOKGE Hin r II AI 



Fr i nn &amp;lt;i six-column Rf&amp;gt;vi &amp;gt;.w of this Trunslntinn in ^farch 



1996: 



\MM-Kuclidian (ieometry. a subject which has not only F6VO- 

 lutioni/.ed ;:eometriea] science, hut has attracted the attention of 

 ph\&amp;gt;; - ami jiliild-opliiM--.&quot; 



&quot; \\itliout (jitestion the lest ami most authent ic source of infor 

 mation on thi&amp;lt; orii^imil thinker.&quot; 



From a two-column Review in the Nation, April 4, 1895* by C. S. 



/ &quot; rcc: 



l\a/.in was not tl for a man of ^Miin&amp;lt;. especially not 



for BO profound a genius a&amp;lt; that of Lol.adirvski.&quot; 



&quot;All of I.oli:n-ln vski &amp;gt; writings are marked by the same hi^h- 

 strun^ lo^ic.&quot; 



I have read it with intenso interest. By issuing thi&amp;lt; transla 

 tion you have put American readers under Y&amp;gt; newed olili^ation t( 

 you. l i. ( &amp;gt;i;i AN ( A.K KI. 



I have read with unreal interest your translation of the address 

 in comiiuMiiir:ition of I .oli.-n-h \ &amp;gt;ki. It is a nio-t fortunate tiling 

 for us in the rank and tile that \ on have maintained -uch an in 

 terest in the history of this non-Kuelidian work : for while you 

 ha\e comjuered for Saccheri. Bolyai and the rest the share of 

 fame that i&amp;lt; their due. you have made it impossible for . \merieun 

 teachers of any spirit to -hut t heir e\ e- to t he - hy pol he-j- aii^idi 

 acini.&quot; \ er\ truly yours, 



(;. n. LM n. 



Professor of Mathematioe in Colorado ( olloge. 



N, V i .. October UMh. 

 I am astonished to tind the-c ic-. n.-hes of such deefi philo- 



