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common diligence, whatever he could lay 
his hands on; and the congeries ttill con- 
tinue, to increafe in bulk.—Karam/in’s 
writings are read with general approba- 
tion; efpecially his Fravels into feveral 
Countries of Europe, in 6 vols. which have 
been tranflated into German, He com- 
menced with fome comnpofitions in the 
Molcow Journal, of which he was the edi- 
tor. Some of his tales, novels, and {mall 
poems, as for inftance, Julie and Elife, 
have likewife been tranflated into German 
and French. Karamfin publifhed a free 
tranflation uf Marmontel’s Tales, for the 
ufe of his countrymen. His neweft pro- 
duétion is an Almanach of the Mufes, 
entitled Aonides, which contains fome 
{mall poems by himfelf, and poetical and 
remancic efflays by other young literati of 
Mofcow.—One of the molt aétive and di- 
ligent authors is profeflor ‘ob. Heym. 
He is now writing a ‘* Topography of 
Mofcow ; and had before compofed, con- 
jointly with other men of learnmg, a Ruf 
fian Grammar and Chreftomathy, befides 
two dictionaries, viz. a German-Ruffian, 
in 2 vols. (Riga, publifhed by Hart- 
knoch,) and a German-Roffian-French 
Ditionary, (Mofcow, printed at the Uni- 
verfity-prefs).— A Geographico.Topo- 
graphical Encyclopedia by him, has like- 
wife made its appearance. The lateft 
Latin Differtation of Prof. Baufe treats of 
the progrefs of learning and culture in 
Ruffia, which deferves to be read in other 
countries on account of the new light it 
throws upon the fubjeé&t.— Ruffian lite- 
rary journals are altogether wanting. 
Karamfin, indeed, began to pave the way 
by his Mofcew Journal, which was af- 
terwards continued under the name of 
Aglaia. But it would feem that the Ruf- 
fian public have no tafte for fuch jour- 
nals, for it throve neither with the one 
title nor the other, and continued only a 
very fhort time. In the political new{- 
papers, which appear twice a week, no- 
tices of new books are, among other things, 
inferted as an appendix, ‘Ihefe notices 
Correét Lift of New Publications. 
[Auguft 1, 
are frequently accompanied by the au- 
thor’s or tranflator’s reviews of his own 
work, or by the puffing encomiums by the 
bookfellers. Along with the newfpaper, 
a periodical paper is publifhed, entitled, 
Agreeable and ufeful Paftime, which con- 
tains chiefly tranflations: Profeffor Sach- 
atfky isthe editor. The wretched political 
journal of Schirach is likewife tranflated 
into Ruffian, and diligentiy read. Almoft 
the only good tranflation that has yet ap- 
peared, is that of Marmontel’s Tales, by 
Karamfin; the reft are, for the moft part, 
merely botch-work, by young deginners, 
who do not fufficiently underftand their 
mother tongue, much Iefs the language 
from which they tranflate. None of Wie- 
land or Gothe’s works have yet been 
tranflated: of Schiller’s, only The Rob- 
bers; of Ifflana’s, Babo’s, &c. plays, not 
even one; but feveral of Kotzebue’s, 
which, indeed, meet with the greateft ap- 
plaufe; and the playhoufe overflows every 
time one of his pieccs is performed. His 
name refounds in every commer, and is re- 
peated with enthuliaifm. From this a 
judgment may be formed of the tafte of 
the Mofcow public, as feldom any other 
dramatic production has fo great a run as 
thofe of Ko:zebue. Of original Ruffian 
dramas, the moft efteemed are, Nedorofl; 
or, The Minor, and The Brigadier, both 
by Wisin; The Melnik; or, The Miller; 
Sbitenfcht{chik ; or, The Mead-feller ;* and 
Dmitri Samofwanez ; or, Pleudo Demetri- 
us; by Cherafkow. The laft is a well- 
written tragedy, the fubjeét of which is 
taken from the hiftory of Ruffia, in the 
middle ages. Thefe two pieces by Wifin 
are comedies, and {ketch the national man- 
ners of the Ruffians. Both thefe comedies 
are favourites of the Ruffian ftage, and are 
frequently performed. 
* Sbiten is a liquor compofed of water, pep- 
per, and honey, which is carried about the 
ftreets in winter, as mead is in fummer. 
The venders of this liquor are called Sbi- 
tenfcht/chiks. 


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