Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2)

book is even now prohibited in Russia, and Shcherbátov, who preferred

the rough old times to the flighty manners of the day,--that is, the writers who were at outs with existing conditions,--were the carriers of a new spirit which, though not characteristically Russian, was akin to it in that it devoted itself with ardour to the treatment of burning questions from a native standpoin...