AUGUSTI'NA CHRISTIA'NOVNA.

A'NNUSHKA.


In transcribing the Russian names into English--

a has the sound of a in father.
e , , .............a in pane.
i , , .............ee.
u , ,............. oo.
y is always consonantal except when it is
the last letter of the word.
g is always hard.





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On one of the hottest days of the summer of 1853, in the shade of a
tall lime-tree on the bank of the river Moskva, not far from Kuntsovo,
two young men were lying on the grass. One, who looked about
twenty-three, tall and swarthy, with a sharp and rather crooked nose,
a high forehead, and a restrained smile on his wide mouth, was lying
on his back and gazing meditatively into the distance, his small grey
eyes half closed. The other was lying on his chest, his curly, fair