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Часть текста: grace of the inimitable Frenchman, though he has fewer sly strokes of wit, less cunning simplicity in telling a story, he has, on the other hand, more originality of invention. His observant good sense penetrates to the roots of things, and he possesses a genuine kind of phlegmatic humour which betrays the Oriental element in Slavonic nature. In his birth and all the circumstances of his life Krilof was as Russian as possible: he was essentially national in his ways of thinking, feeling, and writing; and it may be maintained without exaggeration that a foreigner who has carefully studied Krilof’s fables will have a better idea of the Russian national character than if he had read through all the travels and essays that attempt to describe it. Russian children learn Krilof by heart as French ones do La Fontaine, without entering into all the wisdom of his teaching, but in later life they return to him with double profit. Like La Fontaine, but to a still greater degree, Krilof has supplied the public conscience with a number of precepts and adages and sayings which have become proverbial even in the mouth of unlettered peasants; no one is oftener quoted than he, and, like the Bible and Shakespeare in England, those who quote him have often no idea of their obligation — proof positive that his work has been completely absorbed into the national popular life from which it sprung. The present day offers no higher reward to literary ambition than this faint reflection of the past grandeur of epic poetry, which is only great because it is impersonal. Mr. Ralston’s translation leaves nothing to desire in the matter of accuracy or colouring, and the fables which he has added are not amongst the least welcome. The short preface and memoir prefixed to the volume, and the historical and literary notes on some of the fables, have been done conscientiously and con amore. It will not be his fault if Krilof does not prove to be...
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Часть текста: (Gubernskie Ocherki) , in which he lashed with indomitable vigour the numerous abuses then current under the name of Government and Justice. Saltykoff’s manner as a satirist somewhat resembles that of Juvenal. His laughter is bitter and strident, his raillery not unfrequently insulting. But, as we have already said, his violence often assumes the form of caricature. Now there are two kinds of caricature: that which exaggerates the truth, as with a magnifying glass, but which never entirely alters its nature, and that which more or less consciously deviates from the natural truth and proportion of fact. Saltykoff indulges in the first kind only, the only admissible one. It is the natural consequence of his character: kind and sensitive at bottom, but superficially rude. At the same time he is very delicate in his perceptions, which have something of instinct and divination about them. He has read much, and above all he has seen much. In fact he knows his own country better than any man living. The History of a Town — which is in reality a sort of satirical history of Russian society during the second half of the past and the beginning of the present century, under the form of a burlesque description of the town of Glupoff, and of the governors who successively ruled over it from 1762 to 1826 — could not well be translated in its entirety, nor do I think that it could be understood or appreciated by a Western public. The «taste of the soil» is too perceptible, and the language too often runs into...
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Часть текста: в обычное наше равнодушие. Теперь нас преимущественно занимают и волнуют цирки… Мы ленивы и нелюбопытны, правда; но мы неравнодушны к нашим словам. Мы даже в этом отношении готовы впасть в другую крайность и, вероятно, с намерением доказать старой Европе, что и мы от нее не отстали, не скупимся на названья: гений, гениальный человек, талант, великий талант, нечто необыкновенное и проч. Парадокс Бюффона: гений есть терпенье — часто сбывается у нас: кто больше работает, кто чаще напоминает о себе, тот у нас и великий человек; но живут между нами действительно гениальные люди, которыми со временем не мы одни, русские, будем гордиться. К числу таких несомненно славных имен принадлежит имя Витали. Все русские знают это имя, но далеко не все знакомы с его произведениями. Мы намерены сообщить нашим читателям несколько сведений об них и о самом г. Витали. Г-н Иван Витали родился в Петербурге от италиянских родителей в 1794 году, молодость провел в Петербурге, потом переехал в Москву, где занимался лепными работами; в 1835 году, во всей силе и зрелости своего таланта, возвратился опять к нам на север. России он никогда не покидал — что, может быть, еще более упрочило самобытность его дарования. Впрочем, этим мы нисколько не хотим сказать, будто бы поездка в Италию, классическую страну искусства, бесполезна для начинающих художников; напротив, она необходима. Такие счастливо одаренные природы, как г. Витали, слишком редки; в другой стране верный и здравый смысл, чувство истины и простоты, отличительные качества дарования г. Витали, ни в каком случае не дали бы ему впасть в подражание, в манеру, принять условные типы школы. Как бы ни было сильно...