THE QUEEN OF SPADES

AND OTHER STORIES.

BY

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN.

TRANSLATED BY

MRS. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS.

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.

LONDON:

CROOME & CO.,

322, UPPER STREET, N.

1892

CONTENTS

BIOGRAPHY OF PUSHKIN     1
THE QUEEN OF SPADES   17
THE PISTOL SHOT   70
THE SNOWSTORM   97
THE UNDERTAKER 122
THE POSTMASTER 134
THE LADY RUSTIC 155
KIRDJALI 184
THE HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF GOROHINA 195
PETER THE GREAT'S NEGRO 214
THE GYPSIES 268

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

"THE OLD MAGICIAN CAME AT ONCE"   19
"SEATED BEFORE HER LOOKING GLASS"   24
"PAUL AND LISAVETA"   27
"THERE SHE SHED TEARS"   33
"SHE TORE IT INTO A HUNDRED PIECES"   40
"A FOOTMAN IN A GREASY DRESSING GOWN"   45
"A STRANGE MAN HAD APPEARED"   47
"ONE GLANCE SHOWED HER THAT HE WAS NOT THERE"   52
"HERMANN STARTED AND FELL BACKWARDS"   60
"HE SAW BEFORE HIM A QUEEN OF SPADES"   67
"THE OFFICER SEIZED A BRASS CANDLESTICK"   73
"HERE IS A MEMENTO OF OUR DUEL"   78
"WE CLUTCHED OUR SWORDS"   80
"HIS LIFE AT LAST WAS IN MY HANDS"   83
"SILVIO! YOU KNEW SILVIO?"   89
"MASHA THREW HERSELF AT HIS FEET"   94
"THE LOVERS MET IN THE PINE WOOD"   98
"SHE BURST INTO TEARS" 101
"A TIME OF GLORY AND DELIGHT" ...