London Through Russian Eyes, 1896-1914

Anna Vaninskaya is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of William Morris and the Idea of Community: Romance, History and Propaganda, 1880-1914 (2010), Fantasies of Time and Death: Dunsany, Eddison, Tolkien (2020) and over forty articles and book chapters on topics ranging from Anglo-Russian cultural relations to socialist, speculative and fantasy literature, to the history of immigration, education, popular reading and historical writing. Maria Artamonova is a graduate of St Petersburg State University and holds a doctorate in Old English from the University of Oxford. She is an Oxfordshire-based translator and also teaches medieval and fantasy literature. Anna Vaninskaya is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of William Morris and the Idea of Community: Romance, History and Propaganda, 1880-1914 (2010), Fantasies of Time and Death: Dunsany, Eddison, Tolkien (2020) and over forty articles and book chapters on topics ranging from Anglo-Russian cultural relations to socialist, speculative and fantasy literature, to the history of immigration, education, popular reading and historical writing.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on the TextNote on Monetary ValuesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction I. Foreigners in London Korney Chukovsky, 'On Foreigners' Korney Chukovsky, 'The British Museum'Korney Chukovsky, [Anti-Alien Sentiment]Korney Chukovsky, 'The Union of Peoples'Korney Chukovsky, 'Whitechapel'Isaak Shklovsky, 'In the Russian Quarter' II. London Labour and the London Poor Korney Chukovsky, 'Beggars in London' Korney Chukovsky, 'Sandwich Men' Korney Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary' Korney Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary (Continued)'Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Whitechapel'Isaak Shklovsky, from 'The Working Quarter' Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Richard Kelly' III. London at Home and at Leisure Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'English Workmen at Leisure: A Sketch of Working-class Amusements in London'Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'The Story of One Street: The Domestic Life of the Poorest Stratum of the London Population' Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Frankie' Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Father Christmas'Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Mr Muir' Samuil Marshak, 'At the Children's Exhibition' Samuil Marshak, 'Under the Railway Bridge' IV. London Streets and Public Life Korney Chukovsky, 'The Dog Trial' Korney Chukovsky, 'Barrack-room Philanthropy'Korney Chukovsky, 'Spiritualism in England'Korney Chukovsky, 'Public Meetings in Hyde Park'Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Sects'Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Imperialism' Isaak Shklovsky, from 'An Election'Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Queen Victoria'Isaak Shklovsky, from 'The Beck Case' Bibliography Index

The selections are excellent and the translations so smooth that one rarely remembers that these are indeed translations. And the editor's footnotes fully justify their positioning at the foot of the relevant page, rather than corralled as endnotes. Even the production of the book itself (by Boydell and Brewer for the London Record Society) is first class. Full marks to all concerned.