Little Russia--_Nights on a Farm near Dikánka_ and _Mírgorod_--Village
life and humour--_How Ivan Ivanovitch
quarrelled with Ivan Nikíforytch_--Historical novel: _Tarás
Búlba_--_The Cloak_--Drama: _The Inspector-General_--Its
influence--_Dead Souls_: Main types--Realism in the
Russian novel.