es cracks his voice--which is what the
sympathetic neighbour was hinting at here.--TRANSLATOR.

[60] An image, or holy picture, is _obraz_; the adjective "cultured" is
derived from the same word in its sense of pattern, model--_obrazovanny_.
--TRANSLATOR.

[61] Ostrovsky's comedies of life in the merchant class are irresistibly
amusing, talented, and true to nature.--TRANSLATOR.

[62] Turgenieff probably means Grusha (another form for the diminutive
of Agrippina, in Russian Agrafenya). The play is "Live as You
Can."--TRANSLATOR.

[63] A full gown gathered into a narrow band just under the armpits and
suspended over the shoulders by straps of the same.--TRANSLATOR.

[64] The eighth from the top in the Table of Ranks won by service to the
state, which Peter the Great instituted. A sufficiently high grade in
that table confers hereditary nobility; the lower grades carry only
personal nobility.--TRANSLATOR.

[65] The long Tatar coat, with large sleeves, and flaring, bias
skirts.---TRANSLATOR.

[66] See note on page 24.--TRANSLATOR.

[67] Diminutives of Yakoff, implying great affection.--TRANSLATOR.

[68] Mikhail Stasiulevitch.--TRANSLATOR.

[69] The favourite decoration in rustic architecture.--TRANSLATOR.

[70] These lines do not rhyme in the original.--TRANSLATOR.

[71] "The white-handed man" would be the literal
translation.--TRANSLATOR.

[72] The pretty name for what we call mullein.--TRANSLATOR.

[73] That is, made without meat.--TRANSLATOR.

[74] The ideal bearing in church is described as standing "like a
candle"; that is, very straight and motionless.--TRANSLATOR.

[75] Strips of grass left as boundaries between the tilled fields
allotted to different peasants.--TRANSLATOR.

[76] The affectionate diminutive.--TRANSLATOR.

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