



Produced by Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon
in an extended version, also linking to free sources for
education worldwide... MOOC's, educational materials,...)
Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.





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
    THE QUEEN OF SPADES
    THE PISTOL SHOT
    THE SNOWSTORM
    THE UNDERTAKER
    THE POSTMASTER
    THE LADY RUSTIC
    KIRDJALI
    THE HISTORY OF  THE VILLAGE OF GOROHINA
    PETER THE GREAT'S <DW64>
    THE GYPSIES


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

    "THE OLD MAGICIAN CAME AT ONCE"
    "SEATED BEFORE HER LOOKING GLASS"
    "PAUL AND LISAVETA"
    "THERE SHE SHED TEARS"
    "SHE TORE IT INTO A HUNDRED PIECES"
    "A FOOTMAN IN A GREASY DRESSING GOWN"
    "A STRANGE MAN HAD APPEARED"
    "ONE GLANCE SHOWED HER THAT HE WAS NOT THERE"
    "HERMANN STARTED AND FELL BACKWARDS"
    "HE SAW BEFORE HIM A QUEEN OF SPADES"
    "THE OFFICER SEIZED A BRASS CANDLESTICK"
    "HERE IS A MEMENTO OF OUR DUEL"
    "WE CLUTCHED OUR SWORDS"
    "HIS LIFE AT LAST WAS IN MY