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THE PRINCESS TARAKANOVA

[Illustration: THE PRINCESS TARAKANOVA.

    _“The only art her guilt to cover,_
      _To hide her shame from every eye,_
    _To give repentance to her lover,_
      _And wring his bosom--is to die.”_]




                                  THE
                          PRINCESS TARAKANOVA

                   A Dark Chapter of Russian History

                      TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSS