Front matter
Ida de Mouchanoff translation
THE PRINCESS TARAKANOVA
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 RUSSIAN OF G. P. DANILEVSKI BY IDA DE MOUCHANOFF
WITH FOUR PORTRAITS
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