The first of Prince Serge Wolkonsky's four lectures on Russian History and Literature will be given this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to the public, but seats on the floor will be reserved for members of the University.
The topics for tonight's lecture will be:
The XVIII century in Russia. Peter I to Catherine II. The Academy of Science. Lomonossov,- the scientist, the poet. Russian pseudo-classicism,- Loumarokov, Trediakovsky. Accession of Catherine the Great. French philosophy in Russia. Pseudo-classical literature.
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