Maroussia

The French variant of Marusia, Marko Vovchok's Ukrainian historical novel for

children, was first published in 1875 in the Parisian journal Le Temps, with

P.J. Stahl (i.e., Pierre Jules Hetzel) as a co-author. It was republished

later in many different editions and was awarded a prize by the Academie

francaise . The French editions, entitled usually as "Maroussia; d'apres la

legende de Marko Wovtschok par P.J. Stahl," stimulated translations into

German, Italian and English. This 1890 Cornelia W. Cyr English translation

which gives no credit to the original author is the earliest book publication

in English of a work by a Ukrainian writer included in this bibliography.

Records exist, however, to indicate an even earlier translation of Maroussia

by Sarah Herrick Kidder published ca. 1887. If and when a copy of this earlier

publication is obtained, the verified bibliographical information will be

included in the Supplement. The 1890 Cyr edition is illustrated with 10 full

page black and white illustrations by an unidentified artist (-the signature

on the engravings appears to be THS or T.H. Schuler).