Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — American Books In Russia. [ARTICLE]

American Books In Russia.

The single American book most widely read in Russia Is “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Some of Irving’s works were translated for the Muscovite public, and the boys have been thrilled by th£ doings of Leatherstocking and Uncasr Mark Twain is quite popular beyond, the Niemen and the Beresina. All in all, It seems that Russians know more American books than Americans know Russian books. Ben Franklin's audience was the world, so it does not surprise one to learn from a Russian critic that the first American book translated into Russian was the product of Poor Richard’s pen. That was 18 years after he died.