Scope and Contents This series includes 201 letters, mostly in French (some Russian, German, and English phrases intermixed). Keyserling met Novikova in 1866 in St. Petersburg and appears to have taken Novikova as an intellectual protege. The topics contained in his letters cover a broad range of subjects, including Russian, European, and British foreign relations; political, religious, and educational philosophy; literature and culture; natural history; social and political gossip; family news; and the daily...