Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt01052)

Konstantin,

You write:

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Where from could Soloviov fetch the private letters to Aksakov which
was already dead at that time? 
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Aksakov was NOT dead at the time Soloviov published HPB's letters to 
Aksakov.

In fact Aksakov died the same year that Soloviov died:  1903.

It appears that Aksakov allowed Soloviov access to his letters from 
HPB probably in 1891/1892.

The HPB letters were published in Soloviov's first edition of his 
book in 1893.  This first edition was in Russian and was published in 
St. Petersburg. 

Aksakov would have had every opportunity to know of the publication. 

Futhermore, as Aksakov was a member of the London S.P.R. he would 
have also known about the 1895 English translation of Soloviov's 
book.  The book was reviewed in the pages of the Proceedings of the 
S.P.R. 

Daniel
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