… On July 10, 1836, Prokopovich was approved as a teacher of Russian language and literature in the First Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg, where he served until his death.

Povestochki, poems, kusonochki — see note. to No 27*.

… Visit the institute. Visit my sisters...—Anna and Elizabeth, who in 1832 were assigned by Gogol to the Patriotic Institute in St. Petersburg. The letter to them mentioned here has not been preserved.

Demidov, Pavel Nikolaevich — see note. to No 111*.

Lukashevich — see note. to No 36*.

… circle... of only three persons...—Gogol, Prokopovich, and Danilevsky.

The letter to Melentyeva has not been preserved. The letter "M" in front of her surname may indicate the beginning of the word "M-elle" (cf. in No 73). In the next letter to Prokopovich, dated July 21/9 of the same year (No 50), Gogol asks not to transfer the above-mentioned letters to the sisters and to Melentieva to the Institute.

47. M. I. GOGOL.

Printed according to the original (PBL).

First published with an omission in Works and Letters, V, pp. 290-291; for the first time in this edition.

48. M. I. GOGOL.

Printed by copy (LB).

First published in Writings and Letters, V, p. 291.

49. V. O. BALABINA.

Printed according to the text of the first publication, with additions to the "Letters", I, pp. 450-452.

First published in "Russian Word" 1860, XII, pp. 26-28, where the addressee was indicated incorrectly: instead of V. O. Balabina - M. P. Balabin.

Balabina, Varvara Osipovna, b. Paris is a Frenchwoman, the wife of Lieutenant General P. I. Balabin. (On the Balabins, see note to No 30*).

The letters of V. O. Balabina to Gogol are unknown.