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- "Joseph Vissarionovich? This is Edouard Daladier. You, of course, know that King Alfonso XIII of Spain stepped back off power. I will not touch details: You are aware of the matter ... We are planning a policy of non-intervention ... You are supporting? So! But... will this be enough?.. You are urgently sending advisers?.. That's so! By the way, recently published in Paris a book of Your compatriot Boris Nikitine ... You are already know? You have read it? I understand! That's so! Good bye..."

Stalin has put the telephone receiver. "What did Cervantes write about Don Quixote? But about this later - a little later. "

He lit a pipe. "King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Trotsky, Daladier, Franco ..." The thought suddenly became focusing on the name "Daladier" and began to move associatively: "Daladier - France - revolution - the guillotine ...". "But to transport the guillotine there?.. They will decide on the spot." The thought arose: "Whether not enough concerns in Central Europe?..".

He picked up the phone: "I order to invite Comrade Mercader!".

10 December 2017 20:29

Translation from Russian into English: 11 December 2017 00:21

Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Сказка о знатоках литературы'.

LXI. Kamensky Andrei (1843- ). Being attempting to banish the darkness. Biographic essay

1. The first Russian-language book about Thomas Edison

Having begun to write the book about regularities of intellectual success on the example of Heinrich Schliemann, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison (in comparison), I have found only three Russian-speaking authors - Thomas Edison's contemporaries who have written more or less weighty, more or less system biographic works about Thomas Edison:

(1) Andrei Kamensky (1843-?),

(2) Mikhail Lapirov-Skoblo (1889-1947),

(3) Lev Belkind (1896-1969).

Thomas Edison was and remains the famous personality, is written about him much (notes, articles in newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, other works).

Three above-named authors are allocated according to signs of "weightness" and "systemacity" of works: they are authors of books about Edison.

Both Mikhail Lapirov-Skoblo, and Lev Belkind personally saw Thomas Edison during the trips to the USA, respectively in 1926 and in 1928. (Data contain in their books: M.Ya. Lapirov-Skoblo "Edison", L.D. Belkind "Thomas Alva Edison. 1847-1931". [Russian-language publications]).

Books by M.Ya. Lapirov-Skoblo (the first edition) and by L.D. Belkind have been published, respectively, in 1935 and in 1964 while T. Edison has died in 1931.

We come to a conclusion, comparing dates that M.Ya. Lapirov-Skoblo's and L.D. Belkind's books weren't, at least, in the finished variant, are written during lifetime of T. Edison.

Thus, the first book, about Thomas Edison, and the only book created during Edison's lifetime, written by the Russian-speaking author is the biographic essay by Andrey Kamensky, published in 1891 in the Pavlenkov's pre-revolutionary series "Life of Remarkable People" (the repeated publication of this essay in the same series has taken place in 1900 - also during lifetime of T. Edison. Edison had liked the book? - We can only guess...).

We will give data on this book, having taken them from Wikipedia, from the article "Life of Remarkable People (1890-1924)":

Kamensky A.V. Edison and Morse: Their life and scientifically practical activities. Two biographical essays. 1891. - 80 pages. - 8100 number of copies. [Каменский А. В. Эдисон и Морзе: Их жизнь и научно практическая деятельность. Два биографических очерка. 1891. - 80 с. - 8100 экз.]

Now this biographic work is, as a rule, not presented in an original form, it "is divided", probably for convenience of readers, into two essays, into two books: "Edison" and "Morse".

("The first book, about Thomas Edison, and the only book created during Edison's lifetime": let will correct who has the reasons; I will be grateful).

Both essays by A.V. Kamensky - both "Edison", and "Morse" - are presented and in electronic libraries, and in the Internet book trading.

2.The circumstances of life are not known

The book by A.V. Kamensky is written very honestly and respectably.

I have become interested: who is he, the Kamensky Andrey Vasilyevich?

July 27-29, 2016 I have "came in online".

Best known encyclopedic Internet source: No article on such a person. But there is some information in the adjacent project (the Internet Resource).

Wikisource, the free library. "Andrey Vasilievich Kamensky." Years of life are indicated: 1843 - 1913. Writer and translator from the English language.

What is mentioned from among his literary works?

The "Translations" are named. And are listed: Resolves of the House of Burgesses [Virgin Resolutions] (1769) US Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Constitution of the USA. Essay "Edison" is not mentioned.