Letters of Anton Chekhov (Tchekhov) - Penn State University

Anton ChekhovFebruary 28.… To-morrow is spring, and within ten to fifteen days the larkswill come back. But alas!—the coming spring seems strange to me,for I am going away from it.In Sahalin there is very good fish, but there are no hot drinks ….Our geologists, ichthyologists, zoologists and so on, are fearfullyuneducated people. They write such a vile jargon that it notonly bores one to read it, but one actually has at times to remodelthe sentences before one can understand them; on the other hand,they have solemnity and earnestness enough and to spare. It’s reallybeastly ….123