250. To THE LIBRARY OF THE RUMYANTSEV MUSEUM

Written on September 1, 1920 · First published in 1929 in Ogonyok No. 3. Printed from the original. · page 454

If, according to the rules, reference publications are not issued for home use, could not one get them for an evening, for the night, when the Library is closed. I will return them by the morning.

For reference for one day:

I. The two best, fullest, dictionaries of the Greek language, Greek-German, -French, -Russian or -English.

II. The best philosophical dictionaries, dictionaries of philosophical terms: the German, I think, is Eisler; the English, I think, is Baldwin; the French, I think, is Frank (if there is nothing newer); the Russian, the latest you have.

III. A history of Greek philosophy

1) Zeller, the complete and latest edition.

2) Gomperz (the Vienna philosopher): Griechische Denker.