text: " During the most tranquil and laborious portion of Pushkin's life which passed principally at Mikhailovskoe and which occupies the period from his leaving Odessa at the end of the year 1824 to 1826 he continued to labour upon his tragedy and to produce the second and third cantos of "Evgenii Oniegin " in addition to which our indefatigable poet found means to collect and publish a number of smaller poems some of which will be found among the translations which we are about to offer; and to aid his friend and brother-poet Delvig in an annual volume of prose and verse (illustrated after the manner of our Keepsakes &c