“The cooling of Russian readers towards Mr. Turgenev is no secret to anyone, least of all to Mr. Turgenev himself. It was not just some literary party that cooled down, nor any specific class of people—it was a general cooling. It must be said truthfully that there really is one misunderstanding involved here, perhaps even a trivial one, which, however, cannot be eliminated either with a graceful gesture or a pleasant smile, because it lies, perhaps, more in Mr. Turgenev himself than in the readers ... "