Alexander Nikolaieviteh Afamsieff, a Russian author, born in Moscow in 1826, died in October, 1871. He studied at the university of Moscow, and was secretary to the council of ma-gistrates in that city. He is the author of Narodniya Ruskiya skazki ("Russian Popular Tales," 4 vols., completed in 1863), a series of stories taken down from the mouths of Russian peasants, with critical notes. His other great work, Poetitcheskiya rozzrycniya Slav-yan na prirodu (" Poetic Views of Nature entertained by the ancient Slavs,". 3 vols., completed in 1869), is a mine of wealth on the subject of Slavic legends and popular conceptions in respect to the spiritual and material world He was also a frequent contributor to the Russian press of articles bearing on Slavic history, literature, and archa?ology.