Another look at the kick-sled

Falconer's Wood by Tatiana Iliina

XV

Thou fairy-land! Where formerly
Shone pungent Satire’s dauntless king,
Von Wisine, friend of liberty,
And Kniajnine, apt at copying.
The young Simeonova too there
With Ozeroff was wont to share
Applause, the people’s donative.
There our Katenine did revive
Corneille’s majestic genius,
Sarcastic Shakhovskoi brought out
His comedies, a noisy rout,
There Didelot became glorious,
There, there, beneath the side-scene’s shade
The drama of my youth was played.

Here’s a case where the next blog has been planned for quite a while and just got pushed aside. Probably because of having to scan the picture. This old photo shows Tatiana and her mother in Russia, using a kick-sled. What an awesome photo!

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