Technical query on the Russian texts. Since these are apparently either a prerevolutionary or an early Soviet émigré production, they contain some letters that are not normally used in present-day Russian, as well as a lot of final hard-signs (ъ) that would not be written these days. Would those of you who might be using the Russian texts I may post prefer that I modernize the orthography or leave it in its czarist dress?

Thanks for the scans, DtG; I'll get back to you as to which is better.

Liland