The text, abundantly accompanied by photographs, lists some of the Polish tombs in the Lychakiv Cemetery. These include monuments to Seweryn Goszczyński, Jan Nepomucen Kamiński, Jan and Stanisław Dobrzański, Karol Szajnocha and others. The article also briefly mentions the history of the cemetery (Source: Tygodnik Illustrowany, Warsaw 1911, Półrocze II, pp. 872-873, after: Biblioteka Cyfrowa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego).

A modernised reading of the text.

Lychakiv Cemetery.

In the eastern part of the vast city of Lviv there is a hill, as if it were a giant tent, under which thousands of "weary" people sleep in eternal slumber. This is Lychakiv cemetery. The romantic retreat is covered with lush ranks of trees and numerous spires of monuments. Amidst the greenery of various shades, colourful tombstones shine as if they were flowers made of metal, bound by white ribbons of winding roads, closed by rows of chapels. The Lychakiv Cemetery was opened in 1780, expanded several times and created, thanks to the art of sculpture and the skill of gardening, one of the most beautiful places of "eternal rest" in the Polish lands. Dozens of larger and smaller chapels, many expensive tombs of the civic, clerical and military circles, especially of the wealthy bourgeoisie of Lwow, and thousands of tombstones merged into one harmonious whole, interlaced in summer with colourful flowers and fresh greenery. In addition to the usual stonework, we find here numerous works by artists, made in Polanyi, Mykolaiv, Ternopil, Tremblovsk stone, in marble, labrador, granite, or cast in bronze. The styles before the viewer's eyes range from pseudo-classicism (Wittwer and A. Schimser) through Romanticism (Filippi), naturalism (Barącz) to symbolic works of recent times (S. Ostrowski). Old monuments generally survive in small numbers. The earliest of these, with the name of the deceased obliterated, dates back to 1787, the second hides the corpse of Małgorzata Zabłotowska (year 1788), and the third dates back to 1790, with the inscription "Nicolaus Trzeciak ... castellani ovrucensis, natus anno 1708". The oldest is the chapel of the lir. Dunin Borkowski Chapel, founded in 1812 by Leonard Wincenty Borkowski, chamberlain to King Stanislaw August. In its vaults lie the ashes of numerous members of a family that was at the forefront of society with its work and education. Guarding, as it were, the eternal resting place of the countrymen is the monument to Seweryn Goszczyński (born 1803, died 1870), soldier, poet and patriot, standing next to the main gate. On a high pedestal sits a massive figure of the author of "The Castle of Kaniów". It is the work of Julian Markowski. Stanisław Ostrowski decorated the grave of the researcher of our language and literature, university professor Piotr Chmielowski, with a monument. On a secluded hill at the northern end of the cemetery stands a monument to Valery Lozinski (born 1838, died 1861), author of numerous popular novels and founder of the first folk periodical in Lviv entitled "Dzwonek". Monument to Abel Perier. The remains of the historian Karol Szajnocha (b. 1818, d. 1868) are interred in an obelisk-shaped tomb with a niche containing a bust of the deceased. A Polish eagle settles on the obelisk, with figures representing history and literature at its feet. Sculpture by Filippi and Perier. Szajnocha's colleague, historian and member of the National School Board, Henryk Schmitt (b. 1817, d. 1883), is buried in a common grave with his wife Leokadia, née Nałęcz Mitraszewska, and his son Mieczysław, long-time editor of the "Dziennik Polski" and director of the Lviv theatre. Barącz's work. A figure of prominence among journalists of his time, one of Galicia's most prominent public figures, Jan Dobrzański, editor of the "Gazeta Narodowa" (b. 1820, d. 1886), shares his grave with his son Stanisław, a dramatic artist, theatre director and author of stage works. The resting place of the novelist Józef Dzierzkowski (b. 1807, d. 1865) is marked by a stone cross, while an obelisk marks the grave of the historian and poet August Bielowski (b. 1806, d. 1876), a distinguished director of the Ossoliński National Institute. An iron fence encloses the grave of poet Karol Baliński (b. 1817, d. 1864). Other writers buried in the Łyczaków cemetery include: Tadeusz Romanowicz, a social activist, publicist and author, whose well-deserved name was given by the city council to one of the new streets of Lviv; further, Henryk Rewakowicz, a long-time editor of the "Kuryer Lwowski"; Aureli Urbanski, a poet and playwright; Jan Lam (b. 1838, died 1886), an exceptionally talented novelist, satirist, and journalist; Hipolit Stupnicki (d. 1878), the publisher of "Przyjaciel domowy" ("Friend of the House"), known for his painstaking work, the doyen of Polish journalists Platon Kostecki, the novelist and poet Maryan Gawalewicz (b. 1852, d. 1910), and among the women: the editor of "Zagrobowy Swiat", Malwina Gromadzińska (d. 1875), the sultry singer Maria Bartusówna, and the master of the lute, Maria Konopnicka (b. 1846, d. 1910). Among the musicians we have the names of Michał Dębicki (b. 1754, d. 1816), Karol Mikuli, an excellent interpreter of Chopin melodies, Ludwik Marek, Matylda Żlobicka, adored by her pupils, Rudolf Schware, director of the Lviv conservatory, and Feliks Szumlański (b. 1814, d. 1874), the author of numerous carols whose homely, sincere and sweet notes capture every Polish heart. He saved his wealth, several tens of thousands, for scholarships for secondary school students. The tombstone of Artur Grottger (b. 1837, d. 1867), by Filippi, is extremely beautiful, subtle in execution, and full of expression. The female figure kneeling beneath the cross is a portrait of his grieving fiancée, Wanda Monne, later married to Mlodnicka, who modelled and finished the late master's medallion in stone. The Schimser family, Julian Markowski, Tadeusz Barącz, Edmund Jaskólski, Tomasz Dykas and Andrzej Grabowski present a bundle of the names of chisel and brush artists at this resting place. Architects are represented among the graves by the worthy name of Professor Julian Zacharyewicz from Lvigrod, while dramatic artists, next to S. Dobrzański, are represented by the once famous names of Jan Nep. Kamiński (b. 1777, d. 1855), Jan Nep. Nowakowski (b. 1796, d. 1865), Vitalis Smohowski (b. 1793, d. 1888), Aniela Aszpergerowa and Gustaw Fischer. Less than modest is the tombstone over the remains of the indomitable patriot, parliamentary jubilarian Franciszek Smolka. In order to rectify the mistake with regard to the illustrious statesman, a civic committee was formed and in recent weeks commissioned the sculptor Tadeusz Błotnicki to create and erect a magnificent monument in Smolka Square. At the head of the host of deceased comrades-in-arms we meet General Józef lir. Kalinowski (d. 1825), resting in a tomb shaped like a Gothic chapel. A separate field, enclosed by a hedge, contains the remains of servicemen from the year 1831, donated by the city to the veterans, and decorated by the committee with a sarcophagus with a lancer's cap and eagle (chiseled by Henryk Perier) placed in the centre. All around stand uniform iron crosses with inscriptions on the graves in a row. There are many more graves of comrades-in-arms from 1863 on the cemetery's plateau, also donated by the patriotic town council. There, a statue of a villager with an unfurled banner shoots boldly towards the sky. This is Szymon Wizunas Moczydłów Szydłowski, formerly a member of a princely family, and after 1863 dressed as a peasant of the SS estate. Mercy, to whom he spared no expense in extending their hospital building. In fact, throughout the cemetery we find many tombs of Polish soldiers, including those of Generals Antoni Jeziorański and Michał Heydenreich-Kruk. The last of his colleagues now laid to rest is Colonel JanStella Sawicki (Struś), MD, national inspector of hospitals in Galicia. The lofty statue of Ordon with the symbol of a lion wounded by an arrow (sculpted by T. Barącz) draws attention to itself in the chief place, near it two wooden high crosses with the inscriptions "1863" and "Kroże". It is a pity that, unable to erect a masonry pantheon, the city did not set aside a "St. Fields" cairn exclusively for others of merit to the nation, as well as for soldiers. This should now be done, for better late than never.