A Visit To St Petersburg In The Winter Of 1829 30 Classic Reprint

Author : Edward Morton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656952182
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Travels in Russia written by Edward Morton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Russia: And a Residence at St. Petersburg and Odessa, in the Years 1827-1829; Intended to Give Some Account of Russia as It Is and Not as It Is Represented to Be, &C, &C The author of the following sheets, during his late residence in Russia, was in the habit of keeping a daily journal, at first with no other object in view than his own instruction, and the amusement of his immediate friends in England, who received a volume, from time to time, when he had the opportunity of forwarding it by a conveyance not liable to official visitation. On ceasing to be regarded as a stranger in Russia, his sources of information multiplied; and his recorded facts accumulating in the same pro portion, led him to entertain the idea of attempt ing, at some future period, a History of Odessa a work which seemed to be required, as none had previously appeared in this country profess ing to give a full and accurate description of that town. Scarcely, however, had he commenced the collection of materials expressly for this pur pose, when circumstances occurred which in duced him, from a sense of professional duty as an English physician, to resign the appointment he held under a written protest, and to demand a passport for England. His plans, so far as re. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.