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Russian Life To-Day (Classic Reprint)

Author : Herbert Bury
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267420964
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Russian Life To-Day (Classic Reprint) written by Herbert Bury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Russian Life to-Day Y first inclination, when the entirely unex pected proposal of the Publishers came to me to write this book, was immediately to decline. There are so many well-known writers on Russia, whose books are an unfailing pleasure and source of information, that it seemed to me to be nothing less than presumption to add to their number. But when I was assured that there seems to be a great desire just now for a book which, as the Publishers expressed it, should not attempt an elaborate sketch of the country, nor any detailed description of its system of government and administration, or any exhaustive study of the Russian Church, and yet should give the impressions of a sympathetic observer of some of the chief aspects of Russian Life which are likely to appeal to an English Churchman, I felt that I might venture to attempt it. 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.

Russian Life

Author : Francis H. E. Palmer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365479963
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Russian Life written by Francis H. E. Palmer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Russian Life: In Town and Country Russian life, the only phase of the national existence that the ordinary visitor ever sees, whether on business or pleasure bent, is the outgrt of the reforms instituted by Peter the Great, and copied from much that we are familiar with in Western Europe. The modern development of Russia has, it is true, grown with wonderful rapidity of late years, but it is almost entirely confined to the towns and the regions easily accessible by the railway. New railways are constantly being laid down, but Russia covers so vast an area that a glance at the map will sufi'ice to show how large a pro portion of the country must remain for many years outside their inﬂuence. Less than twelve per cent. Of the nation reside in towns, not eight per cent. Near enough to urban centres to be inﬂuenced by town life, while the remaining eighty per cent., people of every rank of life from nobles to peasants, dwell in regions that modern life and thought have as yet hardly touched to any appreciable extent. 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.

Home Life in Russia (Classic Reprint)

Author : A. S. Rappoport
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483655768
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Home Life in Russia (Classic Reprint) written by A. S. Rappoport and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Home Life in Russia Ing features of a country about which the average reader, after all, knows but little. I have also described the daily round of family and social intercourse, the life at school, and the University, the outlook on religion and social questions. In the preparation of this volume I have relied not only upon memory and the reminiscences of my childhood, but also upon various Russian authors who have described several aspects of Russian Home Life. If I have succeeded in adding a little to the know ledge the average English reader possesses of Russia. 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.

Serf Life in Russia

Author : Alexandra De Holstein
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266530817
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Serf Life in Russia written by Alexandra De Holstein and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Serf Life in Russia: The Childhood of a Russian Grandmother The pictures of serf life in Russia (as it existed before 1861) collected together in this volume are not only interesting as being what the French would call sensations but are also of psychological value as being the self-revelation of the outwardly wayward, but vibratingly sensitive child soul of a little girl, brought up under almost mediaeval conditions in the middle of the nineteenth century. Old social and economic forms were crumbling away around the child, who played and dreamed, and often revolted, in the garden of the old Russian manor house. The first faint impulses of modern thought, science, and economic outlook were making themselves felt in town and university centres throughout the civilised world. Steam and electricity were alread beginning to under mine stealthily the fortresses of the old order. But Russia herself, throughout all her. 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.

Russia and the Russians (Classic Reprint)

Author : Edmund Noble
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365236252
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Russia and the Russians (Classic Reprint) written by Edmund Noble and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Russia and the Russians In the transliteration of Russian words the Eng lish spelling has been for the most part followed. 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.

Home Life in Russia, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Gogol' Gogol'
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332985626
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Home Life in Russia, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Gogol' Gogol' and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-16 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Home Life in Russia, Vol. 1 of 2 English reader, as a worthy companion to the Revelations of Siberia, and as adding one more to our scanty list of books which throw upon the domestic life of our ancient allies and present foes. 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.

Home Life in Russia, Vol. 2 of 2

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330472880
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Home Life in Russia, Vol. 2 of 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Home Life in Russia, Vol. 2 of 2: By a Russian Noble 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.

Tolstoy

Author : Rosamund Bartlett
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547545878
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Tolstoy written by Rosamund Bartlett and published by HMH. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the brilliant author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina “should become the first resort for everyone drawn to its titanic subject” (Booklist, starred review). In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. At the time of his death, he was the most famous man in Russia, more revered than the tsar, with a growing international following. Born into an aristocratic family, Tolstoy spent his existence rebelling against not only conventional ideas about literature and art but also traditional education, family life, organized religion, and the state. In “an epic biography that does justice to an epic figure,” Rosamund Bartlett draws extensively on key Russian sources, including fascinating material that has only become available since the collapse of the Soviet Union (Library Journal, starred review). She sheds light on Tolstoy’s remarkable journey from callow youth to writer to prophet; discusses his troubled relationship with his wife, Sonya; and vividly evokes the Russian landscapes Tolstoy so loved and the turbulent times in which he lived.

Glorious Russia

Author : Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267779635
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Glorious Russia written by Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Glorious Russia: Its Life, People, and Destiny When the time came for him to assert himself he showed at an early age an unprecedented amount of initiative and determination of character which surprised everyone, and a relentless energy and severity which effectively quelled disaffection. Whilst there was much that was lovable about Peter the. Great, his fierce harshness and furious temper made him terrible in the eyes of his subjects. And yet his appearance was a political necessity, and such his subjects felt it to be. 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.

Russian Life to-Day

Author : Herbert Bury
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330123751
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Russian Life to-Day written by Herbert Bury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Russian Life to-Day My first inclination, when the entirely unexpected proposal of the Publishers came to me to write this book, was immediately to decline. There are so many well-known writers on Russia, whose books are an unfailing pleasure and source of information, that it seemed to me to be nothing less than presumption to add to their number. But when I was assured that there seems to be a great desire just now for a book which, as the Publishers expressed it, "should not attempt an elaborate sketch of the country, nor any detailed description of its system of government and administration, or any exhaustive study of the Russian Church, and yet should give the impressions of a sympathetic observer of some of the chief aspects of Russian Life which are likely to appeal to an English Churchman," I felt that I might venture to attempt it. 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.

Day by Day With the Russian Army, 1914-15 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Bernard Pares
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331566307
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Day by Day With the Russian Army, 1914-15 (Classic Reprint) written by Bernard Pares and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Day by Day With the Russian Army, 1914-15 For the last ten years or more I have paid long visits to Russia, being interested in anything that might con duce to closer relations between the two countries. During this time the whole course of Russia's public life has brought her far nearer to England - ih particular, the creation of new legislative institutions, the Wonderful economic development of the country, and the first real acquaintance which England has made with Russian culture. I always travelled to Russia through Germany, whose people had an inborn unintelligence and contempt for all things Russian, and whose Government has done what it could to hold England and Russia at arm's length from each other. I often used to wonder which of us Germany would fight first. 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.

The Story of Russia (Classic Reprint)

Author : Robert Van Bergen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484166065
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Russia (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Van Bergen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Russia Russia in Europe, however, with the exception Of Poland and Finland, is a country with one religion and one language: that is, the czar and his government recog nize and admit no other. That is the cause Of the perse cution Of the Jews, four fifths of whom dwell in the Southwest Of Russia in an area covering square miles, which is sometimes mentioned as the jewish terri tory. Every succeeding czar has tried to make all his subjects think and act in the manner prescribed by him. The process is known as Russianizing. And goes on incessantly in its different stages. Immediately after the conquest of a country, its people are assured that their religion, institutions, and language, shall be respected: the only difference is that the native Officials are displaced by Russians. This continues until Russian rule is firmly established, and no one dreams of resisting the czar. Then the Russian language displaces the native tongue, and if disturbances occur, the military is called in to inflict a terrible punishment. The loss of the native language carries with it that Of old institutions, and when the people have submitted to their fate, it is the turn of their religion. The Russian is in no hurry; he has a conviction that time has no changes in store for his empire, hence he bides his time, and is likely to succeed in his purpose. This process is now carried on in Central Asia where Russian power has found its greatest expansion in modern times. It is but fair to admit that Russian absorption there has been highly beneficial because robber tribes were reduced to law and order. 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.

The Russians at Home and the Russians Abroad, Vol. 1

Author : H. Sutherland Edwards
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484813600
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book The Russians at Home and the Russians Abroad, Vol. 1 written by H. Sutherland Edwards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Russians at Home and the Russians Abroad, Vol. 1: Sketches, Unpolitical and Political, of Russian Life Under Alexander II A long preface is sometimes a worse evil than even a big book and the two volumes now offered to the public form a work of rather formidable dimensions. The author has nothing to say about them except that the first volume is Wholly unpolitical, and that it consists for the most part of chapters selected, and in many cases abridged, from a book published not many years after the accession of the Emperor Alexander II., under the title of the Russians at Home While. 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.

My Russian Year (Classic Reprint)

Author : Rothay Reynolds
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331600926
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book My Russian Year (Classic Reprint) written by Rothay Reynolds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Russian Year In allowing me to reprint the two Tales Dmitri told Me, and to make use of one or two other pieces which originally appeared in the Daily News. I have also to acknowledge my indebted ness to an admirable paper on the life of Mme Breshkovsky by Mr. Ernesto Poole, which first appeared in the American Outlook. The setting of the two folk-tales referred to above is imaginary. With this exception I have tried to record incidents. 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.

The Russian Advance (Classic Reprint)

Author : Albert J. Beveridge
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331320534
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Russian Advance (Classic Reprint) written by Albert J. Beveridge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Russian Advance Volume; and, indeed, the seeming advisability of their publication in book form, and certain requests therefor, are the occasion and apology for this work. They are reproduced practically without change. It was believed that a more comprehensive under standing Of the whole subject might be given if other chapters were added brieﬂy describing Siberia and certain conditions and tendencies in Russia itself. These form the remainder of the book. It has been the earnest endeavor to treat the subject with impartiality. Indeed, nothing has been essayed except to give the reader a faithful report of what any inquiring traveller may see and hear for himself if he Should take the same journey. 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.

Twice Born in Russia

Author : Natalia Petrova
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666948090
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Twice Born in Russia written by Natalia Petrova and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twice Born in Russia: My Life Before and in the Revolution It is unique also for the singular spirit in which it is written, a spirit remarkably devoid of rancour, bitterness, or revenge. It is both an indictment of the pre-revolutionary aristoc racy for its blindness, its stupidity, its other worldliness, and its anachronistic methods of educating its own (in this connection I found the early and less dramatic chapters extremely illuminating) and, at the same time, the author herself, by her own qualities, testifies however indirectly to the sort of character engendered by such education, a character the bases of which are courage, disinterestedness, and pride. 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.

Russian Traits and Terrors

Author : E. B. Lanin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484609791
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Russian Traits and Terrors written by E. B. Lanin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Russian Traits and Terrors: A Faithful Picture of the Russia of to-Day I may state here, what should be obvious enough without any express declaration, that neither these general asser tions nor the facts that I Shall presently bring forward to illustrate and support them, imply anything in the nature of censure or reproach. To blame a people for habits which are the outcome of conditions over which they had practically no control, would argue ignorance of their his tory and of the nature of morality itself. It would be just as reasonable to condemn the moth for eating woollen stuffs, or to wax indignant at the depravity of those female spiders of certain species of Epeirides, who coolly devour the males as soon as the latter have discharged their natural functions, as to allot praise or blame for conduct and principles which are practically as independent of the will of the nation as its physical type. One Should bring to the study of the ways and habits of men, no less than of animals, if the results are to be worth having, a spirit of intelligent curi osity equally free from prejudice and passion. When, therefore, I affirm that a careful survey of the facts of Russian social life warrants - nay, imperatively calls for - the employment of a standard of judgment widely dif ferent from that which we are wont to apply to other European people - the Russians being, as Burke would say, still in the gristle, not yet hardened in the bone of manhood - I merely state a fact which can at worst dis credit their spiritual or political guides, if proved to be the result of their negligence or malice. And even a Slight acquaintance with the facts of the case is sufficient to Show that an abyss divides Russian civilization from that of Western Europe on the one hand, and that this is, to a very considerable extent, the result of what may be termed artificially arrested development on the other. 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.