The Empire of Russia
Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
English
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| Transcriber's Note: | Many place names are spelled differently in different locations in this book; in most cases, these variations in spelling have been retained. Typographical errors in people's names and other words have been corrected and marked with underlining and a message that will display the original spelling in the book. |
THE MONARCHIES
OF
CONTINENTAL EUROPE.
THE
EMPIRE OF RUSSIA
FROM THE
REMOTEST PERIODS TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY
JOHN S.C. ABBOTT
BOSTON:
GRAVES AND YOUNG,
24 CORNHILL.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by
MASON BROTHERS,
In the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
STEREOTYPED BY
T.B. SMITH & SON
82 & 84 BEEKMAN-ST
PREFACE.
The world is now too busy to read voluminous history. The interminabledetails of battles, and the petty intrigues of courtiers andmistresses, have lost their interest. In this volume it has been ourobject to trace perspicuously the path which Russia has trod fromearliest infancy to the present hour. The career of this empire hasbeen so wild and wonderful that the historian can have no occasion tocall in the aid of fancy for the embellishment of his narrative.
The author has not deemed it necessary to incumber his pages withnotes to substantiate his statements. The renowned Russian historian,Karamsin, who wrote under the patronage of Alexander I., gives ampleauthentication to all the facts which are stated up to the reign ofthat emperor. His voluminous history, in classic beauty, isunsurpassed by any of the annals of Greece or Rome. It has beenadmirably translated into French by Messrs. St. Thomas and Jauffret ineleven imperial quarto volumes. In the critical citations of thisauthor, the reader, curious in such researches, will find every factin the early history of Russia, here stated, confirmed.
There are but few valuable works upon Russia in the English language.
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