Front matter
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New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
A YEAR IN RUSSIA
BY
MAURICE BARING
AUTHOR OF “WITH THE RUSSIANS IN MANCHURIA,” ETC.
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1907
DEDICATED
TO
LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON
“Vieni a veder Montecchi e Cappelletti,
Monaldi e Filippeschi, uom senza cura;
Color già tristi e costor con sospetti.
Vien, crudel, vieni e vedi la pressura
De’ tuoi gentili, e cura lor magagne:
E vedrai Santafior come si cura.
Vieni a veder la tua Roma, che piagne,
Vedova, sola, e dì e notte chiama:
Cesare mio, perchè non m’ accompagne?”
Dante (Purg. VI.)
“Une nation ne se sépare jamais de son passé sans de cruels déchirements.”
“Why, Sir, absolute princes seldom do any harm. But they who are governed by them are governed by chance. There is no security for good government.”
Dr. Johnson
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