Front matter
Reading edition

Transcriber's note
The music file (Page 149) is the music transcriber's interpretation of the printed notation and is placed in the public domain.
RUSSIAN ESSAYS AND STORIES
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A Year in Russia With the Russians in Manchuria
RUSSIAN ESSAYS AND STORIES
BY
MAURICE BARING AUTHOR OF “A YEAR IN RUSSIA” ETC.
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published in 1908
DEDICATED TO EVAN CHARTERIS