ABSTRACT

First published in 1859, Russia: By a Recent Traveller was originally prompted by the Publication in the English press in December 1857 of the Imperial Proclamaton of the imminent emancipation of the Russian serfs, upon which Perason planned a visit to Russia in the summer of 1858 to gain first-hand impressions of the state of the country and information about the problems connected with the 'Great Reform'. The fruits of his journey were his 'Letters', published in fifteen successive numbers of the weekly Continental Review, between 22 September and 29 December 1858.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

letter |7 pages

Letter I

letter |8 pages

Letter II

letter |8 pages

Letter III

letter |10 pages

Letter IV

letter |10 pages

Letter V

letter |10 pages

Letter VI

letter |10 pages

Letter VII

letter |10 pages

Letter VIII

letter |10 pages

Letter IX

letter |9 pages

Letter X

letter |9 pages

Letter XI

letter |10 pages

Letter XII

letter |8 pages

Letter XIII

letter |9 pages

Letter XIV

letter |9 pages

Letter XV

letter |9 pages

Letter XVI