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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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