The Empire of the Czar, Vol. 1 of 3

Download or read book The Empire of the Czar, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Marquis de Custine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Empire of the Czar, Vol. 1 of 3: Or, Observations on the Social, Political, and Religious State and Prospects of Russia, Made During a Journey Through That Empire The work recently published in Paris, of which these volumes are a translation, has appeared in the form of letters addressed to anonymous friends. This form has not been preserved in the translation, which is divided into chapters; an arrangement better adapted to the taste of the English reader, and unobjectionable in other respects, as the division of the chapters still corresponds with that of the original epistles. In making the alteration, a few very trivial modifications in the phraseology of the text were necessary. The translator has likewise ventured on some occasions slightly to curtail the French paragraphs. It will, however, be sufficient to add, that no details have been abbreviated, nor one single observation omitted, that appeared likely to interest the general reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.