The Russian shores of the Black Sea and a journey to Katmandu

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Excerpt from The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852: With a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks It may seem singular that there is no country in Europe about which so little has been written, and about which, consequently, so little is known, as that vast Empire of Russia, which absorbs in itself half the Continent, and which, from its extent and position, would seem to demand a principal share of the attention of those nations whose desti nies it may one day control and yet it is not very difficult to account for this, when the great difficulty of obtaining authentic information is considered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. 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.