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CONTENTS.--Preface.--Introduction.--Czarism: its historical origin.--The Czar Nicholas.--The Organization of the Government.--The Army and Navy.--The Nobility.--The Clergy.--The Bourgeoisie.--The Cossacks.--The Real People, the Peasantry.--The Rights of Aliens and Strangers.--The Commoner.--Emancipation.--Manifest Destiny.--Appendix.--The Amazons.--The Fourteen Classes of the Russian Public Service; or, the Tschins.--The Political Testament of Peter the Great.--Extract from an Old Chronicle. “The author takes no superficial, empirical view of his subject, but collecting a rich variety of facts, brings the lights of a profound philosophy to their explanation. His work, indeed, neglects no essential detail--it is minute and accurate in its statistics--it abounds in lively pictures of society, manners and character. * * Whoever wishes to obtain an accurate notion of the internal condition of Russia, the nature and extent of her resources, and the practical influence of her institutions, will here find better materials for his purpose than in any single volume now extant.”-- N. Y. Tribune.

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