Excerpt from The New Volumes of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 25: Constituting in Combination With the Existing Volumes of the Ninth Edition, the Tenth Edition of That Work, and Also Supplying a New, Distinctive, and Independent Library of Reference Dealing With Recent Events and DevelopmentsSir Archibald Geikie, on the occasion of the banquet held at Christ's College, Cam bridge, in 1888, to celebrate the issue of the twenty-fourth volume of the Ninth Edition, expressed a wish that it were possible explicitly to contrast the conditions and prospects of the world at that timewith what they had been when the eighth edition was completed in 1861, to sketch the vast realms of knowledge and of thought that had been conquered, and to enumerate even a few of the great treasures, undreamt of in variety and value, which have been added to the sum of human knowledge. Such an apposition, displaying side by side the state of human knowledge in 1880 and its present state, would yield an even more striking lesson. Within these twenty years - and as we have seen, the period corered by the new volumes is in fact much longer - there have been astounding changes in all departments: political, social, economic, religious, scientific, literary, and artistic. Political frontiers have been altered by wars and conventions; the British Empire has vastly increased in vitality as well as in extent; America, recovered from the shock of her Civil War, has become a world-power as well as an industrial factor of the first import once; Germany, since the franco-prussian War, has become another industrial competitor; France has made extraordinary efforts to regain lost ground; and in the Far East, Japan has attained an unforeseen importance. The chief postulates of all branches of inquiry have been revolutionized by the widespread application of the theory of evolution and of new methods of research, while the application of science to the arts has enlarged our Vision and led to new inventions in every sphere of life. Preventive medicine and aseptic 8lll'gery have come into existence and been matured; literary and artistic produc tion has increased with almost unexampled rapidity, and much of this increase has been Wholesome and deserves attention; great men and women have passed away, leaving PM Va to the enlightenment of posterity, and new personalities of commanding npol'tﬂnce have come to the front.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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Wallace, Donald MacKenzie

Earth Sciences

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The result of six years of study and travel in pre-Soviet Russia, this work by a major British journalist provides a vivid description of daily life under the last three Tsars, in the turbulent age following the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.
Originally published in 1984.
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Russia: On the Eve of War and Revolution (Princeton Legacy Library)

History

Russia

Princeton University Press

The result of six years of study and travel in pre-Soviet Russia, this work by a major British journalist provides a vivid description of daily life under the last three Tsars, in the turbulent age following the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.
Originally published in 1984.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Europe

Russia; Volume 1

Legare Street Press

This significant history of late Tsarist Russia was first published in 1877; reissued here is the edition of 1912, the last to be revised and updated by its author, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919). Having been orphaned at an early age, but with private means, Wallace spent most of his twenties studying law, philosophy and ethics at various European universities. He was invited to visit Russia in order to study the language and customs of the Ossetians, a nomadic tribe of south Russia, but stayed for six years, studying the Russians themselves and their vast country: the first edition of this influential and still relevant work was the result. Wallace became a foreign correspondent for The Times, and was associated with the newspaper for the rest of his working life, though he also advised the British government, and occasionally royalty, on foreign and diplomatic issues.

Russia (Cambridge Library Collection - European History)

Cambridge University Press

Egypt and the Egyptian Question

Middle East

Nabu Press

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Russia, Volume 1

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