Russia Under Alexander III. and in the Preceding Period.

xxxvi, 306 pp. CONTENTS: Alexander III as Tsarevich; Alexander III as Absolute Ruler; The Empress and Her Surroundings; The Small Courts; Personalities of the Court and the State; Von Giers; Pobyedonotsev as Minister; Secret Police; The Necessity of Knowing Russia; Misdoings of the Clergy; Finland; The Aksakov Family; M. N. Katkov; Alexander Koshelev's Memoirs; Krayeevsky and Byelinsky; Russian Pioneers; Appendix.