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attractiveness to the book. I have, therefore, ifluch 

 pleasure in congratulating him on the results of his 

 travels, the opening out of new cornniercial relations 

 with Russia, and the publication of his book, which 

 will forttl a useful addition to English literature on 

 the subject of the Russian Erripire. 



A. HEYKING. 



