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PREFACE.
Amid the broken recollections of classic lore that begin to
fade into the limbo of “the subliminal consciousness,” as soon
as we leave the discipline of our Alma Mater, is a Roman
saying that it is better to do doughty deeds than to write
about them.
The bearing of this observation lies in the fact that it is my
friend, Herr Stadling, whose experiences and gleanings in the
land of Tolstoi are here set forth. He has borne the fatigues of
travel, gone in and out of plague and famine-stricken huts, and
gathered from eyewitnesses and authorities the facts that did
not come under his own observation. These he recorded in a
Swedish work, “Från det Hungrande Ryssland.” It has been
my pleasant share, during a summer holiday on a pine-clad
granite island between Stockholm and the Baltic, to co-operate
with him in the rearrangement of the matter, to offer
suggestions, and provide the whole with an English dress. While most
of the matter is contained in the Swedish book just mentioned,
it has been entirely rewritten, with complete change of form and
many omissions and additions, for the English public. Some of
the experiences in the relief work proper have been narrated in
different language in The Century Magazine (June and August,
1894), and the story of Prince Khilkov has appeared, in other
words and shorter form, in The Sunday Magazine.
The illustrations are reproduced from the originals used in the
Swedish book. They are for the most part from photographs
taken by Herr Stadling, and afterwards drawn by Herr J. Tiren,
one of Sweden’s foremost living artists.
WILL REASON.
Canning Town.
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