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I I I . ,
EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT OF ALL THE RUSSIAS,
■ S ir e ,
I count myself happy in being permitted to dedicate
Wfhis work to the august Ruler o f an Empire in which I have
^travelled extensively, and from whose people I have met with
minvarying kindness, and attention. Most o f my visits to the
WContinent were undertaken with a view to relaxation and enjoy-
Unent, but with this has been blended an attempt to be o f
U'ehgious use to the poor and unfortunate.
I I was considering how such a double purpose could be effected
in seven countries through which I was to pass, in 1874,
Waken, not knowing the language o f Russia, my only course fo r
H lat country seemed to be the distribution o f religious literature.
H p 26 distribution I was allowed to begin in the prisons o f
^KMersburg; and during fiv e subsequent summers I have pur-
mued a similar method over the greater portion o f the Empire.
I eacl1 ° f these occasions I sought the assistance o f two
Wiocieties in London, by whose aid I was enabled to distribute
mnore than 100,000 publications, and to place at least some
%)rtion o f Holy Scripture in each room op every prison and
hospital throughout Finland, the Caucasus, and certain othei
o f European Russia, as well as throughout the whole
o f Siberia, the works circulated being either printed by the Holy
Wfanod, or duly authorized by the Censor.