NOTES

OF A

NINE YEARS' RESIDENCE

IN RUSSIA,

FROM 1844 TO 1853.

WITH NOTICES OF THE TZARS

NICHOLAS I. AND ALEXANDER II.

BY

ROBERT HARRISON.

LONDON:

T. CAUTLEY NEW BY,

30, WELBECK STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE.

1855.

203. l. 149.

ΤΟ

AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD, Esq. M.P.

ETC. ETC. ETC.

THE PUBLIC MAN,

ON WHOM,

IN THE PRESENT CRISIS, THE EYES OF ALL ENGLAND ARE

MOST EARNESTLY AND MOST HOPEFULLY FIXED,

This Book

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

AS A MARK OF HOMAGE

DUE TO HIS GREAT TALENTS, UNWEARIED ENERGY,

AND FEARLESS PATRIOTISM,

BY HIS

SINCERE ADMIRER AND VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.