The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-11
Of THE EARLY BOOKS Of THE FALL GANI

A freehaud sketch OF n broad country IL
."AH the Russlas.r by Henry Norman, Mem
Der OF Parliament.
II invites the two Notwithstanding ooun-
tries to a closer acquaintance and under
standing with the great white boar. and
perhaps may be said TO convey u hint OF the
wisdom OF so doing. Like another d.
tlneriehei Eugiishman. Lord Rosebery.
Who recently said OF Russia that 1t moves
on. as it were. by its own impetus; IL Is
silent. concentrated. perpetual and TN
broken; IL is therefore successful" Ir. Nor
man,-tOo. cbservts that Russia Is SONG
ahead" While he indulges in no predictions.
he believes in n great, even "A greater, iu-
ture FOR the land Of the Tsars, and. Incl
dcntally. though by no means overlooking
her crave social disorders. diSCreaits The
probability OF revolutionary uphelvat
Russis's recent and uuprec-dent j COM
mercial and Industrial development and her
relations with Britain IN particular. and
the rest OF the world IN general. are what
chiefly interest Mr.. Norman Coming frol
u mtmber OF Parliament. apropos Of these
lTtter phases. his following succinct. mcaD
statement OF Rus7ia's international signia-
cance IS worth mention and consideration
The Eastern question is-how will Russia
;ry again TO get ConstantinCple2 Tn Far
Eastern question is-will Russia succeed In
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for the British Empire is-wlI Russia 1t
tempt 10 invade India Also. "The Triple
Alliance is q league against Russia The
caapters on foreign politics. Russia and the
nations. and Russia and England are inter
estiuE and in many respects novel discus
sions OF these questions. But most sugges-
tive. at least 10 American readers. is his
observation. which has no place In his DIS
cussion proper. and comes by way OF in
nueudo. that Anglican rican relations are
Of greater Importance than any other qu-s-
ton before the world.
Nevertheless politics Sc hut a part or Mr..
Normau's hook. Nor hiss & teen his Object
profoundly and heavily 10 dissertate upon
Russian institutions and IL. but 10 pre-
sent a picture OF those aspects Of con-
temporary Russia which would interest for
eign readers. In a single volume no man
could 40 more than sketch Russia: but
sketchel Il he has and that teuingiy. A.
ease with his pen. and a trained pen. he
writes ingenuously. but with a store OF i'm
pressions that bring 90 she reader "A sud
den warmth OF interest n that haary half-
] continent Of waste and Opulence. famine
and rich fields. wolves and peasants. Nihi-
lists and Tsars. To read him Is 10 journey.
or. more properly. TO tour. The capitals s..
| Petersburg and the two Moscows. through
| Finland Siberia. over TIE Great Waterway.
into the Caucasus and Central Asia with a
1 gentleman OF parts and learning very much
absorbed IN what he sees and largely IN.
formed thereof. keenly. very keenly ob.
servant. and especially olive TO things OFF.
cial. things military. political. social anr
economic: 70 tour with a gentleman OF ap
probation. even sympathy that Is no
too strong a term Tor a Britisher in riva
domains: though he himself acknowledge
that at home he viii be called pro-Bussiai