Excerpt from The Self-Discovery of Russia HE following pages deal 'with some aspects of the self-discovery of Russia, as these were visible in the summer of 1915. Part of the second section of Theme III has appeared in The Contemporary Review, and Theme IV is substantially as it was published in The Hibbert Journal. Any suggestion of dogmatism in the passages relating to foreign affairs is simply due to the fact that they are based upon conversations with two or three of the highest Russian authorities on that subject. Where many are concerned who have aided me in various particulars it is difficult to make detailed acknowledg ment, but I cannot refrain from expressing my gratitude to a friend through many years, Mr. A. N. Koulomzine, President of the Council of the Empire, without whose interest some of the following experiences would not have been possible. At the same time he is not respon sible for any of the opinions stated in the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.