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Excerpt from Russian Political Institutions: The Growth and Development of These Institutions From the Beginnings of Russian History to the Present Time
Some time ago, meeting occasionally with Professor Bryce, author of The American Commonwealth, I heard him say he was astonished not to see the appearance of a book on the history and present state of political institu tions in Russia. Of course Englishmen have the excellent work of Mackenzie Wallace, rich in personal information collected by that author during a long stay in Russia; and the French, the profound and pleasantly written treatise of A. Leroy-beaulieu, The Empire of the Czars. But neither of these authors has seen fit to call the attention of the public to the special question of the evolution of the Russian political regime. I was obliged, therefore, to share in Professor Bryce's astonishment, and even to take his remark as an indirect hint for me to supply the lack in sources of information for Europeans on this subject, by a short sketch of Russia's institutional development.
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