Excerpt from The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 5: A Monthly Review; January-June, 1879 We have thrown down the gauntlet to Russia. We have said to that Power in language suggested by Canute, Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further.' Russia, though now financially out at elbows. 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.