Russian Memories

The Empress of Russia and Queen Alexandra
MADAME OLGA NOVIKOFF O.K.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN GRAHAM
AND FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 12 ARUNDEL PLACE HAYMARKET LONDON S.W. MCMXVII
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND


BY STEPHEN GRAHAM
It is perhaps a little superfluous for one of my years to write an introduction for one so well known and so much esteemed and admired as Madame Novikoff. And yet it may seem just, if it does not seem vain, that a full-hearted tribute should come to her from this generation which profits by the result of her life and her work—the great new friendship between England and Russia.
She is one of the most interesting women in European diplomatic circles. She is a picturesque personality, but more than that she is one who has really done a great deal in her life. You cannot say of her, as of so many brilliant women, She was born, she was admired, she passed! Destiny used her to accomplish great ends.