“We claim for Mr. Dixon the merit of having treated his subject in a fresh and original manner. He has done his best to see with his own eyes the vast country which he describes, and he has visited some parts of the land with which few even among its natives are familiar, and he has had the advantage of being brought into personal contact with a number of those Russians whose opinions are of most weight. The consequence is, that he has been able to lay before general readers such a picture of Russia and the Russian people as cannot fail to interest them.”—Athenæum.
“Mr. Dixon has invented a good title for his volumes on Russia. The chapter on Lomonosoff, the peasant poet, is one of the best in the book, and the chapter on Kief is equally good. He gives an interesting and highly picturesque account of the working of the jury system in a case which he himself saw tried. The descriptions of the peasant villages, and of the habits and manners of the peasantry, are very good; in fact, the descriptions are excellent throughout the work.”—Times.
“Mr. Dixon has succeeded in producing a book which is at once highly valuable and eminently readable. In our judgment it is superior to any work that has proceeded from Mr. Dixon’s pen, and we heartily recommend it to our readers. The information he conveys is very great, his judgments are evidently the result of much reflection, and his style is singularly forcible and picturesque.”—Standard.
“We heartily commend these volumes to all who wish either for instruction or relaxation.”—Examiner.
“In these picturesque and fascinating volumes, Mr. Dixon carries his readers over a wide range of country, from the Arctic Sea to the southern slopes of the Ural range, from the straits of Yenikale to the Gulf of Riga, and, by the force of brisk, nervous and picturesque language, makes them realize the scenery, manners, politics, poetry of every mile of ground over which he conducts them.”—Morning Post.
“Mr. Dixon’s ‘Free Russia,’ is another valuable addition to the books of travel which he has given us. It reveals to our view the great mysterious people of Eastern Europe.”—Daily Telegraph.
“This is a more important and remarkable work upon the great Muscovite Empire than any foreign traveller has ever even attempted, much less accomplished. Thanks to the writer of these splendid volumes, ‘Free Russia’ is brought clearly, boldly, vividly, comprehensively, and yet minutely, within the ken of every intelligent reading Englishman. The book is in many parts as enthralling as a romance, besides being full of life and character.”—Sun.
“‘Free Russia’ is one of the most remarkable books that has ever been written in our times, of the value of which it is impossible to speak in terms too highly commendatory.”—Messenger.
“Mr. Dixon is delightfully readable. ‘Free Russia’ has afforded us a great deal of pleasure. It is the best work of its clever and versatile author.”—Illustrated News.
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