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Villari, Luigi. Russia under the great shadow. [**]$3.50. Pott.
“Unless all the auguries should prove false, the war in the Far East should mark the transition of Russia from the Middle ages to the twentieth century, from the Eastern to the Western world, from barbarism to civilization,” gives the keynote of Mr. Villari’s optimism which characterizes this work, altho he brings the reader face to face with the dark facts of present conditions. One of the strongest chapters in the book is that in the industrial development of Russia whose conclusion proves that “M. de Witte’s scheme of making agricultural Russia an industrial country was a mistake both politically and economically.” (Sat. R.)