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The Life of Sir Edward FitzGerald Law

1911

The campeign in the Crimea had brought home to the Tsar Nicholas the urgent necessity of improved means of transpor On the conclusion of peace the railway system was widely extended and free Russia with improved and improving lines of communication made rapid progress in the path of civilisation as was soon evidenced by the expansion of trade both home and foreign. [...] He considered the possbility of developing the fishing industry of the Volga and the Astrakhan delta of the Caspian also of utilising the Suanetian forests and the manganese deposits in Circassia. [...] The various details were duly recorded in the pages of ' The Daily Telegraph ' whose correspondent also called attention to the corruption and general inefficiency of the admiaistration and to the injustice shown in the repressive. [...] On the day. of the execution Law noticed that the common people showed no sympathy in the young girl's fate ; on the contrary they jeered at the *good clothes in which she was dressed when she appeared on the scaffold saying Look at the pretty shoes the lady has put on for the dance " (in the air). [...] Law lived to hear of the diastrous warfare in the Far East of rebellion among the foreign nationalities in European Russia the oubreak of revolution in St Petersburg and the establisment of representative institutions in the place of autocracy.
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Pages
439
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.143758
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-viii Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter I. 1846-1882. Early Life—India—Russia
1-35 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter II. 1882-1887. The International Association of the Congo—Suakin Expedition—Imperial Institute
36-68 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter III. 1887-1890. Financial and Commercial Attache—Russia—Persia—the Caucasus
69-103 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter IV. 1890-1892. Constantinople—British Trade Abroad
104-131 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter V. 1892-1896. Greece—Asia Minor—Italy—Bulgaria
132-175 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter VI. 1896-1899. Greco—Turkish War—Financial Commission
176-225 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter VII. 1899 Constantinople—the Ottoman Public Debt
226-249 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter VIII. India—General
250-259 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter IX. Sir Edward Laws Work as Member of the Governorgeneral’s Council in India. 1900-1905
260-334 William Meyer view
Chapter X. Sir Edward Law as Member of Council in India. 1900-1905
335-344 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter XI. 1905-1908. Business Connections—Crete
345-355 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter XII. Some Personal Reminiscences
356-380 J.L. Garvin view
Chapter XIII. Political Friendships—Death—Funeral in Athens
381-396 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Backmatter
1-33 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view

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