IN RUSSIA: IN A SERIES OF LETTERS DESCRIBING A YEAR'S RESIDENCE IN THAT COUNTRY, BY THE REV. R. LISTER VENABLES, M.A. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXIX. 9147 4551 + PREFACE. I CANNOT venture to add another to the numerous books on Russia which have already appeared, without pleading as my apology that I visited that country under circumstances affording opportunities, not usually within a stranger's reach, of observing the habits and character of the people. I am, therefore, induced to publish the following letters, under an impression that some account of domestic life in the Interior may be, to a certain degree, interesting from its novelty. Being nearly connected by marriage with several Russian families, I accompanied my wife into that country in the summer of 1837, for the purpose of visiting her relations, among |