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NOTES UPON RUSSIA.

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IIAKLUYT SOCIETY.

President.

SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, G.C. St.S. F.R.S.

Corr. Mem. Inst, Fr., Hon. Mem. Imp. Acad. Sc. St. Petersburg, &o. &c.

Vice-Presidents.

The EARL OF ELLESMERE. Captain C. R. D. BETHUNE, R.N., C.B.

Council.

REAR-AroiL. Sir F. BEAUFORT, K.C.B.

CHARLES T. BEKE, Esq., Phil. D., F.S.A.

The Lord ALFRED S. CHURCHILL.

W. D. COOLEY, Esq.

BOLTON CORNEY, Esq., M.R.S.L.

The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of ST.

DAVID'S. The Viscount EASTNOR. Sir HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S.

RICHARD FORD, Esq.

JOHN FORSTER, Esq.

R. W. GREY, Esq., M.P.

THOMAS HODGKIN, Esq., M.D.

JOHN WINTER JONES, Esq.

Sir CHARLES LEMON, Bart., M.P.

P. LEVESQUE, Esq.

THOMAS RUNDALL. Esq.

The Hon. HENRY E. J. STANLEY.

Honorary Secretary. R. H. MAJOR, Esq., F.R.G.S.

Bankers. Messrs. BOUVERIE and Co., 11, Haymarket.

THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY, which is established for the purpose of printing rare or unpublished Voyages and Travels, aims at opening by this means an easier access to the sources of a branch of know- ledge, which yields to none in importance, and is superior to most in agreeable variety. The narratives of travellers and navigators make us acquainted with the earth, its inhabitants and productions ; they exhibit the growth of intercourse among mankind, with its effects on civilization, and, while instructing, they at the same time awaken attention, by recounting the toils and adventures of those who first explored unknown and distant regions.

The advantage of an Association of this kind, consists not merely in its system of literary co-operation, but also in its economy. The acquire- ments, taste, and discrimination of a number of individuals, who feel an interest in the same pursuit, are thus brought to act in voluntary com- bination, and the ordinary charges of publication are also avoided, so that the volumes produced, are distributed among the Members (who can alone obtain them) at little more than the cost of printing and paper. The Society expends nearly the whole of its funds in printing works for the Members ; and since the cost of each copy varies inversely as the whole number of copies printed, it is obvious that the Members are gainers

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