I owe it as a. Duty to myself to state, that whilst I have been publicly accused of severity to the Russians, my best friends] have blamed me for partiality towards them, and overstrained en deavours to advocate their cause and that of the two divisions of the Quarto, the first, The Character of the Russians, has been chie?y ap proved at home; while the second, A Detailed History of Moscow, has been most'distinguished on the Continent.