CHAPTER I.

_INTRODUCTORY._

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Object of the journey.--Interest in prisons.--Visitation of prisons in 1874.--Distribution of religious literature in Russia.--Tour round Bothnian Gulf, 1876.--To Russo-Turkish war, 1877.--To Archangel, 1878.--Origin of Siberian journey.--Alba Hellman and her correspondence.--The way opened.--Projected efforts of usefulness.--Books to be distributed.--Final resolve 1