. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . ne and to induce na-tive merchants to extend their relations to foreign coun-tries. He has annulled the impediments which preventedRussians from visiting foreign lands, and has granted ageneral amnesty for political oflenders, Poles and Russians;recalling the exiled from Siberia, and allowing fugitives toreturn; and is employing the whole energy of the govern-ment and nation in the work of covering his i
. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . ne and to induce na-tive merchants to extend their relations to foreign coun-tries. He has annulled the impediments which preventedRussians from visiting foreign lands, and has granted ageneral amnesty for political oflenders, Poles and Russians;recalling the exiled from Siberia, and allowing fugitives toreturn; and is employing the whole energy of the govern-ment and nation in the work of covering his immense em-pire with nets of railroads. He is religious, and sincerelyattached to the national church, but without continues still engaged in the vast work of improve-ment, in all the departments of his empire and among allclasses of his subjects of the different languages and con-ditions. The coronation ceremonies of the Emperor Alexanderand his Empress surpassed all pageants of modern times inimperial grandeur and magnificence. The extended ac-count of this great occasion, which follows this sketch, willadd interest both to the personaUties of the Emperor andthe IIEIK WlAUllESTV TIME EISUIMKESS ®1F HSUSSDA. THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. The Emperor Alexander II., the present ruler of thecolossal Empire of Russia, is consort to the original of thebeautiful j^ortrait which stands at the head of this briefbiogi-aphical sketch. The portrait, in its artistic beauty,will speak for itself, even though the lips utter no portrait, with its expressive lineaments and imperialdignity and grace, is copied from a photograph of life. Itwill be readily acknowledged by all lovers of art that theengraver has exerted almost inunitable skill in its execu-tion, deserving high praise. The delicacy and artistic per-fection in the outline and finish of the face, and theaccurate drawing of the dress and drapery, with the orna-ments which adorn the person of the Empress, co
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