The mainsprings of Russia

Baring, Maurice · 1945

I dedicate this book to you in the hope that you will read it; for if you do, I shall feel certain of having at least one reader who will understand exactly what I have tried to say, however inadequate the expression may have been, and who, at any rate, will not misunderstand me. Not long ago I was looking on at a play in London. The audience was, on the whole, of that kind which the Americans call “high-browed,” with a certain sprinkling of the semi-intelligent and the wholly elegant. Behind me were sitting a young man and a young lady, who were discussing intellectual topics suited to the rarer atmosphere of that interesting theatre. Among other subjects, they talked about Mr. Stephen Gra…

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