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    EMPIRES AND EMPERORS
    OF RUSSIA, CHINA,
    KOREA, AND JAPAN




    EMPIRES AND EMPERORS
    OF RUSSIA, CHINA,
    KOREA, AND JAPAN

    NOTES AND RECOLLECTIONS
    BY MONSIGNOR
    COUNT VAY DE VAYA AND LUSKOD

    _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

    NEW YORK
    E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
    1906

[Illustration: _Monsignor The Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod._]




PREFACE


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