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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


As the name of the author of this book may not be so well known to some
English readers as it is on the Continent, I have, at his request,
undertaken to write a few lines of introduction and preface.

Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod is a member of one of the oldest and most
distinguished families of Hungary. Ever since his ancestor took part
with King Stephen in the foundation of the Hungarian Kingdom, nine
hundred years ago, the members of his family, in succeeding generations,
have been eminent in the service of that state.

The Count studied at various