Excerpt from The Diplomatic Reminiscences of Lord Augustus Loftus, 1862-1879, Vol. 2 of 2 Balgaria and Eastern Roumelia - Departure of Emperor for Livadia - Leave of Absence granted to Me - Visit to and Conversation with Prince Gortschakoff - Mission of General Stolietoff to Cabul - Observations thereon to Prince Gortschakoff - Proposal of Shere Ali to Visit St. Petersburg declined by Emperor - Pacific State of Central Asia - Death of Emir of Kashgar - Succession of his Son - Kashgar reconquered by Chinese - Return on December 4th of Emperor - His Toast at Fete of St. George - Interview with Prince Gortschakoff - Death of Grand Duchess of Hesse - Circumstances of Russian Mission to Afghanistan - Internal State of Russia - My Appointment as Governor of New South Wales - Succeeded by Lord Dufferin - Presentation of Letters of Recall - Audiences of the Empress and Members of the Imperial Family - Sorrowful Parting with Prince Gortschakoff - Departure for London. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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