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An Obscure Apostle, by Eliza Orzeszko
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Title: An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story
Author: Eliza Orzeszko
Translator: C. S. De Soissons
Release Date: March 24, 2009 [EBook #28400]
Language: English
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An Obscure Apostle
A Dramatic Story
TRANSLATED BY C.S. DE SOISSONS FROM THE ORIGINAL POLISH OF
MME. ORZESZKO
LONDON
GREENING & CO., LTD.
20 CECIL COURT, CHARING CROSS ROAD
1899
Printed by Cowan & Co., Limited Perth.
PREFACE
ELIZA ORZESZKO
In Lord Palmerston's days, the English public naturally heard a great deal about Poland, for there were a goodly number of Poles, noblemen and others, residing in London, exiles after the unsuccessful revolution, who, believing that England would help them to recover their lost liberty, made every possible effort to that end through Count Vladislas Zamoyski, the prime minister's personal friend. But even in those times, when the English press was writing much about the political situation in Poland, little was said about that which constitutes the greatest glory of a nation, namely, its literature and art, which alone can be secure of immortality.