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FROM SIBERIA TO SWITZERLAND.
COLERIDGE AS A SPIRITUAL THINKER.
THE PORTRAIT.
DELLA CRUSCA AND ANNA MATILDA:
THE SAVAGE.
LE BONHOMME CORNEILLE.
CHARLES DICKENS AT HOME.
THE SUMMER PALACE, PEKING.
THE CAMORRA.
THE DECAY OF IRISH HUMOR.
PRINCE BISMARCK'S CHARACTER.
A FEW NOTES ON PERSIAN ART.
HOW INSECTS BREATHE.
PIERRE'S MOTTO:
BEHIND THE SCENES.
GO TO THE ANT.
LITERARY NOTICES.
FOREIGN LITERARY NOTES.
MISCELLANY.
Eclectic Magazine
OF
FOREIGN LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.
| New Series. Vol. XLI., No. 3. | MARCH, 1885. | Old Series complete in 63 vols. |
FROM SIBERIA TO SWITZERLAND.
The Story of an Escape.
BY WILLIAM WESTALL.
Escapes of political and other convictsfrom Western Siberia are more frequentthan is generally supposed, butfrom Eastern Siberia, though often attempted,they seldom succeed. Savefor convicts under sentence of penalservitude, and actually imprisoned, it iseasy to elude the vigilance of the policeand get away from a convict village orsettlement, but it is almost impossible toget out of the country. The immensedistances to be traversed, the terribleclimate, lack of money, the absolutenecessity of keeping to the high roads,prove, except in very few instances, insuperableobstacles to final success. Inorder to be really free, moreover, it isimperative for a fugitive not alone topass the frontier of European Russia,but to reach some country where he runsno risk of falling into the clutches of theimperial police. Even in Germany heis liable to be recaptured, and is reallysafe only in England, France, or Switzerland.Hence, to make good a flightfrom Eas