tends to visit the Jews' quarters, and satisfy our
minds as to the existence of the terrible cruelties inflicted upon this
persecuted race, the hearing of which alone is heart-breaking.

And all through her perilous journeys we may be sure she will lose no
opportunity of comforting and helping the suffering ones who come under
her notice, no matter what their race or condition.

This line of conduct will have its dangers; but she holds not her life
dear unto her, so that she may accomplish her heart's desire. The
practical result looked forward to by her is, that, having gained an
intimate knowledge of the sufferings and cruelties inflicted upon so
many thousands of Russian subjects, and of which there have been such
conflicting accounts, she may be admitted a second time into the
presence of the Empress, there to place the actual scenes before her,
and to plead the cause of the sufferers personally.

Strange to say, she is convinced in her own mind that the Emperor and
Empress of Russia are ignorant of a great deal that is done in their
name; or, as the phrase is, "By order of the Czar;" and that they know
little of the results of those Edicts and Ukase which are causing such
dire misery to thousands of their subjects, not only to the
long-suffering Jews but also to Christian women and children; and it is
her belief that if the truth could be placed before them, as she hopes
to place it, they will attack the evil even at the cost of life or
crown.

This is quite a different view from that which obtains generally; and if
Miss Kate Marsden should be able to prove her point, and bring before
them the pictures of what she may see on her journey to and from
Siberia, she will score a result such as has fallen to no one's
endeavour hitherto.

It is only now and then in a lifetime that we meet a woman capable of
such a grand work as this which Miss Kate Marsden has taken upon
herself; and the reason is that the qualifications necessary are so
rarely found in combination in one and the same individual. Many among
us may have one or other of the characteristics, but it is the existence
of them all in one person that makes the heroine and gives the power.

You cannot be an hour in Miss Kate Marsden's company without becoming
aware of her enthusiasm, her courage, her self-devotion, her
fearlessness, and above all her simple child-like faith. It avails
nothing that you place before her the trials, the horrors, the dangers,
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