Excerpt from Essays on History, Biography, Geography, Engineering &amp;C: Contributed to the Quarterly Review by the Late Earl of Ellesmere<br><br>Tagebuch des Generals Patrick Gordon, wahrend seiner Kriegsdienste, u. S. W. - Diary of General Patrick Gordon, during his Military Services with the Swedes and Poles from 1655 to 1661, and his Residence in Russia from 1661 to 1699. For the first time published in full by the Prince M. A. Obolenski and M. C. Posselt, Doctor in philosophy: Vols. 1 and 2. University Press, Moscow: 1849-1851.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.