maneot  haaa  will  confer  upon  Rnuia  a  far  greater  boon  than
the  emancipatioii  of  the  serfs  has  prored  to  be."  *

Daring  the  ;ear  1893  I  made  tbe  acfjaaiutance  of  Dr.
Theodor  Sigel,  Profeasor  of  Jurisprudence  in  tbe  University
of  Warsaw.  Dr.  Sigel  was  entirely  ignorant  of  tbe  event
above  portrayed,  but  he  bad  met  with  tbe  work,  and  with
tnie  Slavic  instincts  had  found  Limself  drawn  to  it.  He  bad
published  an  elaborate  synopsis  of  it  in  a  large  work  on  tbe
**  History  of  Law  "  (IIcTOpla  IIpaBa),  which  I  have  since  I
Rad,  and  which  is  almost  wholly  favorable  and  often  highly  j
eommendatory.  Tbe  system  is  contrasted  with  that  of  Her-  ]
bert  Spencer,  usually  to  the  advantt^  of  tJie  former  in  th©  '
author's  opinion.  Dr.  Sigel  was  sent  by  his  government  to
the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  at  Chicago,  and  he  took
extra  pains  to  visit  me  in  Washington  on  his  way  westward.
