In the spirit of this extraordinary document, the Czars of Russia have ruled and plotted ever since the days of Peter; but the sequel of this little book will help to prove how Holy Russia was chastised and checkmated upon field after field, the strongest fortress in her Empire torn from her grasp, and eventually, in spite of her vast army, she was compelled to eat a large amount of humble pie, made by a pastry-cook that Peter the Great had not thought much of, viz:--Mr. John Bull. The lesson thus read to her was severe enough; but it would appear as if in the lapse of time much of it has been forgotten. If so, Britain's sons may be called upon to repeat it--and they will, too, if ever Russia attempts to interfere with India. Mr. Bull has a "pretty rod in pickle" for Russia or any other power that should dare to encroach upon our Indian Empire; for, if roused, we could put more men into the field in India than Russia, with all her boasted strength, could muster. For the solemn sentence this day confronts Russia on the frontier of Afghanistan, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther." The proud and dauntless Briton exclaims, "Behind this boundary all is mine;" back! or take the consequence of confronting a free, happy and united people who number 300,000,000, that do not want to find a pretext for a quarrel with its neighbours; but the voice of millions of faithful British subjects proclaims with determination we will not yield one inch of soil to any despotic power; we offer you peace with one hand with sincerity, and war to the knife with the other rather than dishonour.