tions, sur l'etat, de nos ecoles Israelites,
m'ont vivement interesse, et je vous sais gre de les
juger favorablement car ce ne sont que les premiers
commencements, d'une ere nouvelle dans l'education de
vos correligionaires en Russie. Il est cependant permis
d'esperer que l'organisation des fonds, specialement
destines a cet effet, nous applanira la voie des
ameliorations desirees.

"Quant a votre sollicitude sur l'education religieuse
des Israelites, vous connaissez, Monsieur, mes
sentiments a cet egard et vous avez pu apprecier
vous-meme le soin, avec lequel on evite dans nos
reglements scolaires tout ce qui pourvait choquer, leurs
moeurs on exciter leur susceptibilite religieuse.

"Agreez, Monsieur, l'assurance de ma consideration
distinguee.

"Le Cte. Ouvaroff."

"St Petersbourg,
"_ce 26 Fevrier_
_______________
"_10 Mars 1847._"

(_Translation._)

"Sir,--I have received the letter which you did
me the honour to address to me under date of November
10th, 1846.

"Your observations on the state of our Israelite schools
have greatly interested me, and I thank you for
expressing a favourable opinion of them, as they are
only the first beginning of a new era in the education
of your co-religionists in Russia. But we may be
permitted to hope that the organisation of the funds
specially intended for this purpose will smooth the way
to the desired improvements.

"With regard to your solicitude about the religious
education of the Israelites, you know my feeling with
regard to this matter, and you were able to judge for
yourself of the care we take to avoid in our school
regulation all that could give offence to their
observances or awaken their religious susceptibilities."

(Signed) "Count Ouvaroff."

Sir Moses, with a view of both conveying his gratitude to the
Ministers for their very courteous communications and of making an
additional effort to impress on their minds the object of his visit to
Russia, addressed each of them again in a special letter. To Count
Kisseleff he wrote (1848):--

"May it please your Excellency,--I have had the honour
to receive, through the kindness of Baron Brunnow, your
Excellency's esteemed favour of the 5th November last,
the contents of which were highly gratifying to me.

"I was delighted to learn that the reports (in which, by
His Imperial Majesty's gracious permission, I w