An edition of the history of the Germans from Russia (begun about seventy years ago and left incomplete at her death in 1963) by Professor Williams concentrates on the Volga Germans, giving scrupulously researched and highly detailed descriptions of conditions in Germany in the 18th century that made emigration so attractive. Also discussed are the activities of the Russian immigration agents, the teak of the immigrants to the interior of Russia, the difficult early years, eventual prosperity, and final decline following the outbreak of hostility against the colonists, their immigration to America, and the difficult pioneer years on the Central Plains. The book includes fifty-three rate photographs, two maps, and index.