Oliver Optic

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

The Second Degree Page 129.

YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD—SECOND SERIES.

NORTHERN LANDS;

OR,

YOUNG AMERICA IN RUSSIA
AND PRUSSIA.

A Story of Travel and Adventure.

BY

WILLIAM T. ADAMS

(OLIVER OPTIC),

AUTHOR OF "OUTWARD BOUND," "SHAMROCK AND THISTLE," "RED CROSS,"
"DIKES AND DITCHES," "PALACE AND COTTAGE," "DOWN
THE RHINE," "UP THE BALTIC," ETC.

BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK:
LEE, SHEPARD AND DILLINGHAM.

1872.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,

By WILLIAM T. ADAMS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry,

19 Spring Lane.

TO

MY EXCELLENT FRIEND

THE

HON. DAVIS DIVINE,

OF SAN JOSÉ, CALIFORNIA,

WHOSE ACQUAINTANCE I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MAKING

IN ST. PETERSBURG, AND WITH WHOM I TRAVELLED

THROUGH RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, TURKEY, ITALY,

SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL,

This Volume

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD.

By OLIVER OPTIC.

A Library of Travel and Adventure in Foreign Lands. First and Second Series; six volumes in each Series. 16mo. Illustrated.

First Series.

• I. OUTWARD BOUND; or, Young America Afloat.
• II. SHAMROCK AND THISTLE; or, Young America in Ireland and Scotland.
• III. RED CROSS; or, Young America in England and Wales.
• IV. DIKES AND DITCHES; or, Young America in Holland and Belgium.
• V. PALACE AND COTTAGE; or, Young America in France and Switzerland.
• VI. DOWN THE RHINE; or, Young America in Germany.

Second Series.

• I. UP THE BALTIC; or, Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
• II. NORTHERN LANDS; or, Young America in Russia and Prussia.
• III. CROSS AND CRESCENT; or, Young America in Turkey and Greece. In preparation.
• IV. SUNNY SHORES; or, Young American in Italy and Austria. In preparation.
• V. VINE AND OLIVE; or, Young American in Spain and Portugal. In preparation.
• VI. ISLES OF THE SEA; or, Young America Homeward Bound. In preparation.