Russia, as Seen and Described by Famous Writers

CONTENTS

PART I
THE COUNTRY AND RACE
The Russian Empire
Prince Kropotkine.
Siberia
Jean Jacques ÉlisÉe Reclus.
The Russian Races
W. R. Morfill.

PART II
HISTORY AND RELIGION
The History of Russia
W. R. Morfill.
Church Service
Alfred Maskell.
The Creeds of Russia
Ernest W. Lowry.

PART III
DESCRIPTIONS
St. Petersburg
J. Beavington Atkinson.
Finland
Harry De Windt.
Lapland
Alexander Platonovich Engelhardt.
Moscow (The Kremlin and its treasuries—The Ancient Regalia—The Romanoff House)
Alfred Maskell.
Vassili-Blagennoi (St. Basil the Blessed)
ThÉophile Gautier.
Poland
Thomas Michell.
Kief, the City of Pilgrimage
J. Beavington Atkinson.
Nijni-Novgorod
Antonio Gallenga.
The Volga Basin. (The Great River—Kasan—Tsaritzin—Astrakhan)
Antonio Gallenga.
Odessa
Antonio Gallenga.
The Don Cossacks
Thomas Michell.
In the Caucasus
J. Buchan Teller.
Khiva
Fred Burnaby.
The Trans-Siberian Railway
William Durban.

PART IV
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
High Life in Russia
The Countess of Galloway.
Rural Life in Russia
Lady Verney
Food and Drink
H. Sutherland Edwards.
Carnival-Time and Easter
A. Nicol Simpson.
Russian Tea and Tea-Houses
H. Sutherland Edwards.
How Russia Amuses Itself
Fred Whishaw.
The Kirghiz and their Horses
Fred Burnaby.
Winter in Moscow
H. Sutherland Edwards.
A Journey by Sleigh
Fred Burnaby.

PART V
ART AND LITERATURE
Russian Architecture
EugÈne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Sculpture and Painting
Philippe Berthelot.
Russian Music
A. E. Keeton.
Russian Literature
W. R. Morfill.

PART VI
STATISTICS
Present Conditions
E. S.

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