BOOK II. 1894-1913

CHAPTER PAGE

1. FUNERAL AND WEDDING BELLS 203

2. A CHARACTER SKETCH OF NICHOLAS II. 212

3. THE EMPRESS ALIX 224

4. THE IMPERIAL FAMILY TO-DAY 238

5. ZEMSTVO OF TVER INCIDENT AND WHAT CAME OF IT 250

6. THE ENTOURAGE OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS 261

7. THE CORONATION OF NICHOLAS II. 270

8. THE SPRINGTIDE OF DISCONTENT 278

9. THE WAR WITH JAPAN 288

10. MUKDEN AND TSUSHIMA 296

11. THE BIRTH OF THE TSAREVITCH 308

12. THE DEATH OF MADEMOISELLE VIETROFF 320

13. THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION 324

14. PEACE WITH JAPAN; WAR AT HOME 334

15. THE FIRST TWO DUMAS 343

16. THE CAREER OF M. STOLYPIN 353

17. A CHARACTER SKETCH OF M. KOKOVTSOV 364

18. THE FOREIGN OFFICE UNDER NICHOLAS II. 375

19. ST. PETERSBURG SOCIETY AT THE PRESENT DAY 383

20. THE EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA AND HER CHILDREN 392

21. THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF A DYNASTY 399

LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURES

THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF RUSSIA, 1913 _Frontispiece_

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EMPEROR NICHOLAS I. 16

EMPEROR ALEXANDER II. 16

GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE NICOLAIEVITCH 34

GRAND DUKE MICHAEL NICOLAIEVITCH 34

GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR ALEXANDROVITCH 34

GRAND DUKE ALEXIS ALEXANDROVITCH 34

EMPEROR ALEXANDER III. 116

EMPRESS MARIE FEODOROVNA 116

NICHOLAS II., TSAR OF RUSSIA 212

ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA, TSARINA OF RUSSIA 225

THE WINTER PALACE, ST. PETERSBURG 342

PRINCE GORTSCHAKOV 364

COUNT IGNATIEFF 364

M. DE GIERS 364

M. KOKOVTSOV 364

M. STOLPYIN 364

GRAND DUCHESS OLGA 392

GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA 392

GRAND DUCHESS MARIE 392

GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA 392

THE TSAREVITCH ALEXIS 392