From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to Pekin

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PERM--THE ROAD TO CATHERINEBURG.

Hotel accommodation in Siberia--A councillor--Opinions and examples of Russian administration--National music--The passion for aggrandizement of territory--Entry into Asia 98