# Reminiscences of a student's life

Author: Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75986

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Reminiscences+of+a+student%27s+life+Harrison&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In view of my present cult for Russia and things Russian, I like to think that my first childish memory is of the word “Moscow”. Moscow to me was a dog, not a town--an old Newfoundland dog named, no doubt, in honour of the Crimean War, which will sufficiently date these reminiscences. Moscow had his kennel in the backyard under a big spreading tree, and from this tree exuded drops of bright gum. It was my fearful joy to rush to the tree, seize the gum-drops which were well within the length of Moscow’s chain, and be back before he could begin to bark ferociously. When later I learnt that to some people Moscow was a cathedral city, not a dog, my universe rocked with Einsteinian relativity....

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-a-student-s-life-75986/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-a-student-s-life-75986/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-a-student-s-life-75986/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-a-student-s-life-75986/chapters/1/index.md)