The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe
CHAPTER XXIX.
PALACE AND INSTITUTIONS OF MOSCOW.
Royal Palace.—Empress’s Drawing-room.—Empress’s Cabinet.—Hall of St. George.—Hall of St. Andrew.—Gold Court.—Napoleon’s Descent.— Treasures.—Historical Curiosities.—Precious Orb.—Foundling Hospital.— Mortality of Foundlings.—Orphan Asylum.—Sheep’s Clothing.—Harvest Season.—Jews.—Peasants.—Riding School.—Wax-show.—Ethnological Society.—Travel.—Sydney Smith’s Stick
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