The Boy Travellers in The Russian Empire Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with Accounts of a Tour across Siberia, Voyages on the Amoor, Volga, and Other Rivers, a Visit to Central Asia, Travels among the Exiles, and a Historical Sketch of the Empire from Its Foundation to the Present Time

POSITION AND CHARACTER OF KRASNOYARSK.--A LESSON IN RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION.--MARKET SCENE.--SIBERIAN TREES.--THE _OUKHABA_.--A NEW SENSATION.--ROAD-FEVER AND ITS CAUSE.--AN EXCIT...

FRANK AND FRED IN THE TURCOMAN COUNTRY.--THE TRANS-CASPIAN RAILWAY.--SKOBELEFF'S CAMPAIGN, AND THE CAPTURE OF GEOK TEPÉ.--ENGLISH JEALOUSY OF RUSSIAN ADVANCES.--RIVERS OF CENTRA...

BAKU TO TIFLIS.--THE CAPITAL OF THE CAUCASUS.--MOUNTAIN TRAVELLING.--CROSSING THE RANGE.--PETROLEUM LOCOMOTIVES.--BATOUM AND ITS IMPORTANCE.--TREBIZOND AND ERZEROOM.--SEBASTOPOL...

DOWN THE VOLGA AGAIN.--RUSSIAN RECEPTION CEREMONY.--SIMBIRSK, SAMARA, AND SARATOV.--GERMAN SETTLERS ON THE VOLGA.--DON COSSACKS.--ASTRACHAN.--CURIOUS POPULATION.--VOYAGE ON THE...

DEPARTURE FROM VIENNA.--FRANK'S LETTER.--A FAREWELL PROMENADE.--FROM VIENNA TO CRACOW.--THE GREAT SALT-MINE OF WIELICZKA, AND WHAT WAS SEEN THERE.--CHURCHES AND PALACES UNDERGRO...

GENERAL ASPECTS OF MAI-MAI-CHIN.--DINNER WITH A CHINESE GOVERNOR.--A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE.--LAKE BAIKAL: ITS REMARKABLE FEATURES.--A WONDERFUL RIDE.--IRKUTSK.--ITS POPULATION,...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MOSCOW.--UNDULATIONS OF THE GROUND.--IRREGULARITY OF THE BUILDINGS, AND THE CAUSE THEREOF.--NAPOLEON'S CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA.--DISASTER AND RETREAT.--THE BURNI...

THE EXILES OF SIBERIA.--THE DECEMBRISTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE.--SOCIAL POSITION OF EXILES.--DIFFERENT CLASSES OF EXILES AND THEIR SENTENCES.--CRIMINALS AND POLITICALS.--DEGREES O...

CHARACTER OF THE SIBERIAN POPULATION.--ABSENCE OF SERFDOM, AND ITS EFFECT.--A RUSSIAN FÊTE.--AMUSEMENTS OF THE PEASANTRY.--COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--WHIPPING A...

STUDIES OF ST. PETERSBURG.--MUJIKS.--"THE IMPERIAL NOSEGAY."--A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIAN SERFDOM.--ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND ABUSES.--EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS.--PRESENT CONDITION...

AVATCHA BAY, IN KAMTCHATKA.--ATTACK UPON PETROPAVLOVSK BY THE ALLIED FLEET.--DOGS AND DOG-DRIVING.--RAPID TRAVELLING WITH A DOG-TEAM.--POPULATION AND RESOURCES OF KAMTCHATKA.--R...

THE GREAT THEATRE OF MOSCOW.--OPERATIC PERFORMANCES.--THE KITAI GOROD AND GOSTINNA DVOR.--ROMANOFF HOUSE AND THE ROMANOFF FAMILY.--SKETCH OF THE RULERS OF RUSSIA.--ANECDOTES OF...

WINTER IN RUSSIA.--FASHIONABLE AND OTHER FURS.--SLEIGHS AND SLEDGES.--NO SLEIGH-BELLS IN RUSSIAN CITIES.--OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEVA.--RUSSIAN ICE-HILLS.--"BUTTER-WEEK."--KISS...

VISITING THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. PETERSBURG.--EDUCATION IN RUSSIA.--PRIMARY AND OTHER SCHOOLS.--THE SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION.--RECENT PROGRESS IN EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.--UNIVERSITIES I...

NEWSPAPERS IN RUSSIA.--THEIR NUMBER, CHARACTER, AND INFLUENCE.--DIFFICULTIES OF EDITORIAL LIFE.--THE CENSORSHIP.--AN EXCURSION TO PETERHOF, ORANIENBAUM, AND CRONSTADT.--SIGHTS I...

A GLANCE AT CENTRAL ASIA.--RUSSIAN CONQUEST IN TURKESTAN.--WAR AND DIPLOMACY AMONG THE KIRGHESE TRIBES.--RUSSIAN TAXES AND THEIR COLLECTION.--TURCOMAN AND KIRGHESE RAIDS.--PRISO...

THE GOSTINNA DVOR.--ITS EXTENT AND CHARACTER.--PECULIARITY OF RUSSIAN SHOPPING.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--OLD-CLOTHES MARKET.--HAY-MARKET.--PIGEONS IN RUSSIAN CITIES.--FROZEN ANIMALS.-...

A VISIT TO THE TROITSKA MONASTERY, AND WHAT WAS SEEN THERE.--CURIOUS LEGENDS.--MONKS AT DINNER.--EUROPEAN FAIRS.--THE GREAT FAIR AT NIJNI NOVGOROD.--SIGHTS AND SCENES.--MININ'S...

LEAVING ST. PETERSBURG.--NOVGOROD THE GREAT: ITS HISTORY AND TRADITIONS.--RURIK AND HIS SUCCESSORS.--BARBARITIES OF JOHN THE TERRIBLE.--EARLY HISTORY OF RUSSIA.--AN IMPERIAL BEA...

IN THE STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG.--ISVOSHCHIKS AND DROSKIES.--COUNTING IN RUSSIAN.--PASSPORTS AND THEIR USES.--ON THE NEVSKI PROSPECT.--VISITING THE CHURCH OF KAZAN.--THE RUSSO-...

NUMBER AND CHARACTER OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.--PAN-SLAVIC UNION.--ST. ISAAC'S CHURCH.--ITS HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION.--THE WINTER PALACE AND THE HERMITAGE.--SIGHTS IN THE PALACE.--C...

LEAVING CRACOW.--THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER.--THE POLICE AND THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.--RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS AND PAPERS.--CATCHING A SMUGGLER.--FROM THE FRONTIER TO WARSAW.--SIGHTS AND...

DINNER IN A RUSSIAN RESTAURANT.--CABBAGE SOUP, FISH PIES, AND OTHER ODD DISHES.--THE _SAMOVAR_ AND ITS USES.--RUSSIAN TEA-DRINKERS.--_JOLTAI CHAI_.--ALEXANDER'S COLUMN.--FORTRES...

BAKU TO TIFLIS.--THE CAPITAL OF THE CAUCASUS.--MOUNTAIN TRAVELLING.--CROSSING THE RANGE.--PETROLEUM LOCOMOTIVES.--BATOUM AND ITS IMPORTANCE.--TREBIZOND AND ERZEROOM.--SEBASTOPOL...

MARY AND MARTHA. The Mother and the Wife of George Washington. By BENSON J. LOSSING, LL.D., Author of "Field-book of the Revolution," "Field-book of the War of 1812," "Cyclopædi...

FRANK AND FRED IN THE TURCOMAN COUNTRY.--THE TRANS-CASPIAN RAILWAY.--SKOBELEFF'S CAMPAIGN, AND THE CAPTURE OF GEOK TEPÉ.--ENGLISH JEALOUSY OF RUSSIAN ADVANCES.--RIVERS OF CENTRA...

POSITION AND CHARACTER OF KRASNOYARSK.--A LESSON IN RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION.--MARKET SCENE.--SIBERIAN TREES.--THE "OUKHABA."--A NEW SENSATION.--ROAD-FEVER AND ITS CAUSE.--AN EXCIT...

DOWN THE VOLGA AGAIN.--RUSSIAN RECEPTION CEREMONY.--SIMBIRSK, SAMARA, AND SARATOV.--GERMAN SETTLERS ON THE VOLGA.--DON COSSACKS.--ASTRACHAN.--CURIOUS POPULATION.--VOYAGE ON THE...

NUMBER AND CHARACTER OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.--PAN-SLAVIC UNION.--ST. ISAAC'S CHURCH: ITS HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION.--THE WINTER PALACE AND THE HERMITAGE.--SIGHTS IN THE PALACE.--CA...

A GLANCE AT CENTRAL ASIA.--RUSSIAN CONQUEST IN TURKESTAN.--WAR AND DIPLOMACY AMONG THE KIRGHESE TRIBES.--RUSSIAN TAXES AND THEIR COLLECTION.--TURCOMAN AND KIRGHESE RAIDS.--PRISO...

AVATCHA BAY, IN KAMTCHATKA.--ATTACK UPON PETROPAVLOVSK BY THE ALLIED FLEET.--DOGS AND DOG-DRIVING.--RAPID TRAVELLING WITH A DOG-TEAM.--POPULATION AND RESOURCES OF KAMTCHATKA.--R...

GENERAL ASPECTS OF MAI-MAI-CHIN.--DINNER WITH A CHINESE GOVERNOR.--A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE.--LAKE BAIKAL: ITS REMARKABLE FEATURES.--A WONDERFUL RIDE.--IRKUTSK: ITS POPULATION,...

THE GOSTINNA DVOR: ITS EXTENT AND CHARACTER.--PECULIARITY OF RUSSIAN SHOPPING.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--OLD-CLOTHES MARKET.--HAY-MARKET.--PIGEONS IN RUSSIAN CITIES.--FROZEN ANIMALS.--...

CHARACTER OF THE SIBERIAN POPULATION.--ABSENCE OF SERFDOM, AND ITS EFFECT.--A RUSSIAN FÊTE.--AMUSEMENTS OF THE PEASANTRY.--COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--WHIPPING A...

THE GREAT THEATRE OF MOSCOW.--OPERATIC PERFORMANCES.--THE KITAI GOROD AND GOSTINNA DVOR.--ROMANOFF HOUSE AND THE ROMANOFF FAMILY.--SKETCH OF THE RULERS OF RUSSIA.--ANECDOTES OF...

VISITING THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. PETERSBURG.--EDUCATION IN RUSSIA.--PRIMARY AND OTHER SCHOOLS.--THE SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION.--RECENT PROGRESS IN EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.--UNIVERSITIES I...

STUDIES OF ST. PETERSBURG.--MUJIKS.--"THE IMPERIAL NOSEGAY."--A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIAN SERFDOM: ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND ABUSES.--EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS.--PRESENT CONDITION...

IN THE STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG.--ISVOSHCHIKS AND DROSKIES.--COUNTING IN RUSSIAN.--PASSPORTS AND THEIR USES.--ON THE NEVSKI PROSPECT.--VISITING THE CHURCH OF KAZAN.--THE RUSSO-...

A VISIT TO THE TROITSKA MONASTERY, AND WHAT WAS SEEN THERE.--CURIOUS LEGENDS.--MONKS AT DINNER.--EUROPEAN FAIRS.--THE GREAT FAIR AT NIJNI NOVGOROD.--SIGHTS AND SCENES.--MININ'S...

THE EXILES OF SIBERIA.--THE DECEMBRISTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE.--SOCIAL POSITION OF EXILES.--DIFFERENT CLASSES OF EXILES AND THEIR SENTENCES.--CRIMINALS AND POLITICALS.--DEGREES O...

WINTER IN RUSSIA.--FASHIONABLE AND OTHER FURS.--SLEIGHS AND SLEDGES.--NO SLEIGH-BELLS IN RUSSIAN CITIES.--OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEVA.--RUSSIAN ICE-HILLS.--"BUTTER-WEEK."--KISS...

NEWSPAPERS IN RUSSIA: THEIR NUMBER, CHARACTER, AND INFLUENCE.--DIFFICULTIES OF EDITORIAL LIFE.--THE CENSORSHIP.--AN EXCURSION TO PETERHOF, ORANIENBAUM, AND CRONSTADT.--SIGHTS IN...

THE VOYAGE OF THE "VIVIAN" to the North Pole and Beyond. Adventures of Two Youths in the Open Polar Sea. By THOMAS W. KNOX. Profusely Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $2.50.

LEAVING ST. PETERSBURG.--NOVGOROD THE GREAT: ITS HISTORY AND TRADITIONS.--RURIK AND HIS SUCCESSORS.--BARBARITIES OF JOHN THE TERRIBLE.--EARLY HISTORY OF RUSSIA.--AN IMPERIAL BEA...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MOSCOW.--UNDULATIONS OF THE GROUND.--IRREGULARITY OF THE BUILDINGS, AND THE CAUSE THEREOF.--NAPOLEON'S CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA.--DISASTER AND RETREAT.--THE BURNI...

DINNER IN A RUSSIAN RESTAURANT.--CABBAGE SOUP, FISH PIES, AND OTHER ODD DISHES.--THE "SAMOVAR" AND ITS USES.--RUSSIAN TEA-DRINKERS.--"JOLTAI CHAI."--ALEXANDER'S COLUMN.--FORTRES...

LEAVING CRACOW.--THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER.--THE POLICE AND THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.--RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS AND PAPERS.--CATCHING A SMUGGLER.--FROM THE FRONTIER TO WARSAW.--SIGHTS AND...

DEPARTURE FROM VIENNA.--FRANK'S LETTER.--A FAREWELL PROMENADE.--FROM VIENNA TO CRACOW.--THE GREAT SALT-MINE OF WIELICZKA, AND WHAT WAS SEEN THERE.--CHURCHES AND PALACES UNDERGRO...