Russia, as Seen and Described by Famous Writers

MOSCOW.
As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
Edited and Translated by
ESTHER SINGLETON
Author of Turrets, Towers and Temples, Great Pictures, and A Guide to the Opera, and translator of The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
New York Dodd, Mead and Company 1909
This is intended to be a companion volume to Japan , and therefore follows the same general plan and arrangement. It aims to present in small compass a somewhat comprehensive view of the great Muscovite power. After a short description of the country and race, we pass to a brief review of the history and religion including ritual and ceremonial observances of the Greek Church. Next come descriptions of regions, cities and architectural marvels; and then follow articles on the various manners and customs of rural and town life. The arts of the nation are treated comprehensively; and a chapter of the latest statistics concludes the rapid survey. The material is all selected from the writings of those who speak with authority on the subjects with which they deal.
The Russian Empire is so vast that it would be impossible to give detailed descriptions of all its parts in a work of this size: therefore I have been forced to be content with more general descriptions of provinces with an occasional addition of a typical city.
E. S.
New York, April 21, 1904.
PRINCE KROPOTKINE