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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.IMPRESSIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG[9]
II.A PLEASANT EXCURSION[25]
III.VIEWS ON THE MOSCOW RAILWAY[39]
IV.MOSCOW[52]
V.TEA-DRINKING[60]
VI.THE PETERSKOI GARDENS[65]
VII.THE “LITTLE WATER”[73]
VIII.THE MARKETS OF MOSCOW[77]
IX.THE NOSE REGIMENT[88]
X.THE EMPEROR’S BEAR-HUNT[92]
XI.RUSSIAN HUMOR[97]
XII.A MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURE[104]
XIII.THE DENOUEMENT[125]
XIV.THE KREMLIN[134]
XV.RUSSIAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS[155]
XVI.DESPOTISM versus SERFDOM[165]
XVII.REFORM IN RUSSIA[170]
XVIII.A BOND OF SYMPATHY[185]
XIX.CIVILIZATION IN RUSSIA[193]
XX.PASSAGE TO REVEL[209]
XXI.REVEL AND HELSINGFORS[218]
XXII.A BATHING SCENE[227]
XXIII.ABO—FINLAND[236]
XXIV.STOCKHOLM[248]
XXV.WALKS ABOUT STOCKHOLM[262]
XXVI.THE GOTHA CANAL[272]
XXVII.VOYAGE TO CHRISTIANA[291]
XXVIII.FROM CHRISTIANIA TO LILLEHAMMER[302]
XXIX.HOW THEY TRAVEL IN NORWAY[310]
XXX.A NORWEGIAN GIRL[317]
XXXI.HOW THEY LIVE[335]
XXXII.JOHN BULL ABROAD[354]
XXXIII.WOMEN IN NORWAY AND GERMANY[361]
XXXIV.DOWN THE DRIVSDAL[368]
XXXV.A NORWEGIAN HORSE-JOCKEY[372]
XXXVI.OUT OF MONEY[381]
XXXVII.ICELANDIC TRAVEL[383]
XXXVIII.HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN[387]
XXXIX.VOYAGE TO SCOTLAND[398]
XL.THE JOLLY BLOODS[404]
XLI.THE FAROE ISLANDS[408]
XLII.FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ICELAND[426]
XLIII.REYKJAVIK, THE CAPITAL OF ICELAND[431]
XLIV.GEIR ZÖEGA[440]
XLV.THE ENGLISH TOURISTS[445]
XLVI.THE ROAD TO THINGVALLA[449]
XLVII.THE ALMANNAJAU[465]
XLVIII.THINGVALLA[476]
XLIX.THE ROAD TO THE GEYSERS[490]
L.THE GEYSERS[503]
LI.THE ENGLISH SPORTS IN TROUBLE[527]
LII.A FRIGHTFUL ADVENTURE[537]