[107] March 30, 1882.
[108] Russian Revolt.
[109] A Russian writer of the 17th century said: “As Eve did wrong, so the whole race of women become sinful and the cause of evil.”
[110] She was spoken of as a “Vanity itself,” “A storm in the home,” “A flood that swells everything,” “A serpent nourished in the bosom,” “A spear penetrating the heart,” “A constantly flying arrow.”
[111] Rural Life in Russia.—The Nineteenth Century.
[112] See Chap. 4. p. 161.
[113] I myself am the happy possessor of a little rude wooden bas-relief, framed and glazed, of two saints, whose names I have ungratefully forgotten, to whom if you pray as you go out to commit a crime, however heinous, you take your pardon with you.—Rural Life in Russia.
[114] See Chap. 4. p. 182.
[115] Reported by Mrs. Livermore.
[116] Leavenworth Standard, Dec. 21, 1886.