[166] The New York Herald, 6th May, 1891.
[167] Son of the celebrated scientist, S. Botkin, and Secretary to the Russian Embassy in Washington.
[168] Schirmer’s married daughter.
[169] Broken Russian. “How are you? Please sit down.”
[170] Anatol was then Vice-Governor of Estland.
[171] In the Revue des Deux Mondes, 1891.
[172] In July of this year he had been made a corresponding member of the “Maatschappij tot Bevorderung van Toonkunst.”
[173] Diminutive of Petersburg.
[174] A. Friede, General of Infantry.
[175] Daughter of General A. Friede and a prima donna at the Maryinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg.