CONTENTS

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Publisher’s Note[v]
[BOOK I. 1855-1894]
CHAPTER
[1.][Nicholas I. Dies][3]
[2.][Alexander II. on the Throne][16]
[3.][Anecdotes of the Imperial Family][25]
[4.][Influence of the Grand Duchess Hélène Pavlovna][38]
[5.][The Reforms of Alexander II. and His Ministers][48]
[6.][The Adlerbergs and the Schouvaloffs][60]
[7.][St. Petersburg before the War of 1877-8][71]
[8.][The Eastern War and Afterwards][79]
[9.][The Berlin Congress and its Consequences][89]
[10.][Alexander’s Love Affairs][99]
[11.][Assassination of Alexander II.][108]
[12.][Alexander III. and His Consort][116]
[13.][The Imperial Family in 1881][122]
[14.][The Friends and Ministers of Alexander III.][130]
[15.][Alexander III. is Crowned][143]
[16.][St. Petersburg Society, from 1883 to 1894][152]
[17.][The Foreign Policy of Alexander III.][163]
[18.][Alexander’s Ministers][171]
[19.][The Police under Alexander III.][179]
[20.][The Truth about Borky][185]
[21.][Last Days at Livadia][192]
[BOOK II. 1894-1913]
[1.][Funeral and Wedding Bells][203]
[2.][A Character Sketch of Nicholas II.][212]
[3.][The Empress Alix][224]
[4.][The Imperial Family To-day][238]
[5.][Zemstvo of Tver Incident and what came of it][250]
[6.][The Entourage of the Emperor and Empress][261]
[7.][The Coronation of Nicholas II.][270]
[8.][The Springtide of Discontent][278]
[9.][The War with Japan][288]
[10.][Mukden and Tsushima][296]
[11.][The Birth of the Tsarevitch][308]
[12.][The Death of Mademoiselle Vietroff][320]
[13.][The Beginning of the Revolution][324]
[14.][Peace with Japan; War at Home][334]
[15.][The First Two Dumas][343]
[16.][The Career of M. Stolypin][353]
[17.][A Character Sketch of M. Kokovtsov][364]
[18.][The Foreign Office under Nicholas II.][375]
[19.][St. Petersburg Society at the Present Day][383]
[20.][The Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Her Children][392]
[21.][The 300th Anniversary of a Dynasty][399]

LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURES

[The Imperial Family of Russia, 1913][Frontispiece]
Facing page
[Emperor Nicholas I.][16]
[Emperor Alexander II.][16]
[Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaievitch][34]
[Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievitch][34]
[Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovitch][34]
[Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovitch][34]
[Emperor Alexander III.][116]
[Empress Marie Feodorovna][116]
[Nicholas II., Tsar of Russia][212]
[Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia][225]
[The Winter Palace, St. Petersburg][342]
[Prince Gortschakov][364]
[Count Ignatieff][364]
[M. de Giers][364]
[M. Kokovtsov][364]
[M. Stolpyin][364]
[Grand Duchess Olga][392]
[Grand Duchess Tatiana][392]
[Grand Duchess Marie][392]
[Grand Duchess Anastasia][392]
[The Tsarevitch Alexis][392]

BOOK I. 1855-1894 BEHIND THE VEIL AT THE RUSSIAN COURT