BY RENÉE ELTON MAUD
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXVIII

Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

[PART I]
PAGE
[THE FULFILMENT OF MY DREAM][1]
[PART II]
[IN THE CAUCASUS][79]
[PART III]
[AT PETROGRAD][105]
[PART IV]
[RASPUTIN: HIS INFLUENCE AND HIS WORK][189]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[The Ex-Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia with the Ex-Czarevitch Alexis ][Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
[Russian Coachman][6]
[Caucasus—Gourian Prince][6]
[Russian Equipages—Two Troïkas][7]
[In the Park of Monrepos—The Ferry to Ludwinstein][14]
[Monrepos—The Char-à-bancs][15]
[The Castle of Monrepos from the Park][22]
[Peterhof—The Imperial Children][23]
[Cronstadt—Two Survivors of the glorious Koreitz][62]
[The Barracks at Peterhof—Two Cossacks of the Escort][62]
[The Crown Prince of Germany with Princess Cecilie as Fiancés] [63]
[Scenery in the Caucasus][90]
[In the Mountains of the Caucasus][91]
[Tiflis—A Persian Baker’s Shop][94]
[Tiflis—A Persian Shoemaker’s Shop][95]
[Ploughing in the Caucasus][216]
[The Imperial Palace of Tzarskoë-Celo][217]

Part I
THE FULFILMENT OF MY DREAM