Russia in 1839 -Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia

124ARRIVAL AT YAROSLAF.

COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE OF YAROSLAF.—A RUSSIAN'S OPINION OF

RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE.DESCRIPTION OF YAROSLAF.MONO

TONOUS ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY. — THE BOATMEN OF THE

VOLGA.COUP-d'cEIL ON THE RUSSIAN CHARACTER.PRIMITIVE

DROWSKAS. ANTIQUE COSTUME. — RUSSIAN BATHS. — DIF

FERENCE BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND GERMAN CHILDREN. — VISIT

TO THE GOVERNOR. AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE. SOUVENIRS

OF VERSAILLES. —INFLUENCE OF FRENCH LITERATURE.VISIT

TO THE CONVENT OF THE TRANSFIGURATION. RUSSIAN PIETY.

— BYZANTINE STYLE IN THE ARTS. — GREAT POINTS OF RELI

GIOUS DISCUSSION IN RUSSIA. — THE ZACUSKA. THE STERLED.

RUSSIAN DINNERS.FAMILY SOIREE. — MORAL SUPERIORITY OF

THE FEMALE SEX IN RUSSIA. — JUSTIFICATION OF PROVIDENCE.

A LOTTERY. FRENCH TON CHANGED BY POLITICS. —WANT

OF A BENEFICENT ARISTOCRACY. THE REAL GOVERNORS OF

RUSSIA. — BUREAUCRACYCHILDREN OF THE POPES. PRO-

PAGANDISM OF NAPOLEON STILL OPERATES IN RUSSIA.THE

TASK OF THE EMPEROR.

The prediction made to me at Moscow is already accomplished, although I have yet scarcely completed a quarter of my journey. I have reached Yaroslaf in a carriage, not one part of which is undamaged. It is to be mended, but I doubt whether it will carry me through.

Summer has now vanished*, not to return until the next year. A cold rain, which they here consider as proper to the season, has driven away the dog-days entirely. I am so accustomed to the incon-

* Written 18th of August.