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

between the Russians and the French. — Russian Honesty.—

Opinion of Napoleon. — The only sincere Man in the Empire.

—Spoiled Savages. — Errors of Peter the Great. — Absurd

Architecture. — Beauty of the Quays.—The Great Scµiare.

The Churches.— Palace of the Taurida.—Antique Venus.—

The Hermitage. — Picture Gallery. — Private Social Code

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The Minister of War. — An Evasion.—The Fortress of Sehlus-selburg. — Formalities. — Troublesome Politeness. — Hallucinations. — Kotzebue in Siberia. — The Feldjäger. — Manufactories of Petersburg. — Houses of Russian Peasants. — A Russian Inn. — Dirtiness of the People. — The Country Women. — Bad Roads. — The Engineer and his Wife. — The Sluices of Sc·hlusselburg. — Union of the Caspian and Baltic. — The Source of the Neva. — Inundations of Petersburg. — The Interior of the Fortress of Schlusselburg. — The Tomb of Ivan. — Anger of the Commandant. — State Prisoners. — A Dinner with the Middle Classes in Russia.— Natural Causticity of the People. — Polite Conversation. — Madame de Genlis. — French Modern Literature prohibited.— A National Dish. —Difference in the Manners of the Higher and Middle Classes. — Return to Petersburg. - -169

Philosophy of Adieus. — Imagination.—A Twilight Scene in Petersburg. — Northern Mythology. — God in Nature. — The Spirit of the World. — Literary Candour. — The Bridge of Neva at Night. — Petersburg compared to Venice. — The Gospel dangerous. — Religion in Russia. — Janus. — New Poland. — The Future. — A Delay. — History of the Prince and Princess Troubetzko'¿. — Devotion of the Princess. — Fourteen Years in the Uralian Mines. — Mercy of the Emperor. — The Children of a Convict. —Colonisation in Siberia. — A Mother's Anguish. — Second Petition to the Emperor, and his Answer. — A final Opinion on the Character of tire Emperor. — The Family of the Exiles. — Change in the Author's Plans. — Means taken for deceiving the Police. 201