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

ivCONTENTS.

Rural Scenery in Moscow. — Drunkenness among the Rus

sians. — Hidden Poetry. — Song of the Don Cossacks. — The

Music of Northern Nations. — The Cossacks. — Their Cha

racter.— Influence under which they Fight. — Political Sub

terfuges. — A Polish Fable.--Page 34

The Tartar Mosque. — The Descendants of the Mongols in Moscow. — Tower of SoukarefF. — Colossal Reservoir. — Byzantine Architecture. — Public Institutions. — The Emperor every where. — Dissimilarity in the Slavonian and German Characters.—The Noblemen's Club. — Polite Education of the Russians. — Habits of the Higher Classes. — A Russian Coffee-house. — Religious Belief of the old Serfs. — Society in Moscow. — A Country House in a City. — Real Politeness. — Review of Russian Character. — Their want of Generosity. — Contempt for the Law of Kindness. — Seductive Manners of the Russians.— Their Fickleness. — Resemblance of the Poles and Russians. — Libertinism in Moscow.

—Moral Consequences of Despotism. — Observations on

Modern Literature. — Drunkenness a Vice of the highest

Classes. — Russian Curiosity. — Portrait of Princeand

his Companions. — Murder in a Nunnery. — Conversation at a Table-d'hôte. — The Lovelace of the Kremlin. — A Burlesque Petition. — Modern Prudery. — Parting Scene with

Prince. — An elegant Coachman. — Morals of the

Citizens'Wives. — Libertinism the Fruit of Despotism.— Moral Licence in lieu of Political Freedom. — Condition of the Serfs and other Classes.—Nature of Russian Ambition.

—Results of the System of Peter the Great. — The true

Power of Russia. — Danger of Truth. — Songs of the Russian

Gipsies. — Musical Revolution accomplished by Duprez.—

The Theatre in Russia.—French Language in Russia un

derstood superficially.—A Russian in his Library. — The

Tarandasse. — Russian Ideas of Distance. — A noble Trait in

Russian Character.------ õG