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.