Roundabout to Moscow

About this eBook

Author

Bouton, John Bell, 1830-1902

Title

Roundabout to Moscow: An Epicurean Journey

Credits

deaurider, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DK: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

Subject

Russia -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65966

Release Date

July 31, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ROUNDABOUT TO MOSCOW
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. BY TRAIN DE LUXE FROM PARIS TO NICE—THE MONTE CARLO GAMES.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. OLDPAINT, COCKSPUR, AND NORTH ADAMS AT THE CASINO.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. A BAD NIGHT IN GENOA HARBOR.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. ROME—GOOD-FRIDAY AND EASTER.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. CUTTING A KING—MARGHERITA, QUEEN OF HEARTS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. NAPLES—SORRENTO—CAPRI—PÆSTUM.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. FRESH DIGGINGS AT POMPEII—VESUVIUS “WORKING”—THE TELL-TALE SEISMOGRAPH—SOLFATARA.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. ITALIAN BEGGARS—A NEGLECTED GRAVE—THE BLUE-GUM TREE AND MALARIA—PERUGIA—ETRUSCAN TOMBS.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. FLORENCE—BOLOGNA—COMO.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. PEASANT-GIRLS—NIGHTINGALES—ISOLA BELLA—SAN CARLO BORROMEO IN COPPER.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE SIMPLON IN JUNE—VISPACH TO ZERMATT—THE MATTERHORN—A FINE VIEW FROM THE SNOWS OF GORNER-GRAT.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. EARLY ALPINE FLOWERS—A WEDDING-FEAST—THE RHÔNE VALLEY AND GLACIER—FURCA PASS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. AVALANCHES ON THE JUNGFRAU—THE GUIDES OF GRINDELWALD.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. EXCELSIOR AND THE MAIDEN.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. AN ENGLISH ADMIRER OF THE “AMERICAN LANGUAGE.”
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. PREHISTORIC LAKE-DWELLERS—AN ISLAND INN AND ITS MEMORIES.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. CARLSBAD—PRAGUE—DRESDEN.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. BERLIN—ITS MILITARY ATMOSPHERE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. ST. PETERSBURG IN JULY.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. THE FIRST DROSCHKY-RIDE—SUNSET AT THE ISLANDS—EARLY MORNING VIEWS OF THE NEVSKOI PROSPEKT.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. GRAND-DUKE ALEXIS—THE AMERICAN MINISTER AND HIS CHASSEUR—RUSSIAN PRESS CENSORSHIP—AN INDIGNANT BRITON—UNDISCOVERABLE NIHILISTS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. THE HOLY CITY OF RUSSIA.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE MOSCOW FOUNDLING ASYLUM.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. RUSSIAN EPICURISM IN TEA—THE JOLTAI TCHAI, OR YELLOW-FLOWER BRAND.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. A HUNT FOR MALACHITE AND LAPIS-LAZULI IN THE GOSTINNOI DVOR.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. THE PEACOCK-FEATHER MYSTERY—MANAYUNK AND THE OLD MASTERS—HIS FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR THE KREMLIN—THE MOSCOW RAG-FAIR—THE PETROVSKY PALACE—DINING IN THE GROUNDS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. A COMEDY OF PASSPORTS—MYTHICAL POLICE ESPIONAGE.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. SUMMER WEATHER IN RUSSIA—ST. PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW ENOUGH FOR SIGHT-SEERS—M. KATKOFF AND HIS GAZETTE—TSAR AND PEOPLE—REPUBLICAN POSSIBILITIES OF THE COSSACK.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. RUSSIAN FINLAND—STOCKHOLM—THE LARGEST KNOWN METEORITE—THE DJURGARDEN.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. BY RAIL TO CHRISTIANIA—FARE ON THE ROAD—NORWAY’S CAPITAL—THE VIKING-SHIP—AN INLAND TOUR.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. A BABY KUDSK—TYRI-FIORD—HÖNEFOS—LAKE SPIRELLEN—DINNER AT A SANITARIUM.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. OMNIPOTENT KRONER—THE FAMILY PARLOR AT ODNÆS—RANDS AND CHRISTIANIA FIORDS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GOTHENBURG WHALE—THREE KINGS IN A BUNCH—NORTHERN OUT-DOOR LIFE—A STUDY OF WINDMILLS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. DIAMOND-CUTTING AT AMSTERDAM.
38. 38.APPENDIX.
39. 39.CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR RUSSIA.

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