Russian Life and Society

About this eBook

Author

Appleton, Nathan, 1843-1906

Title

Russian life and society as seen in 1866-'67 : by Appleton and Longfellow, two young travellers from the United States of America, who had been officers in the Union army, and a journey to Russia with General Banks in 1869. With sketches of Alexander II. and Abraham Lincoln, and emancipation in the empire of Russia and the republic of the United States of America.

Original Publication

Boston: Press of Murray and Emery Company, 1904.

Credits

Richard Tonsing 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

Europe, Western -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79273

Release Date

August 5, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RUSSIAN LIFE AND SOCIETY AS SEEN IN 1866-’67 BY APPLETON AND LONGFELLOW, TWO YOUNG TRAVELLERS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHO HAD BEEN OFFICERS IN THE UNION ARMY, AND A JOURNEY TO RUSSIA WITH GENERAL BANKS IN 1869.
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER FIRST. ARRIVAL IN PARIS AND ADIEU. THE YACHT ALICE. — Gay, Gay Paris. — A Letter To My Mother. — The Yacht Alice. — From Brother Tom in London. — General de Trobriand. — To My Mother. — Later: Resolve in Favor of St. Petersburg. — A Letter from My Mother. — Adelaide Ristori. — La Diva, Café Napolitaine. To My Mother from Paris, Nov. 15, 1866. — The New York Yacht Club. — The Four-in-Hand Club. — James Gordon Bennett, Jr. — Polo and Horse-Racing. — Races on the Newport Beach. — Ten Years Later. A Retrospect. — The Race at Newport. — The Washington Club. — From My Mother in Boston, Sunday, November 18, 1866. — To My Mother from Paris, November 21, 1866. — Adieu to Paris. — William Morris Hunt.
4. 4.CHAPTER SECOND Lincoln and Emancipation — ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Lincoln and Emancipation. — Colonization. — Proclamation of Emancipation. — Slaves Still Held in Loyal States. — The Constitution of the United States. Fourteenth Amendment. — The Constitution of the United States. Fifteenth Amendment. — After Emancipation. — An Appeal to the Country. — Death of Lincoln. — Personal Recollections. — Statue at Springfield, Ill. —
5. 5.CHAPTER THIRD. BRUSSELS. THANKSGIVING IN BERLIN. WILNA. — Letter to My Mother . — Berlin in 1866. — Thanksgiving Dinner. — My Fairy Sleigh. — Stop Over at Wilna. — The Russian Beggar. — A Tour of the Town. — The Russian Horse, Sleigh and Coachman. — At Wilna. The Chief of Police.
6. 6.CHAPTER FOURTH. ST. PETERSBURG. TSAR ALEXANDER II. — Letter to My Mother. — To My Sister. — To My Mother. — Great Sea Street. — Pretty Russian Maidens. — Charles K. Smith. — The New York Club. — To My Mother. — Emperor Alexander II. —Presentation. — The Presentation. — The Invitation. — Gortschakoff. — Letter to my Mother. — To Cronstadt—An American Party. — The Imperial Stables. — Ross Winans.
7. 7.CHAPTER FIFTH. MOSCOW. THE CITY AND ENVIRONS. TROTTING IN RUSSIA. — From St. Petersburg to Moscow. — First Letter from Moscow. — Russian Tea-drinking. — Fast Trotters in Moscow. — Snow Hills. — The Carnatz Connection. — The Carnatz Children. — A Russian Mansion. — The City and its Environs. — Trotting in Russia. — To Harness a Horse a la Russe. — Letter to my Mother. — The Christmas Tree. — The Patriarchal Cathedral. — The Russian Bath. — The Mazourka. — Off to St. Petersburg. — From My Mother in Boston. — The Staigg Portrait. — New Year’s Day in Moscow. — New Year’s Day. — The Russian Groom. — From My Sister in Boston. — The Staigg Portrait. The Surprise. — On the 11th My Mother Wrote :— — Letter from Geo. B. Shattuck. — Allston’s Rosalie. — Thomas Sully. — Mary E. Nealy to N. A. — My Brother Tom and Allston. Letter from T. G. A. to Mrs. Samuel Appleton. — From My Mother at Boston.
8. 8.CHAPTER SIXTH. ST. PETERSBURG. THE NEVA. NOVGOROD. POLAND. — The Blessing of The Neva. — Fox’s Mission to Russia. — The Ceremony of Blessing the Waters. — “ A Friend at Court. ” — A Cousinly View. From My Cousin at Moscow to My Mother. — Novgorod. To My Mother. — The Midnight Drive. — Isla. — My Circassian Uniform. — Letter to My Mother Continued. — The Costume Ball at Delmonico’s. — From Miss Stevens on Receipt of the Photograph, 1877. — The Loom of the East. — My Twenty-Fourth Birthday. From My Mother in Boston, Sunday, Feb. 3, 1867. — The Last Letter from Russia in ’67. — “ 20 and 30 Below. ” — Russian Footmen. — Lady Buchanan’s Ball. — Tsarskoë Selo. — A Drive with Reindeer. — Gas-Lighting in Moscow. From My Mother in Boston, Feb. 10, 1867. — Gifts to the South. — “ Poor Poland. ” — Letter to My Mother. — Parting Company.
9. 9.CHAPTER SEVENTH. CHARLES APPLETON LONGFELLOW. — In Virginia. Three Years Previous. The Pain of Battle. — From the History of the Fifth Mass. Battery, Light Artillery. Letter of Lieut. Appleton p. 747. The Crossing of the Rapidan. New Hope Church.
10. 10.CHAPTER EIGHTH. FRANCE. LAST DAYS OF THE EMPIRE. TO RUSSIA WITH GENERAL BANKS. — The Guests of France. — The Review. — Paris in 1869. — Burlingame and China. — The Union Pacific Railroad. — The Curtin-Drexel Dinner. — At Stockholm. — General Banks, Denmark and Sweden. — A Review of the Army. — Raasloff, Banks and the Islands. — To St. Petersburg. — The Presentations. — The Review. — Agricultural Exhibition. — The Review of the Troops. — General Hiram Berdan. — The Lost Sword. — Individual Enterprise. — On the Way to Suez. — Constantinople. — Arrival at Port Said. — Return to Paris.
11. 11.CHAPTER NINTH. ALEXANDER II. AND EMANCIPATION. — The Territory of Russia. — The System of Government. — The Serfs. — Emancipation of the Serfs. — After Emancipation. — The Rural Communes. — Death of Alexander II. — Monument at Moscow. — Medals Made Hereditary.
12. 12.CHAPTER TENTH. EUROPE AND AMERICA IN 1870. DEMETRIUS GOUBAREFF. RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. — In London, Paris and Nice. Introductory Remarks. — “ Europe and America in 1870. ” — England and France. — Prussia. — Austria. — Spain. — Italy. — Denmark, Norway and Sweden. — Russia. — The Equipoise of Power. — Looking into the Future. — The Possession of Constantinople. — The Country of the Pharaohs. — The Non-intervention of the United States. — The Path of Peace. — From a Letter to My Sister at Manchester. — Goubareff the Russian. — Russia and the United States. Written in Boston in 1873. — The Double Event of Emancipation. — The Russo-American Fever.
13. 13.INDEX TO PERSONS, PLACES, AND SUBJECTS

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