Produced by Robert J. Hall
[Illustration: MOSCOW.]
RUSSIA
As _Seen_ and _Described_ by Famous Writers
_Edited and Translated by_
ESTHER SINGLETON
_Author of_ "Turrets, Towers and Temples," "Great Pictures," and
"A Guide to the Opera," and _translator of_ "The Music Dramas of
Richard Wagner."
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
1909
_PREFACE_
This is intended to be a companion volume to _Japan_, and therefore
follows the same general plan and arrangement. It aims to present in
small compass a somewhat comprehensive view of the great Muscovite
power. After a short description of the country and race, we pass
to a brief review of the history and religion including ritual and
ceremonial observances of the Greek Church. Next come descriptions
of regions, cities and architectural marvels; and then follow articles
on the various manners and customs of rural and town life. The
arts of the nation are treated comprehensively; and a chapter of
the latest statistics concludes the rapid survey. The material is
all selected from the writings of those who speak with authority
on the subjects with which they deal.
The Russian Empire is so vast that it would be impossible to give
detailed descriptions of all its parts in a work of this size:
therefore I have been forced to be content with more general
descriptions of provinces with an occasional addition of a typical
city.
E. S.
_New York, April 21, 1904._
_CONTENTS_
PART I
THE COUNTRY AND RACE
The Russian Empire
_Prince Kropotkine._
Siberia
_Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus._
The Russian Races
_W. R. Morfill._