Roundabout to MoscowFront matterReading editionChapter navigation38 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterROUNDABOUT TO MOSCOWPREFACE.Chapter I · BY TRAIN DE LUXE FROM PARIS TO NICE—THE MONTE CARLO GAMES.Chapter II · OLDPAINT, COCKSPUR, AND NORTH ADAMS AT THE CASINO.Chapter III · A BAD NIGHT IN GENOA HARBOR.Chapter IV · ROME—GOOD-FRIDAY AND EASTER.Chapter V · CUTTING A KING—MARGHERITA, QUEEN OF HEARTS.Chapter VI · NAPLES—SORRENTO—CAPRI—PÆSTUM.Chapter VII · FRESH DIGGINGS AT POMPEII—VESUVIUS “WORKING”—THE TELL-TALE SEISMOGRAPH—SOLFATARA.Chapter VIII · ITALIAN BEGGARS—A NEGLECTED GRAVE—THE BLUE-GUM TREE AND MALARIA—PERUGIA—ETRUSCAN TOMBS.Chapter IX · FLORENCE—BOLOGNA—COMO.Chapter X · PEASANT-GIRLS—NIGHTINGALES—ISOLA BELLA—SAN CARLO BORROMEO IN COPPER.Chapter XI · THE SIMPLON IN JUNE—VISPACH TO ZERMATT—THE MATTERHORN—A FINE VIEW FROM THE SNOWS OF GORNER-GRAT.Chapter XII · EARLY ALPINE FLOWERS—A WEDDING-FEAST—THE RHÔNE VALLEY AND GLACIER—FURCA PASS.Chapter XIII · AVALANCHES ON THE JUNGFRAU—THE GUIDES OF GRINDELWALD.Chapter XIV · EXCELSIOR AND THE MAIDEN.Chapter XV · AN ENGLISH ADMIRER OF THE “AMERICAN LANGUAGE.”Chapter XVI · PREHISTORIC LAKE-DWELLERS—AN ISLAND INN AND ITS MEMORIES.Chapter XVII · CARLSBAD—PRAGUE—DRESDEN.Chapter XVIII · BERLIN—ITS MILITARY ATMOSPHERE.Chapter XIX · ST. PETERSBURG IN JULY.Chapter XX · THE FIRST DROSCHKY-RIDE—SUNSET AT THE ISLANDS—EARLY MORNING VIEWS OF THE NEVSKOI PROSPEKT.Chapter XXI · GRAND-DUKE ALEXIS—THE AMERICAN MINISTER AND HIS CHASSEUR—RUSSIAN PRESS CENSORSHIP—AN INDIGNANT BRITON—UNDISCOVERABLE NIHILISTS.Chapter XXII · THE HOLY CITY OF RUSSIA.Chapter XXIII · THE MOSCOW FOUNDLING ASYLUM.Chapter XXIV · RUSSIAN EPICURISM IN TEA—THE JOLTAI TCHAI, OR YELLOW-FLOWER BRAND.Chapter XXV · A HUNT FOR MALACHITE AND LAPIS-LAZULI IN THE GOSTINNOI DVOR.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.Chapter XXVII · A COMEDY OF PASSPORTS—MYTHICAL POLICE ESPIONAGE.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.Chapter XXIX · RUSSIAN FINLAND—STOCKHOLM—THE LARGEST KNOWN METEORITE—THE DJURGARDEN.Chapter XXX · BY RAIL TO CHRISTIANIA—FARE ON THE ROAD—NORWAY’S CAPITAL—THE VIKING-SHIP—AN INLAND TOUR.Chapter XXXI · A BABY KUDSK—TYRI-FIORD—HÖNEFOS—LAKE SPIRELLEN—DINNER AT A SANITARIUM.Chapter XXXII · OMNIPOTENT KRONER—THE FAMILY PARLOR AT ODNÆS—RANDS AND CHRISTIANIA FIORDS.Chapter XXXIII · THE GOTHENBURG WHALE—THREE KINGS IN A BUNCH—NORTHERN OUT-DOOR LIFE—A STUDY OF WINDMILLS.Chapter XXXIV · DIAMOND-CUTTING AT AMSTERDAM.CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR RUSSIA.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →ROUNDABOUT TO MOSCOWAll chapters and sections (38)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsROUNDABOUT TO MOSCOWPREFACE.Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334Other sectionsCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR RUSSIA.Transcriber’s Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.◇frontTitle page in RussianTitle pageROUNDABOUT TO MOSCOW →