The diary of a Russian lady

Contents

CHAP. PAGE
I. Early Recollections 13
II. My First Trip Abroad 19
III. My First Appearance in Society 33
IV. My Second Trip Abroad 39
V. My Second Season in St. Petersburg 42
VI. Dolgik 48
VII. In St. Petersburg Again 50
VIII. The Crimea 52
IX. Winter in St. Petersburg 56
X. The Caucasus 60
XI. Marriage 69
XII. Tiflis 73
XIII. Alexandropol 76
XIV. The Turco-Russian War 79
XV. Kars 90
XVI. On my way to Erzeroum 94
XVII. Erzeroum 98
XVIII. St. Petersburg 133
XIX. Moscow 135
XX. Our Journey Abroad 156
XXI. Boulogne-sur-mer 159
XXII. London 161
XXIII. Paris 167
XXIV. On our way to Lucerne 171
XXV. Lucerne 172
XXVI. Interlaken 179
XXVII. Montreux 182
XXVIII. Geneva 189
XXIX. Milan 192
XXX. Villa D’Este 196
XXXI. Cernobbio 199
XXXII. Venice 215
XXXIII. Florence 217
XXXIV. Rome 221
XXXV. Naples 224
XXXVI. Peissenberg 232
XXXVII. On the Rhine 236
XXXVIII. Rotterdam 238
XXXIX. London 240
XL. Moscow 248
XLI. Biarritz 250
XLII. Madrid 255
XLIII. Saragossa 257
XLIV. Barcelona 263
XLV. San Remo 265
XLVI. Paris 267
XLVII. Moscow 268
XLVIII. Copenhagen 271
XLIX. Moscow 274
L. Paris 277
LI. Trouville 282
LII. Moscow 284
LIII. A Trip to Egypt 290
LIV. Constantinople 291
LV. Athens 298
LVI. In Pharaoh Land 299
LVII. Our way Back to Russia 309
LVIII. Promotion of my Husband to the Post of Governor-General
of the Amour Province in Siberia
313
LIX. Across the Atlantic 316
LX. New York 320
LXI. Niagara Falls 329
LXII. Chicago 332
LXIII. San Francisco 338
LXIV. Across the Pacific 340
LXV. Yokohama 347
LXVI. Tokio 352
LXVII. Kobe 356
LXVIII. Across the Inland Sea 357
LXIX. Nagasaki 359
LXX. Across the Japanese Sea 361
LXXI. Siberia—Vladivostock 362
LXXII. Our Journey to Khabarovsk 363
LXXIII. Khabarovsk 375
LXXIV. Our Voyage around the World 393
LXXV. On our way to Japan 397
LXXVI. Nagasaki 399
LXXVII. From Nagasaki to Shanghai 400
LXXVIII. Shanghai 401
LXXIX. Hong-Kong 405
LXXX. Saigon 410
LXXXI. Singapore 413
LXXXII. Java Batavia 416
LXXXIII. Singapore 421
LXXXIV. Colombo 423
LXXXV. Aden 425
LXXXVI. Suez 428
LXXXVII. Port Saïd 429
LXXXVIII. On the Mediterranean 430
LXXXIX. Marseilles 431
XC. Monte Carlo 432
XCI. Nice 433
XCII. Paris 434
XCIII. St. Petersburg—Coronation of Nicolas II 435
XCIV. Our way Back to Khabarovsk via Odessa 438
XCV. Port Saïd 440
XCVI. Suez 441
XCVII. Aden 442
XCVIII. Colombo 444
XCIX. Singapore 449
C. From Singapore to Nagasaki 450
CI. Nagasaki 452
CII. Vladivostock 453
CIII. Khabarovsk 454
CIV. Back to Russia 458
CV. Vladivostock 459
CVI. Nagasaki 460
CVII. Shanghai 462
CVIII. Hong Kong 463
CIX. Canton 465
CX. Macao 468
CXI. Hong Kong 472
CXII. Saigon 474
CXIII. Singapore 475
CXIV. From Singapore to Suez 478
CXV. Suez 482
CXVI. Cairo 482
CXVII. Port Saïd 485
CXVIII. St. Petersburg 487
CXIX. Our Journey to Tashkend 489
CXX. Tashkend 495
CXXI. St. Petersburg 505
CXXII. A Short Peep at St. Petersburg and Back to Tashkend 518
CXXIII. Paris World’s Fair 524
CXXIV. Kissingen 532
CXXV. Back to Tashkend 535
CXXVI. Definite Departure for St. Petersburg 537
Index 539