This is a lovely book about Russia. It is a First Edition which was published in May, 1912 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York. The book measures 5 1/8 inches by 7 ˝ inches and contains 253 pages. The red cloth cover is faded ins spots and a bit soiled. The title is in gilt on the front and down the spine. There is some cosmetic water spotting to the pages. They show no signs of rips or tears with one exception. One photograph has been removed from the book and the page it had been attached to has a small tear. There are no signs of foxing. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is good.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Passports; Customs; Transportation; Railways; Cars; Trams
2. Hotels; Cuisine; Restaurants and Gardens; Theatres and Concerts; Races; Sports; Dances; General Information
3. Chronology
4. The Baltic Cities
5. Finland
6. The Capital, and Other Cities of Great Russia
7. Moscow and the Troika Monastery
8. Tour of the Volga and the Caucasus
9. Central, Western and Little Russia; The Crimea
10. Odessa; Kiev; Warsaw

Excerpt - Introduction:
The Russian, rarely hilarious, is usually good-tempered. He is without conceit, will often stoop to serve, and is invariably courteous to strangers. The writer recalls the kindness of two merchants who surrendered their window seats and rode backwards during a seven-hour journey, with the unselfish desire to increase the pleasure of others. At the station buffet, they rose from their dinner to ascertain the needs of their co-travelers and translate them into Russian to the waiter. At another time a passing inquiry of a medal-bedecked general resulted in his making several trips, half the length of the train to give added information. Once we were extricated from a puzzling situation by a lady who refused to board her boat for Kazan until she had seen her chance companions comfortably installed at Nizhni…
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Note: A photograph of the Kremlin has been removed from the book. We do not have that photograph.

Other Photographs include:
Imperial Mail Steamer Kursk. Type of Ships on the New York-Libau Route
The Oldest Ikon of the Virgin in Russia; in Cathedral of St. Sophia, Novgorod
Kalkstrasse and the Promenade, Riga
Grand Duchess Elizabeth, now an inmate of Convent which she Founded
The Winter Palace, St. Petersburg Session Chamber of the Duma, Tauride Palace, St. Petersburg
Monument in St. Petersburg to Memory of Soldiers Killed in Japanese War
Vladimir, Metropolitan of Moscow
The Red Square, Church of St. Basil and Redeemer Gate, Moscow
Moscow Policeman
Nizhni Novgorod (Bridge of the Fair) The Imperial Children
Ivan the Terrible by Antokolsky; Alexander III Museum, St. Petersburg
Meridian Bay, Sevastopol
Meridian Bay, Sevastopol
Place Turemanaja, Odessa
Kiev, Capital of the Cossak Kingdom
Nowo Zjazd Street, Warsaw

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