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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

BY J. ROSS BROWNE.

• AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN GERMANY. Illustrated by the Author. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00.
• THE LAND OF THOR. Illustrated by the Author. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00.
• CRUSOE'S ISLAND: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. With Sketches of Adventure in California and Washoe. Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75.
• YUSEF; or, The Journey of the Frangi. A Crusade in the East With Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75.

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

CONTENTS.

• I. IMPRESSIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG. 9
• II. A PLEASANT EXCURSION. 25
• III. VIEWS ON THE MOSCOW RAILWAY. 39
• IV. MOSCOW. 52
• V. TEA-DRINKING. 60
• VI. THE PETERSKOI GARDENS. 65
• VII. THE "LITTLE WATER." 73
• VIII. THE MARKETS OF MOSCOW. 77
• IX. THE NOSE REGIMENT. 88
• X. THE EMPEROR'S BEAR-HUNT. 92
• XI. RUSSIAN HUMOR. 97
• XII. A MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURE. 104
• XIII. THE DENOUEMENT. 125
• XIV. THE KREMLIN. 134
• XV. RUSSIAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 155
• XVI. DESPOTISM versus SERFDOM. 165
• XVII. REFORM IN RUSSIA. 170
• XVIII. A BOND OF SYMPATHY. 185
• XIX. CIVILIZATION IN RUSSIA. 193
• XX. PASSAGE TO REVEL. 209
• XXI. REVEL AND HELSINGFORS. 218
• XXII. A BATHING SCENE. 227
• XXIII. ABO—FINLAND. 236
• XXIV. STOCKHOLM. 248
• XXV. WALKS ABOUT STOCKHOLM. 262
• XXVI. THE GOTHA CANAL. 272
• XXVII. VOYAGE TO CHRISTIANIA. 291
• XXVIII. FROM CHRISTIANIA TO LILLEHAMMER. 302
• XXIX. HOW THEY TRAVEL IN NORWAY. 310
• XXX. A NORWEGIAN GIRL. 317
• XXXI. HOW THEY LIVE. 335
• XXXII. JOHN BULL ABROAD. 354
• XXXIII. WOMEN IN NORWAY AND GERMANY. 361
• XXXIV. DOWN THE DRIVSDAL. 368
• XXXV. A NORWEGIAN HORSE-JOCKEY. 372
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• XXXVI. OUT OF MONEY. 381
• XXXVII. ICELANDIC TRAVEL. 383
• XXXVIII. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. 387
• XXXIX. VOYAGE TO SCOTLAND. 398
• XL. THE JOLLY BLOODS. 404
• XLI. THE FAROE ISLANDS. 408
• XLII. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ICELAND. 426
• XLIII. REYKJAVIK, THE CAPITAL OF ICELAND. 431
• XLIV. GEIR ZÖEGA. 440
• XLV. THE ENGLISH TOURISTS. 445
• XLVI. THE ROAD TO THINGVALLA. 449
• XLVII. THE ALMANNAJAU. 465
• XLVIII. THINGVALLA. 476
• XLIX. THE ROAD TO THE GEYSERS. 490
• L. THE GEYSERS. 503
• LI. THE ENGLISH SPORTS IN TROUBLE. 527
• LII. A FRIGHTFUL ADVENTURE. 537

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

• Laborers and Shipwrights. 10
• Russian and Finn. 11
• Cooper's Shop and Residence. 15
• Merchant, Peddlers, and Coachman. 18
• Istrovoschiks. 21
• Fish Peddler. 29
• Young Peasants. 31
• Dvornick and Postman. 35
• Glazier, Painter, Carpenters. 37
• Hay Gatherers. 46
• Prisoners for Siberia. 58
• Tea-sellers. 61
• Mujiks at Tea. 63
• Russian Theatre. 68
• The Peterskoi Gardens. 72
• Vodka. 75
• Old-clothes' Market. 78
• Cabinet-makers. 84
• Pigs, Pups, and Pans. 87
• Imperial Nosegay. 90
• Skinned and Stuffed Man. 100
• Frozen Animals in the Market. 101
• Mujik and Cats. 103
• Effects of "Little Water." 111
• Russian Beggars. 115
• Gambling Saloon. 122
• A Passage of Politeness. 157
• Serfs. 168
• In Norseland. 292
• The Steamer entering the Fjord. 295
• Coast of Norway. 297
• The Islands. 299
• Approach to Christiania. 303
• Station-house, Logen Valley. 313
• Station-boy. 321
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• "Good-by—Many Thanks!" 322
• Norwegian Peasant Family. 324
• The Post-girl. 330
• Waiting for a Nibble. 341
• Snow-plow. 344
• A Drinking Bout. 345
• A Norwegian Farm. 347
• Norwegian Church. 348
• Parish Schoolmaster. 349
• Dovre Fjeld. 353
• Playing him out. 356
• English Sportsman. 358
• Bear Chase. 359
• Peasant Women at Work. 360
• Wheeling Girls. 363
• Justice of the Peace. 365
• Model Landlord. 367
• Drivsdal Valley. 369
• Passage on the Driv. 371
• The Prize. 375
• Traveling on Foot. 382
• The great Geyser. 385
• Hans Christian Andersen. 394
• A Dandy Tourist. 406
• Thorshavn. 407
• View in Faroe Islands. 409
• Faroese Children. 412
• Faroese Islanders. 414
• Kirk Göboe. 421
• Farm-house and Ruins. 423
• Faroese on Horseback. 425
• Natural Bridge. 427
• Coast of Iceland. 429
• The Meal-sack. 430
• Reykjavik, the Capital of Iceland. 432
• Governor's Residence, Reykjavik. 434
• Icelandic Houses. 435
• Church at Reykjavik. 436
• Icelanders at Work. 438
• Geir Zöega. 441
• Icelandic Horses. 443
• English Party at Reykjavik. 447
• A Rough Road. 451
• Taking Snuff. 454
• An Icelandic Bog. 459
• Geir Zöega and Brusa. 463
• Entrance to the Almannajau. 466
• The Almannajau. 467
• Skeleton View of the Almannajau. 469
• Outline View of Thingvalla. 470
• Fall of the Almannajau. 472
• Icelandic Shepherd-girl. 473
• Church at Thingvalla. 477
• The Pastor's House. 479
• The Pastor of Thingvalla. 485
• Skeleton View of the Lögberg. 488
• Thingvalla, Lögberg, Almannajau. 489
• Diagram of the Lögberg. 490
• An Artist at Home. 492
• Lava-fjelds. 494
• Effigy in Lava. 495
• The Hrafnajau. 497
• The Tintron Rock. 499
• Bridge River. 502
• Shepherd and Family. 506
• The Strokhr. 516
• Side-saddle. 519
• Great Geyser and Receiver. 525
• Strokhr and Receiver. 525
• "Oh-o-o-ah!" 529
• The English Party. 533
• Interior of Icelandic Hut. 536
• An Awkward Predicament. 540