Honeymooning in Russia (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Honeymooning in Russia

Please pin on your hat and come down quick in a taxi, pleaded Philip. I have a package of news to de liver. Will you meet me at twelve? I am ordering lunch eon for two at Carlin's.

Of course I promised and ran upstairs to put on some thing white and crisp. Of course, also, I prinked a mo ment. Two more moments sped in gathering up gloves and sunshade and in leaving word for the mater. As my tardy cab approached Carlin's familiar glass portals I saw Philip glance at his time-piece. He held it up for me to see, but I was too wary to be. Thus convicted of feminine dilatoriness.

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Excerpt from Honeymooning in Russia

An Idyl of Little Russia; Paul, the First; Peter, the Great; Cathedral erected in St. Petersburgh in memory of Alexander II; A Chamberlain to the Tsar; Winter Palace, St. Petersburgh; Tsarevitch Alexis; Reproduction of an Izba, made by a Volga peasant; "The Peasant Lovers," by Bekemichev; "The Conquerors," by Vereschagin; Our host at Cronstadt; Selling homespun linen at a village fair; Peterhov Palace; Where the Tsar feasts after the Coronation; Arrival of the Tsar within the gates of Sampsonievsky Church, Poltava; The Arab Captain; Marie; Market day at Vologda; A Steamer on the Volga; Russian Farmers; Nizhni Novgorod in Winter; A Tartar Pedlar; The Chapel of the Iversky Virgin; Birthplace of Gogol, near Janovstina

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.