Constantin Sloutchevsky, Russian poet, one of the most famous of the end of the nineteenth century. 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