[Illustration: Every wave of revolution in Petrograd broke over the cobbles of the great Winter Palace Square--The Dvortsovaya] THE RED HEART OF RUSSIA BY BESSIE BEATTY War Correspondent of San Francisco Bulletin ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS [Illustration] NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1918 Copyright, 1918, by THE CENTURY CO. _Published, October, 1918_ TO FOUR WHO SAW THE SUNRISE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THREE GOOD SAMARITANS 3 II DIPLOMATS--OFFICIAL AND OTHERWISE 26 III IRRECONCILABLE BED-FELLOWS 46 IV SPECKS ON THE HORIZON 65 V THE BATTALION OF DEATH 90 VI IN THE HOLLOW OF THEIR HAND 115 VII OLD RIVERS AND NEW DOCTRINES 132 VIII THE MAN ON HORSEBACK 146 IX THE CENTRABALT MAKES AN EXCEPTION 164 X THE RISE OF THE PROLETARIAT 178 XI THE FALL OF THE WINTER PALACE 201 XII THE DAY OF SHAME 225 XIII THE GRAVE OF HOPE 244 XIV MOTHER MOSCOW WEEPS 259 XV BLASTING AT THE ESTABLISHED ORDER 271 XVI IN PLACE OF THE GUILLOTINE 292 XVII THE GREAT GRAY WOLF 312 XVIII TSARS AND PEASANTS 335 XIX WOMEN IN THE REVOLUTION 357 XX REVOLUTION TAKES A HOLIDAY 386 XXI ON THE ROCKS OF UNCOMPROMISE 407 XXII THE INTELLIGENTZIA OBJECTS 430 XXIII THE GREAT BETRAYAL 446 A MESSAGE TO MARS 475 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Every wave of revolution in Petrograd broke over the cobbles of the great Winter Palace Square--The Dvortsovaya _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Around the statue of Alexander III, symbol of old Russia, the talking multitudes surged 32 First Soviet of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ and Deputies 32 Alexander Kerensky in the study of the Tzar 33 The great stucco Winter Palace in which the American guests were housed 33