CHAPTER VII _Moscow of the Tsars_ 111 CHAPTER VIII _The Kremlin_ 147 CHAPTER IX _Moscow of the Ecclesiastics_ 172 CHAPTER X _Moscow of the Citizens_ 206 CHAPTER XI _Ancient Customs and Quaint Survivals_ 227 CHAPTER XII _The Convents and Monasteries_ 253 CHAPTER XIII _Moscow of the English_ 270 CHAPTER XIV _The French Invasion--and after_ 284 CHAPTER XV _Itinerary and Miscellaneous Information_ 303 _Index_ 309 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE _The Virgin of Vladimir (Vladimirski Bogeimateri) by St Luke_ _Frontispiece_ _The Kremlin_ 13 _Danilovski Monastery_ 17 _Spass na Boru_ 29 _Ilyinka Gate of the Kitai Gorod_ 39 _Doorway of St Lazarus_ 45 _Alarm Bell Tower_ 58 _Vasili Blajenni_ 67 _The Terem--A Corridor_ 83 _Church of the Assumption_ 89 _Dom Romanovykh_ 108 _Belvedere of the Terem_ 117 _Krutitski Vorot_ 122 _Krasnoe Kriltso_ 126 _Throne Room of the Terem_ 135 _Vosskresenski Vorot and Iberian Chapel_ 143 _Kremlin--Wall and Tower_ 148 _Terem and Belvedere of the Potieshni Dvorets_ 154 _Church of Our Saviour behind the Golden Gates_ 161 _Potieshni Dvorets, or Pleasure Palace_ 167 _Church of the Nativity (Rojdestva V-Putinkakh)_ 181 _Uspenski Sobor--The Ikonostas_ 186 _Cathedral of the Annunciation (Blagovieshchenski Sobor)_ 193 _Church and Gate of Mary of Vladimir_ 204 _Srietenka--The Sukharev Bashnia_ 208 _St Nicholas "Stylite"_ 218