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GOLD-PLATED PUNCH SET PRESENTED TO THE 



AUTHOR 106 



Moscow RESTAURANT, ONE OF THE MOST NOTED 



IN RUSSIA 112 



KALMUCK HUTS ON THE VOLGA, NEAR ASTRACHAN 122 



PHILARET 128 



PEASANT GIRLS . . . . . .130 



THE FIRST OF THE HARVEST . . .134 



TOYS MADE BY THE INSTRUCTION TOY SHOP OF 

 THE PROVINCIAL ZEMSTVO OF THE Moscow 

 GOVERNMENT, IN SERGIEV POSAD (HAMLET) 142 



BUFFET MADE BY THE KOUSTARS OF SERGIEV 



POSAD (HAMLET) . . . . .146 



Miss FLORENCE FAIR GIVING HER AID TO MAKE 



THE RUSSIAN BAZAAR A SUCCESS . .172 



THE LAST CZAR OF RUSSIA AND His FAMILY 180 



