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with the latter. The shirking of responsibility by leading Russian officials ; 

 their lack of enterprise. An exception ; Plehve. One good example set us 

 by Russia ; value placed on Russian, compared with the cheapening and 

 prostitution of American, citizenship 22 



CHAPTER XXXV. &quot;ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS or 

 MEN&quot; IN RUSSIA 1892-1894 



The &quot; Minister of Public Enlightenment,&quot; Delyanoff ; his theory and system. 

 Hostility of sundry Russians to the Russian-Germans ; evident folly of this. 

 Woronzoff-Daschkoff and General Aiinenkoff. The Caucasian railways and 

 the annexation of Bokhara. Galkin Wraskoy and the prison system. Orloff 

 Davidoff ; &quot; the funniest thing he saw in America.&quot; Professor Demetrieff s 

 account of the murder of Peter III and of the relation of Catherine II to it. 

 Prince Serge Wolkonsky ; his ability and versatility ; his tour de force at the 

 farewell dinner given me at St. Petersburg ; his lectures in the United States. 

 Russian scientific men. Woeikoff. Admiral Makharoff. Senator Semenoff 

 and Prince Gregory Galitzin. Mendeleieff. Two salons. Other attractions. 

 General Ignatieff. Princess Ourousoff and her answer to Alexander III. 

 Princess Radzivill. The copy-book used by Louis XIV when a child, pre 

 served in the Imperial Library; its historical importance. The American 

 colony at St. Petersburg. Mr. Prince ; his reminiscences of sundry American 

 ministers. Mr. Buchanan s satire on spies, in the Embassy Archives. Diffi 

 culties of the American Representative arising from his want of a habitation. 

 Diplomatic questions between the two countries The Behring Sea Fisher 

 ies. My dealings with the Commandant of the Russian Pacific Islands. Suc 

 cess of Sir Robert Morier ; how gained. &quot;Worldly wisdom of Great Britain. 

 Difficulties regarding Israelites ; my long despatch on the subject to Secretary 

 Gresham. Adventurous Americans. Efforts to prostitute American citizen 

 ship. Difficulties arising from the complicated law of the Empire. Viola 

 tions of the Buchanan Treaty. Cholera at St. Petersburg ; thorough mea 

 sures taken by the Government ; death of Tschaikovsky ; difficulty in imposing 

 sanitary regulations upon the peasantry . , , .... 41 



CHAPTER XXXYI. MY RECOLLECTIONS OF POBEDO- 

 NOSTZEFF 1892-1894 



My desire to know Pobedonostzeff ; his history ; his power. Public business 

 which led to our meeting; his characteristics; reasons for his course; his 

 view of the relations of the Russo-Greek Church to the Empire ; his frank 

 ness in speaking of the Church. His hostility to Western civilization. His 

 discussion of revolutionary efforts in Russia. His theory of Russian public 

 instruction. His ultra-reactionary views. His mingled feelings regarding 

 Tolstoi. His love for American literature ; his paradoxical admiration for 

 Emerson ; his translation of Emerson s &quot; Essays &quot; ; his literary gift. Feeling 

 toward him in Russian society. His religious character. His esthetic char 

 acter. Charles A. Dana s impression of him. Our discussion of possible 

 relations between the Russian and English Churches ; his talks upon intro 

 ducing the &quot; Holy Orthodox Church&quot; into the United States. His treatment 

 of hostile articles in the English Reviews. His professorial friends. His 

 statements regarding Father Ivan ; miracles by the latter ; proofs of their 

 legendary character ; Pobedoiiostzeff s testimony on the subject 55 





