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Title: The Land of Thor

Author: J. Ross Browne

Release Date: March 15, 2009 [EBook #28329]

Language: English

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THE
LAND OF THOR.

BY

J. ROSS BROWNE,

AUTHOR OF
"YUSEF," "CRUSOE'S ISLAND," "AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN
GERMANY," ETC.

Illustrated by the Author.

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1867.

BY J. ROSS BROWNE.

AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN GERMANY. Illustrated by the
Author. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00.

THE LAND OF THOR. Illustrated by the Author. 12mo,
Cloth, $2 00.

CRUSOE'S ISLAND: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander
Selkirk. With Sketches of Adventure in California and
Washoe. Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth. $1 75.

YUSEF; or, The Journey of the Frangi. A Crusade in the
East. With Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office
of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. IMPRESSIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG 9

II. A PLEASANT EXCURSION 25

III. VIEWS ON THE MOSCOW RAILWAY 39

IV. MOSCOW 52

V. TEA-DRINKING 60

VI. THE PETERSKOI GARDENS 65

VII. THE "LITTLE WATER" 7