Russian Pictures. By Thomas Michell, B.A. (Religious Tract Society.)—This volume
carries on a series of " Pictures " of various countries, to which we have several times given a well-deserved praise. The author approaches Russia by way of Berlin, after having given us a preliminary sketch of Russian history. He passes through White Russia, and in his third chapter brings us to St. Petersburg. From the modern capital we are transferred to the old capital, with an intermediate chapter on Archangel and the Northern Provinces. Moscow is described at considerable length. From Moscow we take a voyage down the Volga, traverse Southern Russia, and thence proceed to the Crimea and the Caucasus (the chapter on these regions is from the pen of Captain J. Buchan Teller). Chapters are given to Siberia and Central Asia, and the volume concludes with accounts of Poland and Finland, in which by-the-way, the author studiously abstains from all expression of political feeling. The book is a little overloaded with facts which might have been advantageously exchanged, now and then, for something more entertaining. Still, it is sufficiently readable. The illustrations are excellent.
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