99. A Street in the Town of Rostov, in the winter, with the setting sun.

100. Jkonostass of an old Wooden Church in the Village of Jshna.

Services are rarely held in this church.

Therefore it is

preserved as it was in the XVIIth century. It has escaped the hands of the restorers and of the lovers of modern sumptuosities.

IOI. Interior of same Church.

This is the Prior's Pew, the church having formerly belonged to a monastery.

102. Entrance Door of the same Church.

Together with the good old woman who, in place of her octogenarian husband, takes care of the church and protects it against embellishments.

103. Ancient Terems (palaces) in the Kreml of Rostov.

These palaces were occupied by the Dukes of Rostov; after them by the metropolitans of the province; and, among others, by Philaret, father of the first Tsar of the house of Romanof, who was forced to take orders by another pretender to the throne, a more powerful man, Godunof, who succeeded in getting into power for a short time.

104. Entrance Door to the Ipatief Cathedral at Kostroma.

At this door came out the first Romanof, the Tsar Michel Feodorovitch, when he showed himself to the people after his election. The young prince was hiding, together with his mother, behind the walls of the monastery from the

I The Orujeinaia Palata (Treasury), containing a rare collection of historical treasures.

2. The Great Palace of the Kremlin.

3. The Church of the Conception. This is the private
church of former Tsars and Grand Dukes. The Tsarinas
attended religious service in its chantry.

4. Terema, or Old Palace of the Tsars.

5. Church of the Archangel. Here are buried the Tsars and
Grand Dukes. (In more recent times the Russian Emperors are
buried in St. Petersburg.)

6. Church of the Assumption. Here the Metropolitans (as
formerly the Patriarchs), of the Russo-Greek Church, are elected
and inducted; here, too, the Tsars are crowned, and State
ceremonies are solemnized.

7. Tower of Ivan Veliki (John the Great). The largest of
its monster bells, named after the Tsar, fell to the ground,
where it lay till raised on its present pedestal.

8. Chudof Monastery.

9. Small palace of the Kremlin.

IO. Convent.

Duchesses.

Burial-place of the Tsarinas and Grand

II. Gate of Our Saviour. Every one passing through it must
uncover the head.

12. Church of the Blessed St. Basil.
13. Walls of the Kremlin.
14. River Moskva.

Poles, who devastated Russia at that time; and it was here that he received the delegated who came solemnly offering the crown to him.

105. Family Vault of the Soltykofs and other princely families in the monastery of Bogojavlensk in Kostroma.

106. The Portico of a Church of the XVIIth Century in Jaroslexv.

It is on such galleries that, waiting for the service to begin, or at the end of it, the people come out to rest themselves and to converse. The vaults and the walls are covered with paintings on subjects from the Holy Writ, with appropriate inscriptions.

107. The Same.

107a. Before Sunrise. A Lake in Cashmere. 107%. After Sunset. A small lake near Delhi. 107. The Night. My fire in the Himalayas.

PHOTOGRAPHY.

The exhibition also includes a collection of PHOTOGRAPHS of my earlier works, chiefly relating to Central Asia.

108. An Ambush.

A small Russian detachment, sent on a reconnoitring expedition, has encamped in a valley, unaware that the enemy (Uzbeks and Kirghizes) is concealed in the neighboring hills, watching a favorable moment, for the attack.

109. The Surprise.

No sooner has the detachment dispersed, intent on various errands, than masses of the enemy are upon it, uttering terrible cries, and brandishing their swords and spears. All those Russians who had gone a little distance are cut down; the remainder assemble and prepare to sell their lives dearly. (I was present at one of these engagements.)

IIO. Surrounded-Pursued.

The handful of brave survivors, surrounded on all sides retreats fighting. They have beaten off the enemy, and keep him at a respectful distance with their rifle fire. The dead are abandoned, the wounded led away. An officer is carried by his men. (A picture representing the total destruction of a detachment in a mountain defile, where the last survivors are shot down and killed by fragments of rock hurled from the crags above, was not finished.)

III. Presenting the Trophies.

In the palace of the Emir of Bokhara, at Samarkand. In the background is the celebrated 'Kok-tash '-the throne of Tamerlane. The heads of the slaughtered Russians are brought to the Emir, who rewards the bearers of these trophies with the customary robes of honor, each individual receiving according to the number of heads he brings.

112. Triumph.

The Emir presents his people with the heads of their foes. These are then stuck upon high poles in the principal square in Samarkand, in front of the mosques. A mollah preaches on the text: "Thus God ordains that infidels should perish; there is only one God!"

113. Returning Thanks for the Victory.

The Emir and his retinue offer up thanksgivings for the victory at the grave of Tamerlane-great Mohammedan saint of our day-noted conqueror and robber of former times.