. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . imperial Summer Palace at Peterhof, eighteen miles west of the capital,on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. When the American visitors arrivedat the landing they were met by the imperial carriages and an escort and weredriven to the palace. IN RUSSIAS ROYAL PALACES 20Q LUNCHEON IN A ROYAL PALACE After inspecting- the building and grounds they were entertained at lunch-eon. The palace itself is a huge structure, eighty feet high and four hundredand fifty feet in length, curving around an open space in the heart of the
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . imperial Summer Palace at Peterhof, eighteen miles west of the capital,on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. When the American visitors arrivedat the landing they were met by the imperial carriages and an escort and weredriven to the palace. IN RUSSIAS ROYAL PALACES 20Q LUNCHEON IN A ROYAL PALACE After inspecting- the building and grounds they were entertained at lunch-eon. The palace itself is a huge structure, eighty feet high and four hundredand fifty feet in length, curving around an open space in the heart of the is not now used as a royal residence but it is opened for receptions, concertsand imperial ceremonials. An army of servants dwells there. There are inthe palace more than twenty immense halls, with corresponding suits of apart-ments, connected by great corridors and galleries. Seven large halls are filledwith paintings of battles and naval engagements; a hall dedicated to Peter theGreat, another to St. George and a third to Nicholas, the patron saint of Rus-. GOING TO THE DUHMA (TOWN HALT,), ST. PETER? sia. Anything richer, or more splendid and dazzling than these superb apart-ments it would be difficult to conceive. The unrivalled magnificence of eachrepresents a fortune. The exotic gardens turn the Russian winter into sum-mer. On the third floor of this great building are the crowns and diadems ofthe rulers of Russia for many generations. The imperial invitation summoning Dr. Talmage and Dr. Klopsch toPeterhof was a pleasant surprise. The Russian summer is at its height inJulv; evenings are a long twilight, with but little real darkness; the davs long14 2io T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK and pleasant. At eleven r. M. it is almost as light as at seven p. m. in is the recreation time of the empire, when the wealthy leave the cities and WPtQmk
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