The acme magazine . L«k>i , $v H. Ivans Tower. Moscow is Oriental in its architecture,particularly in its many buildings de-voted to religious purposes. Its churchesare generally white-walled, with domesof gold and green and red and ultrama-rine, surmounted by crosses, from thearms of which hang wires or cords bywhich lanterns are hoisted on specialoccasions. It has many bells, rich anddeep in tone, sometimes of structure justa little thing giving sounds like low noteson light wires and in every shade of tone,but which, while not always strictly inconcord, are rich and harmonious as a whole
The acme magazine . L«k>i , $v H. Ivans Tower. Moscow is Oriental in its architecture,particularly in its many buildings de-voted to religious purposes. Its churchesare generally white-walled, with domesof gold and green and red and ultrama-rine, surmounted by crosses, from thearms of which hang wires or cords bywhich lanterns are hoisted on specialoccasions. It has many bells, rich anddeep in tone, sometimes of structure justa little thing giving sounds like low noteson light wires and in every shade of tone,but which, while not always strictly inconcord, are rich and harmonious as a whole. The music of the bells is a fea-ture of many hours of the day and nightin Moscow. Of the gates that enter the Kremlin,the one called Holy is looked uponwith great interest by visitors. It is toldthat Napoleon entered the Kremlin fromthe opposite side, and when he cameand looked out of this gate, he was smit-ten with great fear and turned back dis-heartened. Whoever passes throughdoffs his hat reverently. If he neglectsto do so the
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