. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ldevices, incomprehensible inventions, and steeples of everyheight, style, and color, the whole forming a most agreeable pic-ture to look on from the distance. The Kremlin contains about everything in Moscow of historicalinterest, as well as the principal sights of the city. The ImperialPalace is a larg-e and handsome edifice. Its internal decorationsare beautiful, and it contains one of the finest suites of Stateapartments in Europe. The Treasury of the Palace contains colle
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ldevices, incomprehensible inventions, and steeples of everyheight, style, and color, the whole forming a most agreeable pic-ture to look on from the distance. The Kremlin contains about everything in Moscow of historicalinterest, as well as the principal sights of the city. The ImperialPalace is a larg-e and handsome edifice. Its internal decorationsare beautiful, and it contains one of the finest suites of Stateapartments in Europe. The Treasury of the Palace contains collection of historical relics of the earlier Russiansovereigns. The Arsenal is an interesting place to visit. It always con-tains an equipment for 150,000 men. The churches are numerous ; some of them are very elaborate,and contain many interesting historical relics. A few pleasant days were passed at Moscow, and then Gen-eral Grant determined not to return to St. Petersburg, but to setoff direct for Warsaw in Russian Poland, 600 miles distant. Thestart was made promptly, and on the 13th of August Warsaw. RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. 449 was reached. The travellers were very tired from their longrailway journey, and several days were passed in the old Polishcapital to rest. Then the journey was resumed, and on thenight of the 18th of August, the party reached Vienna. TheGeneral was met at the railroad station by Minister Kasson, thesecretaries and members of the American Legation, and a largenumber of the American residents. He was loudly cheered ashe stepped out of the railway carriage. On the 19th the General was visited at the Legation of theUnited States by Count Andrassy, the First Minister of theCouncil, and several colleagues. In the evening he dined withthe Countess Andrassy and Mrs. Grant at Mrs. Posts. Onthe 20th he had an audience of His Imperial Majesty FrancisJoseph at the lovely palace of Schoenbrunn, spending the re-mainder of the day driving about the imperial grounds andfo
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