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III. Education and Instruction—Democrats, Socialists, Free-Thinkers—Compulsory Choice of the Cultured 66
IV. Polish Life and the Russian System—Public Festivities and Masquerades, Social Life in Different Circles—The Same Oppressive Atmosphere Everywhere 78
V. The Censorship Difficulties in Obtaining Permission to Deliver Lectures 85
VI. How one Writes and Speaks under a Censorship 93
VII. Mental Effects of the Situation on the Young 96
VIII. Is Poland as an Object worth the Sacrifices made for it? 103

THIRD IMPRESSION (1894)

A POLISH MANOR-HOUSE

I. Neighbourhood—Landscape—Increased Severity of Russian Rule 109
II. Cholera—Censorship—Arrests 115
III. Monotony and Stillness—Summer-night Sentiments—Political Divergence of the Older and Younger Generations 121
IV. Poland and France—Poland and Germany 129
V. A Church Festival—Popular Beliefs 136
VI. The Memorial Procession of 1894—Painters and Writers 142
VII. A Common Domestic Occurrence, Significant of the State of the Country 150
VIII. National Characteristics and Patriotism—Conclusion 156

FOURTH IMPRESSION (1899)

I.-VIII. Lemberg 165