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CONTENTS

PART I

OBSERVATIONS AND APPRECIATIONS

FIRST IMPRESSION (1885)

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I. Journey from Vienna to Warsaw—The Frontier—Custom-House Inspection 3
II. Warsaw—Physiognomy of the City—Condition of the Language and of the Theatre—Russianisation—Banishments 11
III. The Antecedents and Characteristics of the Poles 22
IV. The Poles and the French—Instability, Dilettantism—Feverish Character of the Pleasures of Life—Strength and Susceptibility of the National Feeling 31
V. Consolidation of Everything Polish—Religious Beliefs and Parties—Poland a Symbol 41

SECOND IMPRESSION (1886)

THE EXPULSION OF THE POLES BY PRUSSIA

I. The Polish Women 53
II. The Men—Polish Ideals, Virtues, and Vices 58