CHAPTER XXI

. RUSSIA.

Ancient Manners.--Peter the Great.--Eudoxia.--Empress Catharine, her dissolute Conduct and Death.--Peter's Libertinism.--Anne.--Elizabeth.--Catharine II., infamous Career and Death.--Paul.--Alexander I.--Countess Narishkin.-- Nicholas.--Court Morality.--Serfage.--Prostitution in St. Petersburg.--Excess of Males over Females.--Marriage Customs.--Brides' Fair.--Conjugal Relations among the Russian Nobility.--Foundling Hospital of St. Petersburg.-- Illegitimacy. 261

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