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 |