, 1874-01-18
WHAT ALEXIS THINKS OFFS
Tho Russian Grand Dukes 9aok -,
America.

America
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of thu HoL
tic Gazette has seen advanced sheets OF tha f-at
volume Of this Grand Duke Alexis account ~
his voyage around tho world This first roInma
is exclusively devoted to dcscr1ution Of H.
Grand Dukes adventures in the United Statss 'na
The aforementioned correspondent wri.es A.
follows about it.:
'tIhis is certainly q very curious work. To
judge from what have read Of it,-whether ;j;s
Imperial Highness Wrote it. Or whether an AHA
pen did it for hiu--the book is intensely intsrs
esting. The Grand Duke says his reception in
New York almost etupe6ed him. Up to the Last
moment he bad not thought 80 bzilfian: = recep.
ton would ba rendered in Republican America ta
the soa Of monarch. He was veyy weak when
he landed il New York. aud, during his prog.
ress mp Broadway, frequently felt liIs
tainting: But everybody was 90 kind to to
him that he tried hard to look pleased, Is
be was in his heart Of hearts. Broadway. b.
eays, in his opinion is the finest thoroughfare ~
the world, because everything there-hnuBcs.
ehops, and the people-looE not monotonoua.
but gay, lively, and bright. What amused him
perhaps more than anything else was that tia
bands. upon catching sight Of him, struck I'D.
not the regular Russian anthem, but the 30
called >Dlrge OF st. Cathatne." which Is
played in nursia only at the funeral Of mem
tho people we're more dcafenins than any
be had heard in Europe. from which
be playfully concludes that lung d.
ease cannot BIZ very prevalent in the New World.
As to the soldlery the variety ct uniforms struck
him as extremely odd. He says he sew, peacc-
skapied' Frenchman, red coated Enslshmcn
and Irish troops bearing the banner Of the Green
Isle.
"The Grand Duke cannot praise too highly
American, hotela. American fare. he think,
he exc1alms, paiyeIy, 'a1ways too much OF & coed
thing. asked for the peculiar dishes OF America,
and at the hotel thby could not gire mo any.
Their cooks were Italian and French Tho lanA-
lord shrugged his shoulders when asked him
once gratided. I dined ora day on baked pork
and beans, 3 very palatable dish, which would
certainly bear transplanting to Russia
"American manners. the Grand Duke thinks,
arc 3 little awkward and anguish, but decidedly
pleasant on account Of eve1ybody,s fFanknese.
He tells number ct curious anecdotes On his
experiences with the aborsgines~ In Washington
be WAS told that tho Aish servant girls At tho
residence Of NJ. Catacaxv we're dying to sea
him. He put on cap and an old travelling
cloak, aud went unheralded down into the ktch-
en- among them. He was not recognized br :ha
Biddies, and cbatted with them for half an bour.
He found out that one OF them had an idea Of
where Russia WAS situated, and one OF the girls
even asked him il the Gear always wore 3 crown
on his head, adding thai sbe knew the Queen Of
England always did. Equally amusing a tEa
account OF his reception at omaha, in Nebraska
where member Of the Legislature congratulate
ed him on the successes Of his father in the war
with Frnnce! Another legislator Of that Stata
wanted ia know if it was always cold IN Russla-
"These funny episodes in tue West, however,
were amply made up for BY The extreme kind
ness and consideration with which the Amy ota-
Gers there treated the Grand Duke. For Gen
Custer and his subordinate officers the Gtacd
Duke has words Of the warmest gratitude. Gen-
Clusters photograph is published in the volume,
which is most sumptuously printed and pro
fusely illustrated, Only .. few hundred copies
Of the book will ba issued"