Contents

INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER I: MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH RUSSIAN PRISONS.
CHAPTER II: RUSSIAN PRISONS.
CHAPTER III: THE FORTRESS OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL.
CHAPTER IV: OUTCAST RUSSIA.
CHAPTER V: THE EXILE IN SIBERIA.
CHAPTER VI: THE EXILE ON SAKHALIN.
CHAPTER VII: A FOREIGNER ON RUSSIAN PRISONS.
CHAPTER VIII: IN FRENCH PRISONS.
CHAPTER IX: ON THE MORAL INFLUENCE OF PRISONS ON PRISONERS.
CHAPTER X: ARE PRISONS NECESSARY?
APPENDIX A.: EXTRACTS FROM THE "ACT OF ACCUSATION" BROUGHT BEFORE A COURT MARTIAL AGAINST THE SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH HAVING CARRIED CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE PRISONERS OF THE ALEXIS RAVELIN AND THEIR ACQUAINTANCES.
APPENDIX B.: PART PLAYED BY THE EXILES IN THE COLONIZATION OF SIBERIA.
APPENDIX C.: EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT READ BY M. SHAKEEFF AT THE SITTING OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ST. PETERSBURG NOBILITY ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 1881 (O.S.).
APPENDIX D.: ON REFORMATORIES FOR BOYS IN FRANCE.