** INTRODUCTORY

** CHAPTER I : MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH RUSSIAN PRISONS

** Notes

** CHAPTER 2 : RUSSIAN PRISONS

** Footnotes

** CHAPTER III : THE FORTRESS OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL.

** CHAPTER IV : OUTCAST RUSSIA

** FOOTNOTES

** 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.