Excerpt from The White Slave, Vol. 3 of 3: And the Russian Prince It stood at the extremity Of the village; but although the chief place of residence on an estate as large and populous as a German principality, it bore no resemblance, except in magnitude, either to the castles Of Germany, or the Chateaux of France, or the Italian villas, or the Old mansion houses and modern country seats of Britain. It was built up Of logs and pine, whose interstices were caulked with moss; and though it might have been rendered picturesque in the Swiss cottage style, the taste of the architect had preferred building after a classic model, with a peristyle and columns, all of planed deal wood, painted, and to match which, the rough walls had been covered with planks - intended to simu late the smoothness and colour of a surface of stone - but which warping here and there, and stained by the rusty nails which fastened them, were guiltless of deceiving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.