CONTENTS.
| PART I.—THE NORTHERN SLAVS. | ||
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| PAGE | ||
| THE SLAV RACE | [11] | |
| Slav Characteristics—Slav Power in the Past—The Decline—TheDawn? | ||
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| RUSSIA | [20] | |
| I. | Russian Landscape and the National Character—Rurikto Peter the Great—German Influence—The RussianAwakening. | |
| II. | Siberia—White Russians—Little Russians—GreatRussians—Cossacks—The People of the Sunflower—Madein Germany—The Reaction. | |
| CHAPTER III. | ||
RUSSIAN NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS | [37] | |
| Russian Slavdom—The Mir—Stress and Famine—TheDuma—Russian Literature—Gogol—Tolstoi—Dostoievski—RealisticIdeals—The Russian Soul. | ||
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| POLAND AND BOHEMIA | [50] | |
| I. | The Contrast—National Character of the Poles—OurLady of Csenstochova—Dancing Peasants—GalicianPoles—Selfish Policy—Austria a Slav State. | |
| II. | The Poles in Russia—Russia’s Repressive Measures—TheSlav Ideal—A Better Understanding—The Poles in Prussia—TheIron Heel—Law of Expropriation. | |
| III. | Csech Characteristics—Professor Masaryk—Jan Huss—SlavPuritans—The Hradčin—Modern Politics. | |
| PART II.—THE SOUTHERN SLAVS.[vi] | ||
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| BULGARIA | [77] | |
| Country and People—The Building up of the Bulgarian State—Relationswith Russia—German Influence—Alexander ofBattenberg—King Ferdinand—Bulgaria’s Immediate Duty. | ||
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| SERBIA | [98] | |
| I. | Serbian Self-reliance—Characteristics of the Serb People—The power of the Folk song—Race-consciousness. | |
| II. | History of the Southern Slavs. | |
| III. | The Birth of a Nation—Prince Miloš—“The GreatSower”—Alexander Karagjorgjević—Michael Obrenović—KingMilan—Fall of the Obrenović Dynasty—King Peter—TheRestoration of Serbia’s Prestige. | |
| IV. | Serbia and Austria—A Campaign of Calumny—Annexationof Bosnia-Hercegovina—The Balkan Wars—SerbiaRehabilitated—The Tragedy of Sarajevo. | |
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| MONTENEGRO | [129] | |
| The Country of the Black Mountain—Women Warriors—King,Poet and Farmer—Historical Sketch of Montenegro—PetarI., Petrović—Petar II.—Pro-Russian Policy—A RoyalPoet—Nikola I. | ||
| CHAPTER VIII. | ||
THE SOUTHERN SLAVS OF THE DUAL MONARCHY | [138] | |
| I. | A Homogeneous People—A Militant Past—The Bogumili—NationalBondage—Napoleon—Illyrism—Agreement withHungary—Count Khuen-Hedervary. | |
| II. | The Greatest Representative of the Southern Slavs—Strossmayer’sGenerosity and courage—Fall of Count Khuen-Hedervary—Deathof Strossmayer. | |
| III. | False Dawn—Conference of Fiume—Ban Paul Rauch—MonsterTrial in Zagreb—The Friedjung Case—Cuvaj—FranoSupilo. | |
| IV. | Dalmatia, Istria, Carniola—The Italian Element—Bosnia—Hercegovina—Conclusion. | |
| EPILOGUE. | ||
| “BURIED TREASURES” by Dimitrii Mitrinović | [178] | |