CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER I WHY THE BALKANS? | ||
| The Rundreise Ticket—Why the Balkans?—When and Where English is Heard—Why Not the Balkans? | [1] | |
| CHAPTER II BUDA-PESTH AND BELGRADE | ||
| Buda-Pesth and Its Language—From Buda-Pesth to Belgrade—The Servian Passport System—First Impressions of Belgrade—Garden Spots in and about the Servian Metropolis | [12] | |
| CHAPTER III TWENTIETH CENTURY SERVIA | ||
| The Servians—The Rise of the Nation—The Army—The Race-meets—The Market in Belgrade—National Customs—The National Dance | [24] | |
| CHAPTER IV THE SERVIAN DYNASTIES | ||
| Karageorge—Milosh Obrenovitch—Murder of Karageorge—Turkey Grants the Title of Prince—Milosh Abdicates—Abdication of Prince Michael—Alexander Abdicates—Prince Milosh Re-installed, His Death and the Re-election of Prince Michael—Murder of Michael—Prince Milan’s Marriage, Abdication and Death—Alexander Elected | [43] | |
| CHAPTER V ALEXANDER AND DRAGA | ||
| Alexander—Draga—The Meeting—Draga’s Return to Belgrade—Russia’s Intrigues—Marriage of Alexander and Draga—Origin of the Plot to Murder | [53] | |
| CHAPTER VI THE CAPITAL OF CRIME | ||
| Plans of Procedure—Meeting of the Regicides—The First Move—The Murder of the King and Queen—The Assassination of Others—The Royal Burial—The Murder of the Brothers Novakovics in 1907 | [61] | |
| CHAPTER VII PREDICTIONS OF SERVIAN TRAGEDIES | ||
| Prediction of the Assassination of Prince Michael—Natalie’s Visit to the Parisian Fortune-teller—The Prediction in London of the Murder of Draga and Alexander | [78] | |
| CHAPTER VIII NISCH AND SOPHIA | ||
| From Belgrade to Nisch—Nisch—Provincial Hotel Accommodations—The Monument of Skulls—Tzaribrod—Sophia—Value Received for $1.25 per Diem—Dragoleftsky | [94] | |
| CHAPTER IX BULGARIA AND HER PAST | ||
| Progress of Bulgaria—Origin of her Peoples—The Bulgari—First Russian Invasion of Bulgaria—The Assenide Dynasty—Turkish Tyrannies—Emancipation of Bulgaria—Russia’s Intrigues against Prince Alexander—The Late Balkan Disturbances | [111] | |
| CHAPTER X A BULGARIAN MARKET | ||
| Bulgaria’s Busy Day—The Orient Express | [130] | |
| CHAPTER XI SARAJEVO—THE SPIRED CITY | ||
| From Belgrade to Sarajevo—The Turkish Bazaar—A Bosnian Street Sprinkler—Horse-races at Ylidze—A Dervish Dance | [145] | |
| CHAPTER XII FROM SARAJEVO TO THE COAST | ||
| Jablaniča—Mostar—Across the Mountains—The Balkan Riviera—Ragusa: The Fairy City of the Adriatic | [166] | |
| CHAPTER XIII RAGUSA | ||
| As She Is—The First Colony—The Fire of 1292—The Black Death—Hungary Acquires the Place—Ragusa Establishes her Independence—Plague—Earthquake—Napoleon Takes Ragusa—The City Ceded to Austria | [179] | |
| CHAPTER XIV THE BOCCHE DI CATTARO | ||
| Steamer-day at Gravosa—Ragusa from the Sea—The Bocche di Cattaro—Castelnuovo—Cattaro and Her Mountain Background | [199] | |
| CHAPTER XV MONTENEGRO | ||
| The Gibraltar of the Balkan Peninsula—The Settling of Montenegro—Peter I—The Family of Petrovich—Prince Nikola—The Montenegrin Costume—Incidents of War—The Montenegro of To-day | [211] | |
| CHAPTER XVI THE ROAD TO CETTINJE | ||
| The Ascent of the Mountains—Njegushi—The Montenegrin Capital—Historical Monuments in Cettinje—The Return to Cattaro | [229] | |
| CHAPTER XVII SPALATO AND SALONA | ||
| Westward Along the Coast—First Glimpse of Spalato—The Campanile—Diocletian’s Palace—Salona and Her Ruins | [247] | |
| CHAPTER XVIII ZARA | ||
| From Spalato to Zara—Chief Objects of Interest in the Capital of Dalmatia—The Story of St. Simeon—The Five Fountains—Fragments of Roman Occupation | [269] | |
| CHAPTER XIX THE GULF OF QUARNERO | ||
| The Home of the Bora—Fiume—Abbazia—The Home of the Torpedo—Descendants of the Uscocs | [282] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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| The Late Queen Draga of Servia | [Frontispiece] | |
| Map | [viii] | |
| “A crowd of stary-eyed, open-mouthed, inquisitive natives” | [5] | |
| The Hotel Proprietor, Sophia | [9] | |
| The Fischer Ramparts, Pesth | [13] | |
| The Elizabeth Bridge,—Buda in the Background | [17] | |
| The Native Servian Head-dress | [25] | |
| Drinking a Friendly Glass of Slivivitz | [31] | |
| A “Boze” Peddler, Belgrade | [35] | |
| The Prishtina Costume, Worn by Servian Women on Feast Days | [39] | |
| The Late King Alexander of Servia | [51] | |
| A Sidewalk Café, Belgrade | [63] | |
| King Peter Karageorgevitch of Servia | [69] | |
| The Ball-room of the New Palace, Belgrade | [73] | |
| Fruit Venders, Nisch | [95] | |
| A Street Scene, Sophia | [103] | |
| A Bulgarian Village Church | [109] | |
| The Saint Cral Cathedral, Sophia | [115] | |
| The Ruined Church of Saint Sophia, Sophia | [119] | |
| Monument to the “Tzar Liberator,” Sophia | [123] | |
| “A hawking, bantering multitude ... in gala dress” | [131] | |
| Bulgarians in Gala Attire | [135] | |
| A Group Posed for the Camera at the Friday Market, Sophia | [139] | |
| The Austrian Army Barracks at Sarajevo | [147] | |
| Some Turkish Homes in Sarajevo | [153] | |
| Double-decked Stores in the Turkish Bazaar, Sarajevo | [157] | |
| “The Real Devotees of the Races” | [161] | |
| A Gorge of the Narenta, Near Jablaniča | [167] | |
| The Old Roman Bridge, Mostar | [173] | |
| The Harbour of Gravosa | [181] | |
| Ragusa,—Mount Sergius in the Background | [185] | |
| The Walls of Ragusa | [189] | |
| The Sea Forts of Ragusa | [197] | |
| A General View of Castelnuovo | [205] | |
| The Famous “Ladder” across the Face of Mount Lovčen | [209] | |
| A Group of Montenegrins | [213] | |
| A Typical Montenegrin Girl | [219] | |
| A Stone Mason of Cettinje and His Cart | [225] | |
| A Section of the Road across the Mountains | [231] | |
| The Pass at the Top of the Mountains | [235] | |
| The Main Street, Cettinje | [241] | |
| A Turn of the Road across the Mountains | [245] | |
| Spalato from the Campanile | [253] | |
| A Fountain on the Outskirts of Spalato | [259] | |
| The Ruins of the Basilica, Salona | [263] | |
| Roman Sarcophagi, Salona | [267] | |
| The Water Front, Zara | [273] | |
| The Five Fountains, Zara | [279] | |
| Via Andrassy, Fiume | [285] | |