THE SLAV NATIONS

BY
SRGJAN PL. TUCIĆ
English Translation by
FANNY S. COPELAND
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXV

CONTENTS.

PART I.—THE NORTHERN SLAVS.
CHAPTER I.
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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]