Hampton-on-Thames

CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACEv
I
THE UPPER DANUBE
CHAP.
I.FROM DONAUESCHINGEN TO DONAUWÖRTH[3]
II.DONAUWÖRTH TO RATISBON[17]
III.RATISBON TO PASSAU[49]
II
THE AUSTRIAN DANUBE
IV.PASSAU TO LINZ[75]
V.LINZ TO THE WACHAU[99]
VI.THE WACHAU[129]
VII.THE WACHAU TO DÉVÉNY[159]
III
THE HUNGARIAN DANUBE
VIII.FROM THE OLD CAPITAL TO THE NEW[185]
IX.THE HUNGARIAN CAPITAL[204]
X.BUDAPEST TO BELGRADE[222]
XI.BELGRADE TO ORSOVA[243]
IV
THE LOWER DANUBE
XII.THE IRON GATE TO RUSTZUK[269]
XIII.RUSTZUK TO THE BLACK SEA[288]
INDEX[309]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Weitenegg Castle from the Weitenbach (in colour)[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Ratisbon[28]
The Walhalla (in colour)[42]
Oberhaus and Niederhaus, Passau[76]
The Strudel (in colour)[110]
St. Nikola[120]
Sarmingstein[122]
Persenbeug[126]
Mölk (in colour)[130]
Aggstein (in colour)[134]
The Devil’s Wall[138]
Spitz Vineyards[140]
Weissenkirschen[142]
Dürrenstein[148]
Dürrenstein Castle[152]
Stein[154]
The Market Place, Krems (in colour)[156]
Vienna from Leopoldsberg (in colour)[174]
The Cathedral, Pozsony[188]
Gran (in colour)[200]
The Palace, Budapest (in colour)[216]
Boats from Szegedin[230]
Belgrade[240]
Old Turkish Fort, Semendria (in colour)[244]
Báziás[246]
Rama Castle (in colour)[250]
The Kazan (in colour)[256]
The Crown Chapel, Orsova[260]
A Café in Ada Kaleh[262]
The Iron Gate[272]

“The Danuby, the river sometimes of our merry passage”
Sir Henry Wotton

I
THE UPPER DANUBE

THE DANUBE

CHAPTER I
FROM DONAUESCHINGEN TO DONAUWÖRTH