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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
Page
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER II
BULGARIA AND THE DEATH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 15
CHAPTER III
THE SCRAP-HEAP OF RACES 36
CHAPTER IV
BULGARIA--A POWER AND A TURKISH PROVINCE 52
CHAPTER V
THE LIBERATION OF BULGARIA 65
CHAPTER VI
THE WAR OF 1912-1913 77
CHAPTER VII
A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S TRIALS IN BULGARIA 99
CHAPTER VIII
INCIDENTS OF BULGARIAN CHARACTER 120
CHAPTER IX
THE TRAGEDY OF 1914 134
CHAPTER X
SOME FACTS FOR THE TOURIST AND THE ECONOMIST 150
CHAPTER XI
HOW BULGARIA IS GOVERNED 167
CHAPTER XII
THE FUTURE OF BULGARIA 174
CHAPTER XIII
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EUROPE 187
INDEX 207
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By JAN V. MRKVITCHKA and NOEL POCOCK*
1. A Young Shôp Man of the District of Sofia _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
2. A Contented Turk 8
3. A Peasant at Work--District of Tsaribrod 17
4. Women of Pordim, in the Plevna District 19
5. In the Harvest Fields near Sofia 22
6. A Shôp Woman of the District of Sofia 24
7. A Woman of Thrace, of the Shôp Tribe, and of Macedonia 33
8. *Sistov, on the Danube 40
9. Ancient Costume of Balkan Peasant Women near Gabrovo 49
10. A Wedding in the Rhodopes 56
11. *Roustchouk, on the Danube 65
12. "Mystery"--a Study in the Roustchouk District 67
13. A Blind Beggar Woman 70
14. A Young Married Shôp Woman 72
15. *A Bulgarian Market Town 75
16. Blessing the Lamb on St. George's Day 78
17. *The Cathedral, Sofia 81
18. *An Adrianople Street 88
19. *The Shipka Pass 97
20. A Young Widow at her Husband's Grave 104
21. Gipsies 113
22. A Peasant of the Tsaribrod District 120
23. The Ratchenitza, the National Dance of Bulgaria 129
24. A Bagpiper 136
25. A Young Girl of Irn 145
26. Guarding the Flocks and Herds 152
27. An Old Street in Philippopolis 161
28. A Grave Question 168
29. A Young Man of the Choumla District 177
30. *A Bulgarian Farm 184
31. A Young Woman of the Roustchouk District 193
32. At the Well 200
_Sketch Map at end of Volume._
BULGARIA
CHAPTER I
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
Instructed in the autumn of 1912 to join the Bulgarian army, then
mobilising for war against Turkey, as war correspondent for the _London
Morning Post_, I made my preparations with the thought uppermost that I
was going to a cut-throat country where massacre was the national sport
and human life was regarded with no sentimental degree of respect. The
Bulgarians, a generation ago, had been paraded before the eyes of the
British people by the fiery eloquence of Mr. Gladstone as a deeply
suffering people, wretched victims of Turkish atrocities.
CHAPTER I
Page
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER II
BULGARIA AND THE DEATH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 15
CHAPTER III
THE SCRAP-HEAP OF RACES 36
CHAPTER IV
BULGARIA--A POWER AND A TURKISH PROVINCE 52
CHAPTER V
THE LIBERATION OF BULGARIA 65
CHAPTER VI
THE WAR OF 1912-1913 77
CHAPTER VII
A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S TRIALS IN BULGARIA 99
CHAPTER VIII
INCIDENTS OF BULGARIAN CHARACTER 120
CHAPTER IX
THE TRAGEDY OF 1914 134
CHAPTER X
SOME FACTS FOR THE TOURIST AND THE ECONOMIST 150
CHAPTER XI
HOW BULGARIA IS GOVERNED 167
CHAPTER XII
THE FUTURE OF BULGARIA 174
CHAPTER XIII
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EUROPE 187
INDEX 207
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By JAN V. MRKVITCHKA and NOEL POCOCK*
1. A Young Shôp Man of the District of Sofia _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
2. A Contented Turk 8
3. A Peasant at Work--District of Tsaribrod 17
4. Women of Pordim, in the Plevna District 19
5. In the Harvest Fields near Sofia 22
6. A Shôp Woman of the District of Sofia 24
7. A Woman of Thrace, of the Shôp Tribe, and of Macedonia 33
8. *Sistov, on the Danube 40
9. Ancient Costume of Balkan Peasant Women near Gabrovo 49
10. A Wedding in the Rhodopes 56
11. *Roustchouk, on the Danube 65
12. "Mystery"--a Study in the Roustchouk District 67
13. A Blind Beggar Woman 70
14. A Young Married Shôp Woman 72
15. *A Bulgarian Market Town 75
16. Blessing the Lamb on St. George's Day 78
17. *The Cathedral, Sofia 81
18. *An Adrianople Street 88
19. *The Shipka Pass 97
20. A Young Widow at her Husband's Grave 104
21. Gipsies 113
22. A Peasant of the Tsaribrod District 120
23. The Ratchenitza, the National Dance of Bulgaria 129
24. A Bagpiper 136
25. A Young Girl of Irn 145
26. Guarding the Flocks and Herds 152
27. An Old Street in Philippopolis 161
28. A Grave Question 168
29. A Young Man of the Choumla District 177
30. *A Bulgarian Farm 184
31. A Young Woman of the Roustchouk District 193
32. At the Well 200
_Sketch Map at end of Volume._
BULGARIA
CHAPTER I
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
Instructed in the autumn of 1912 to join the Bulgarian army, then
mobilising for war against Turkey, as war correspondent for the _London
Morning Post_, I made my preparations with the thought uppermost that I
was going to a cut-throat country where massacre was the national sport
and human life was regarded with no sentimental degree of respect. The
Bulgarians, a generation ago, had been paraded before the eyes of the
British people by the fiery eloquence of Mr. Gladstone as a deeply
suffering people, wretched victims of Turkish atrocities.