The original Serbo-Croat names of the Dalmatian towns and islands have been commonly supplanted on the German-made maps by later Italian names. But as the older ones are those which are at present used in daily speech by the vast majority of the inhabitants, we shall not be accused of pedanticism or of political bias if we prefer them to the later versions. We therefore in this book do not speak of Fiume but of Rieka, not of Cattaro but of Kotor, and so forth. In other parts a greater laxity is

On a mild February afternoon I was waiting for the train at a wayside station in north-western Banat. So unimportant was that station that it was connected neither by telegraph nor telephone with any other station, and thus there was no means of knowing how long I would have to wait. The movements of the train in those parts could never, so I gathered, be foretold, and on that afternoon it was uncertain whether a strike had prevented it from leaving New-Arad, the starting-point. Occasionally the

Kiepert, the famous geographer, was able, as the result of his diligent researches and explorations, to correct many errors in former ethnological maps; but in the map of the Balkan Peninsula, which he published in 1870, the country between Kustendil, Trn and Vranja is represented by a white space. And if the people who dwell in these wild, narrow valleys had been overlooked as thoroughly by subsequent Congresses and Frontier Commissions they would have been most grateful. They only asked—this w

Arrival of the Southern Slavs — Their unfortunate democratic ways — Two early States — Ecclesiastical rocks — The Slavs and their neighbours — Simeon the Bulgar — What are the Bulgars? — Stephen Nemania — The Slovenes are submerged — The fate of the Croats — The glory of Dubrovnik — A gallant republic — The glorious Dušan — Evil days and the people's hero — The "Good Christians" of Bosnia — Kossovo — Gathering Darkness. ARRIVAL OF THE SOUTHERN SLAVS The Slavs who in the fifth, sixth and seventh

The Venetians in Dalmatia—Methods of the Turk—The Slavs who migrated—The consolation of those who remained—Good living in Hungary—The Protestant influence—Dubrovnik, refuge of the arts—How she smoothed her way—Her commercial enterprise—Her northern kinsmen and the military frontiers—The oppressive overlords of the Yugoslavs—The great migration under the Patriarch—Activities of the Southern Slavs under the Habsburgs—The position of their Church—Serbs assist the Bulgarian Renascence—The German col

Slavs weep for the fall of Venice—They hear the voice of their brothers—Measures to keep them apart—By encouraging the Italianized party—And the Orthodox Church—And by fatherly legislation—In Serbia the people are fighting for freedom—The Montenegrin authorities are otherwise engaged—Napoleon favours the Southern Slavs—Russia and Britain oppose him on the Adriatic—Illyria, Napoleon's great work for the Southern Slavs—Napoleon's schemes are roughly interrupted—The Montenegrin Bishop incites again

A wealthy gentleman of Belgrade, one George Weiffert, who brews admirable beer, is said some years ago to have sworn an oath that if his wished-for ice, that was strangely lacking, should appear by Saint Sava's Day (January 27, New Style) he would adopt this old archbishop as the patron saint of his family. Another Teuton, of Hebraic origin, whom I met at Zaječa, had placed himself and his house under the protection of the Archangel Michael, whose festival is on November 21. The Roumanians of ea

How the Austrians waged war — The Serbian Princes — The tactics of the Montenegrin King — The Magyars and their prisoners — The Southern Slavs in Austria-Hungary — How the War raged in the winter of 1914-1915 — The Treaty of London, April 1915 — How Bulgaria came into the War — Attempt to buy off the Serbs — Greek transactions — Flight of the Serbs — The faithful Croats — How the Serbs came to their Patriarch's town — The shadow over Montenegro — The broken Serbs at Corfu — The Southern Slavs in

NEW FOES FOR OLD With the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian army, the Serbs and Croats and Slovenes saw that one other obstacle to their long-hoped-for union had vanished. The dream of centuries was now a little nearer towards fulfilment. But many obstacles remained. There would presumably be opposition on the part of the Italian and Roumanian Governments, for it was too much to hope that these would waive the treaties they had wrung from the Entente, and would consent to have their boundaries

D'Annunzio spreads himself—The wave of Italian Imperialism—Their wish for Rieka, dead or alive—Fruitless efforts of Italy's allies—Some of Rieka's scandals—Progress of the Yugoslav idea—Despite the new phenomenon of Communism—The rise and fall of Communism in Yugoslavia—Other lions in the path—The nadir of Devine and Nikita—A General—Two comic pro-Italians in our midst—The belated Treaty of Rapallo—Its probable fruits—New forces in the first Yugoslav Parliament —( a ) Marković, the Communist —(

Introduction —( a ) The Albanian Frontier : 1. The Actors —2. The audience rush the stage —3. Serbs, Albanians and the Mischief-makers —4. The State of Albanian culture —5. A method which might have been tried in Albania —6. The attraction of Yugoslavia —7. Religious and other matters in the border region —8. A digression on two rival Albanian authorities —9. What faces the Yugoslavs —10. Dr. Trumbić's proposal —11. The position in 1921: The Tirana Government and the Mirditi —12. Serbia's good i

The Slovenes and the Serbs—The Montenegrins and the Serbs—The Croats and the Serbs—Serb and Bulgar. THE SLOVENES AND THE SERBS Those who, for some reason or other, do not love the Yugoslavs will have said to themselves, before taking up this book, that they would certainly supply that searching criticism of this people which the author would omit. They knew it was unlikely that a man would write at such excessive length about the Southern Slavs if he had not a weakness for them, and if he predic