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| CHAPTER I WHY THE BALKANS? |
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| The Rundreise Ticket—Why the Balkans?—When and Where English is Heard—Why Not the Balkans? | 1 | |
| CHAPTER II BUDA-PESTH AND BELGRADE |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Bulgaria’s Busy Day—The Orient Express | 130 | |
| CHAPTER XI SARAJEVO—THE SPIRED CITY |
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| 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 |
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| Jablaniča—Mostar—Across the Mountains—The Balkan Riviera—Ragusa: The Fairy City of the Adriatic | 166 | |
| CHAPTER XIII RAGUSA |
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| 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 |
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| Steamer-day at Gravosa—Ragusa from the Sea—The Bocche di Cattaro—Castelnuovo—Cattaro and Her Mountain Background | 199 | |
| CHAPTER XV MONTENEGRO |
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| 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 |
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| The Ascent of the Mountains—Njegushi—The Montenegrin Capital—Historical Monuments in Cettinje—The Return to Cattaro | 229 | |
| CHAPTER XVII SPALATO AND SALONA |
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| Westward Along the Coast—First Glimpse of Spalato—The Campanile—Diocletian’s Palace—Salona and Her Ruins | 247 | |
| CHAPTER XVIII ZARA |
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| 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 |
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| The Home of the Bora—Fiume—Abbazia—The Home of the Torpedo—Descendants of the Uscocs | 282 | |