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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.
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 corres