11. Roumanian Children bringing Water to be blessed in the Greek Church, Desze 89 12. Vienna: Castle Schönbrunn 96 13. Vienna: Mozart’s House 105 14. The Houses of Parliament and Margit Bridge, Budapest 112 15. Cottages in the Alföld 123 16. Waste Lands near Kalocsa 126 17. Prague: The Hradschin from Wallensteinstrasse 137 18. Prague: Carl’s Bridge 144 19. Carinthia: Maria-Wörth on the Wörthersee 147 20. Styria: The Grimming, from Pürgg 150 21. Innsbruck 161 22. Kufstein 168 23. Inn Valley in Winter 171 24. Cortina and Mte. Cristallo 174 25. King Laurin’s Rose-Garden, from the Schlern 177 26. Marmolata, from very high above Canazei 179 27. The Drei Zinnen, from the Highest Ridge 182 28. Clissa: A Study in Grey Rock 184 29. Spalato: A Door in Diocletian’s Palace 195 30. Ragusa: The Ploče Road from San Giacomo: Morning 198 31. Harvest-time in Transylvania 201 32. Cracow: Barbarakapelle 208 _Sketch Map at End of Volume._ AUSTRIA-HUNGARY CHAPTER I THE DUAL MONARCHY No one can rightly enjoy a visit to a country unless he knows something of its history and its heroes; otherwise much that is seen remains meaningless. It is a common saying among oculists that we see with the brain and not with the eye, and the saying is fulfilled when we pass by, as without meaning, this or that magnificent statue embodying in concrete marble or bronze an epoch of vital action in the history of a nation. But besides what we miss from want of that observation whose roots are embedded in knowledge, there are other things duly noted, and but half comprehended, with a vagueness that is irritating. Especially is this the case in a country of such an amalgamate nature as Austria-Hungary, where at every turn something unexpected challenges query. How comes it, for instance, that having left behind a Parliament House in Vienna we find another in Budapest though both own allegiance to the same sovereign? Why should Hungarians be so much exasperated if their country is spoken of as part of an empire when they acknowledge an Emperor as their ruler?