[13] King Milan was a fascinating orator, and often the populace, who
had assembled with the intention of demonstrating against him, were so
carried away by his oratory that their abuse was converted into cheers.
[14] See the articles in No. 16 of “the Round Table.” (Meantime the
sentences in the Serajevo murder trial have been passed, and it
is significant that five Serbs who had no part in the murder have
been condemned to death, whereas the actual murderer, Princip, and
the bomb-thrower, Cabrinović, were merely sentenced to terms of
imprisonment.)—S. T.
[15] The Bishop as spiritual and temporal head of the State.
[16] His collection of poems, “Gorski Vienac,” is a lasting monument of
the Southern Slav literature of the last century.—S. T.
[17] This trial has been described at length in Seton Watson’s
admirable book, “_The Southern Slav Question_.”
[18] Goethe’s studies referred to appear in Goethe’s Works Vol. vi.,
Stuttgart, 1874.
[19] Among English translations of Serbian poetry should be mentioned
one by Bowring (1826) and that by Madame Elodie Lawton Mijatović,
“Kossovo, Serbian National Song about the Fall of the Empire” (London,
Isbister, 1881). The most recent English edition of Serbian poetry
is entitled “Hero Tales and Legends of Serbia,” by Voislav Petrović
(London, 1914).
_Printed in Great Britain by Wyman & Sons Ltd., London and Reading._
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