Roumania Past and Present

The King--Customs of the Court--The Queen--Her attainments--Extract from her poetry--Madame Rosetti--Her patriotism and adventures--M. Constantin A. Rosetti--His career and publ...

The chief cities of Roumania--The capital, Bucarest--Ignorance concerning it--Conflicting accounts--Its true character--The 'sweet waters of the Dambovitza'--Dimensions of Bucar...

The Getae; their supposed origin and history--The Dacians; their origin and migrations--Their incursions into the Roman provinces--Their King, 'Decebalus'--His contests with Cor...

The 'Barbarians'--Brief mention of them by Roumanian historians--The Goths--Their settlement in Dacia--Defeat by Theodosius and disappearance--The Huns--Their ferocity--Attila--...

Accession of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern--Signs the Constitution--Former differences between the Prince and the Parliament--(Note: State of parties with leaders in 1881)--Act...

The state of society--Greater and lesser boyards--Taxation and oppression of the peasantry--Immorality of the boyards--The priesthood--Officers of State--Classes of peasantry--R...

whereas the tribute was only 65,000! The list appears to include the whole expenses of the prince and princess and some military and State expenditure, the total being 1,162,267...

Turkish exactions after Michael's fall--Transition from native to Greek Voivodes--Matthew Bassarab (Wallachia) and Basilius Lupus (Moldavia)--Their severe criminal codes--Serban...

Limits, dimensions, and population of Roumania--Comparison with England--Configuration of the surface--Altitudes of towns--Mountains--Appearance of the country--The region of th...

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State of the country at, the close of the barbarian era--Foundation of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia--Traditions of Radu Negru and Bogdan Dragosch--Historical evi...

Cultivated acreage of Roumania--Comparative estimates of agricultural products; waste lands, &c.--Nature of soil--Rotation of crops--Agricultural implements--Old-fashioned ploug...

The jurisprudence of the Constitution--Roumanian courts--The Code Napoleon--Complaints of patronage--The penal system--Capital punishment abolished--History and effect of the ab...

Educational laws--Statistics--Cost of instruction to the State--(Note: Comparison with Great Britain)--- Backward condition of education--Imperfect state of university instructi...

The river system of Roumania--The 'beautiful blue Danube'--Appearance of the Lower Danube comparable to the Humber or Mississippi--Floating mills--The Danube in the Kazan Pass--...

Tramways in Bucarest--Other efforts at improvement--Galatz--Its position on the Danube--Quays, streets, buildings, &c.--Importance as a seaport--Languages requisite for trading...

The Danube--Its importance to Roumania--To Great Britain--Statistics of British and foreign vessels trading there--Nature of the freight--Cereals--Our imports thence compared wi...

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