CHAPTER VI.

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I. Serbian Self-reliance—Characteristics of the Serb People—The power of the Folk song—Race-consciousness.

II. History of the Southern Slavs.

III. The Birth of a Nation—Prince Miloš—“The Great Sower”—Alexander Karagjorgjević—Michael Obrenović—King Milan—Fall of the Obrenović Dynasty—King Peter—The Restoration of Serbia’s Prestige.

IV. Serbia and Austria—A Campaign of Calumny—Annexation of Bosnia-Hercegovina—The Balkan Wars—Serbia Rehabilitated—The Tragedy of Sarajevo.