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FROM CARPATHIAN TO PINDUS: PICTURES OF ROUMANIAN COUNTRY LIFE by Tereza Stratilesco, hardcover, probable first American edition of 1906 British publication, no dust jacket, illustrated (two maps and sixty-three B/W illustrations including photographic frontispiece). BOOK CONDITION: Poor. The text block is in very good condition with no tears or dog ears, but a few pencil marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of previous owner. Not a library book nor remainder. Pages are age-tanned and there is foxing throughout. Binding has a few problem areas where cracking has begun: between first free endpaper and half-title page; page 379 is partially loose. The brown cloth boards with gilt lettering are intact but quite worn, faded, and spotted in numerous places. 8 ¾ x 6, 379 pages, 30 ounces. NOTE THAT SINCE THE BOOK WEIGHS NEARLY TWO POUNDS, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR REQUIRE PRIORITY SHIPPING WITHIN THE U.S. XX [From a 1907 British Graphic review] From Carpathian to Pindus by Tereza Stratilesco is a book as full of merit as it is of information. From it we learn much of a subject that is not only of great interest in itself, but also one of which comparatively little is known. Since the War of Independence, in 1877-1878, the Principality has made immense progress ; the redistribution of land has been begun, schools have been established, and agriculture improved. The Roumanians are a scattered race, numbering among them a huge number of nomads. At different times they have come under the domination of Russia, Turkey, of Greece and of Hungary, and all of these have left a mark on the national character. It is with the Roumanian peasant that the author deals in chief; with his rights in the soil, his duty to the State, his position in the social scale, with his religion, his amusements and his home life. By the Constitution of United Roumania, written in 1886, " there exists no difference of classes whatever in Roumania." In reality there are as great, or rather greater, differences in Roumania than in other countries. There are the rich and the poor, the educated and the uneducated, and there is the boair, or gentleman, and the peasant. The latter, never forgetting the olden times when he was treated no better than a serf, hates the boairs and will not take domestic service unless he can help it?.The Roumanians are chiefly an agricultural people, living by the plough and their flocks. The author draws a most captivating picture of them in their village homes, of their simple lives and pleasures, their songs and dances. Many of these latter are given in prose with music. The author is a true patriot, and his enthusiasm imbues his readers with an affection for his picturesque country and countrymen. [I think Tereza Stratilesco was a woman, but the reviewer in 1907 thought otherwise.]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000809
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