WITH PREFACE BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

WITH 25 ILLUSTRATIONS
(Not provided in this edition)

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
FOURTH AVENUE & 30th STREET, NEW YORK
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS

1916

AUTHOR'S NOTE.

The aim of this volume is to give to the English-speaking people some glimpses into the past struggles, sufferings and hopes of the Serbian nation. I have tried to describe the Serbian life in light, in its peace, its peaceful work, its songs and prayers; in darkness, in its slavery, its sins, its resistance to evil and battle for freedom.

It is only the peoples which suffer themselves that can understand and sympathise deeply with the Serbian soul. I dedicate, therefore, the following pages to all those who suffer much in these times, and whose understandings are enlarged and human sympathies deepened by sufferings.

I will take this opportunity of expressing my warm and respectful thanks to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury for his kind assistance and generous commendation of my work in England.

My gratitude is due to the Rev. G.K.A. Bell and Dr. E. Marion Cox for their help in the revision of these pages.

NICHOLAI VELIMIROVIC.

London, April, 1916.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

PART I

LECTURES ON SERBIA
ENGLAND AND SERBIA.
SERBIA FOR CROSS AND FREEDOM.
SERBIA AT PEACE.
SERBIA IN ARMS.

PART II

FRAGMENTS OF SERBIAN NATIONAL WISDOM

PART III

FRAGMENTS OF SERBIAN POPULAR POETRY

ILLUSTRATIONS.

H.M. KING PETER
CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER
PREMIER N. PASHITCH
KING MILUTIN
SOLDIER ON GUARD
THE GOAT-HERD
DURING TURKISH RULE IN SERBIA
THE MONASTERY OF CETINJE
THE SECOND SERBIAN REVOLUTION OF 1815
THE MONASTERY OF KALENIC
SERBIAN SOLDIERS WITH AN ENGLISH NURSE
SERBIAN OFFICERS UNDER ADRIANOPLE IN 1912
THE CATTLE MARKET
A TYPICAL MONTENEGRIN LADY—H.M. QUEEN MILENA
PEASANT TYPES
THE SUPERIOR OF A MONASTERY
KING PETER AND THE TURKISH GENERAL
WOMEN DOING THE WORK OF MEN
From a photograph by Underwood and Underwood

From a photograph by Underwood and Underwood
SERBIAN WOMEN CARRYING WOUNDED
From a photograph by kind permission of Mr. Crawfurd Price
WAITING FOR A PLACE IN THE HOSPITAL
From a photograph by Topical Press Agency
"MY MOTHER"
SPLIET-SPALATO
A SERBIAN REFUGEE
SPINNING BY MOONLIGHT
DUBROVNIK-RAGUSA