I'hiitu by 1). W. Iddings. Copyright bj' Keystone \ icw Co. 



A native; wagon journeying through a forest in the tatra mountains, 



ABOUT ElETY MIEES SOUTH OE CRACOW 



symbols and outlook, constitution and 

 subsidiary organism, bring back Merrie 

 England of Robin Hood and the Roses. 



There are men now living zvho zvere 

 born serfs and brought tip under the 

 shadow of the corvee and the jus primcB 

 noctis; men with rights of pannage under 

 seignorial lords who, to this moment, 

 represent the romance of chivalry and 

 the high tradition of the Rolands of dead 

 yesterdays. 



Rural Hungary is still the dream of 

 other days, the quaint still life which 

 brooded in pre-Renaissance pictures and 

 peeps out under the magic of Washing- 



ton Irving's touch — restful, alluring, and 

 casting the reflective grace of innocence 

 upon its mighty sons. "Sweet Auburns" 

 that are passing in other climes nestle 

 about every placid valley of this. 



Here is "Arcadie, home of the happy" ; 

 here is "the forest primeval" ; here are 

 "vast meadows stretched to the eastward 

 and pasture to flocks without number." 



The vision of Magyar halcyon days is 

 indeed alluring. Wide stretches of gold 

 relieved by the green of virgin woods ; 

 Indian skies ; hills decorated with white 

 stone obelisks to mark the Stations of the 

 Cross ; bright fields nodding in honor of 



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