i'lioto fruni Katricc Micolson 



SOME FELLOW-TRAVELERS IN MONTENEGRO 



With their pistols in their belts, they were rather fierce looking, but they proved to have the 



kindest hearts possible 



enriched the ^Montenegrin legend with so 

 many tales of bravery. 



A NATIONAL SHRINE 



This venerated stronghold and sanctu- 

 ary of faith and freedom in the lilack 

 Alountain stands on the spot where, in 

 1484, Ivan the Black established himself 

 upon moving his seat of government 

 from the shores of the Lake of Scutari 

 to Cetinje, and where he established the 

 first Slavonic printing press, whose four 

 hundreth anniversary was celebrated 



with much rejoicing a few years ago. 

 A century and a half later it succumbed 

 to the Turks, but was soon retaken by the 

 Montenegrins, who descended in force 

 from the Lovcen, whither the invaders 

 had been unable to follow them. Two 

 centuries and a quarter ago it was blown 

 up by the monks themselves, who per- 

 ished with their precious books and doc- 

 uments rather than see their sacred walls 

 again degraded by the Moslem foe. 



But again and again the structure has 

 raised its benignantly defiant front. In 



