Photo from Katrice Nicolson 

 WHEX PRINCE NICHOLAS BECAME KING NICHOLAS I THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING 



AMONG THE PEOPLE 



its present appearance it dates only from 

 the i8th century ; but its quaint clock 

 tower and shaded cloisters give it an im- 

 pression of a much greater age. 



Here rest many of the Madikas ; here 

 are to be found the cannon captured from 

 the foe on many an historic field ; here is 

 preserved a page from the first gospel 

 issued from the famous press (wr.jse 

 type were afterward melted down to 

 make bullets), and it is little wonder that 

 the jMontenegrin peasant making his way 

 to market at Cetinje pauses as he glimpses 

 the shrine from afar and crosses him- 

 self devoutly as he whispers a prayer for 

 the Black ^Mountain and its Gospodar. 



GRIM RELICS OF THE PAST 



Above rises the Tower of the Skulls, 

 the old-time citadel of the monkish de- 

 fenders, which takes its name from the 

 fact that up to within a short time it bore 

 grisly fringes of Turkish heads impaled 

 upon its ramparts. These grini reminders 

 of a gory past were dear to Montenegrin 

 veterans, and many were the murmurs 

 of disapproval when the Gospodar con- 

 cluded to remove them. 



TJfe in Montenegro centers in the 

 King, who is greater than the ministry, 

 the chamber, or the constitution, who 

 all owe their creation and preservation 



to his grace. jNIore than any other sov- 

 ereign of whom I know he fits his legend. 

 Nicholas I, "King and Gospodar of free 

 Cernagora and the Rerda," is the most 

 picturesque and remarkable figure in the 

 southern Slavonic world, to say the least. 

 Descended from a long line of heroes — 

 the heir of the XHadikas — he has. like 

 them, distinguished himself in many a 

 hard-fought conflict. 



As a lad he was with his father. Mirko. 

 the "Sword of Montenegro," at fateful 

 Grahovo, and like Mirko, too, he has 

 written lyric odes and ballads. Like his 

 ancestor, Peter II, he has composed his- 

 torical dramas and given laws. and. like 

 all his line, he has at all times displayed 

 a courage and a capacity fitting every 

 occasion. 



THE nation's type AND HERO 



The inheritor of a splendid tradition, 

 a warrior and a bard, gifted by nature 

 with a fine physique and a commanding 

 presence, he personifies and embodies all 

 that appeals to the imagination of a ro- 

 mantic and impressional)le people, to its 

 martial instinct, its ]ioetic temperament, 

 and its yearning for long-vanished glo- 

 ries. 



He is a statesman at once bold and 

 cautious, a diplomatist of many talents. 



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